GT Care - Cool :)

[Luke Wyrsta]

Captain Fukui is fishing in Alor as we speak.

Meanwhile, check this cool contraption being used on the Big Dipper... I will ask him more about this in email or when I visit Tokara next year.

[Mark Harris]

Is he on the Kaiser boat Luke? Hope they are going well. Returns in Alor since October have been disappointing.

Adhek is out there right now with a Japanese group using the local boat MV Theodoras, and Ocean Dreams has a group as well.

[Luke Wyrsta]

Is he on the Kaiser boat Luke? Hope they are going well. Returns in Alor since October have been disappointing.

Adhek is out there right now with a Japanese group using the local boat MV Theodoras, and Ocean Dreams has a group as well.

I actually didn't ask but will hear all about it when he gets back.

[Mark Harris]

Will be interesting to hear. I was not over-pleased with my Alor trip in early November and since then it has got quieter, particularly for GTs.  The Doggies have been fun though it seems. Really hope it has livened up again.

That is indeed a very cool contraption and easy to set up I guess.

[Peter Childs]

Wow, nice revival tank!  Looks like a recipe for a wet cockpit and everything else as well!

Imagine sticking a tuna in there?  It would be like an outboard testing tank.

[Sam Conacher]

it's good to know that this is happening and the GT'S are being looked after,  i like the idea of the set-up to.

[Luke Wyrsta]

The tank has a water-tight lid for transportation on boat and off.

Looks like it would work pretty good on Fukui's boat - there's a approx 10ft self draing back deck 

[Mark Harris]

Is he on the Kaiser boat Luke? Hope they are going well. Returns in Alor since October have been disappointing.

Adhek is out there right now with a Japanese group using the local boat MV Theodoras, and Ocean Dreams has a group as well.

I actually didn't ask but will hear all about it when he gets back.

Looks like Fukui and his party accompanied by Adhek did well in Alor.  Pics are up here:

http://adhek.net/asfeng/4_6dec2010.html
http://adhek.net/asfeng/7_8dec2010.html

I am personally disappointed to see GTs held up by the tail like that though  . I will ask Adhek about that but it seems strange with guys as experienced as he and Fukui on the boat.

[Kasey Leong]

I'm still puzzled with the use of zip-locks around the tail! 

[Mark Harris]

Yep me too Kasey and I will find out!

Looking at those GTs held up with one hand by the tail is equally bemusing, unless they were dead.

[Luke Wyrsta]

Perhaps the ziplock was used so that the GT could be weighed via a hook - which I don't agree with BTW.

[Mark Harris]

That's possible I guess. The boat they were on (MV Theodoras) is very basic indeed and it would surprise if they had a scale. Maybe though.

Also Luke, what's your take on holding up GTs one handed by the tail? Surely a recipe to break their back?

[Luke Wyrsta]

That's possible I guess. The boat they were on (MV Theodoras) is very basic indeed and it would surprise if they had a scale. Maybe though.

Also Luke, what's your take on holding up GTs one handed by the tail? Surely a recipe to break their back?

It definitely is not good.

Even handling them with care, if you accidentally don't correctly support even the smallest of GT's...you can HEAR the damage being done. It's like vertibrae separating or 'popping'.

[Mark Harris]

That's what I always thought.

I seem to remember there is a thread here somewhere about the correct way to hold a GT for picture.  If someone can locate that and pin it, it might be a good idea.

[Callan Wallace]

Could the cable ties be fish tags. I found this
http://www.hallprint.com/self_locking_loop_tags.html
I have a few people involved with tagging looking into cable tie fish tagging and any associated problems. I will post when I hear back from them.