Jewell Reef 2008

[Robert Palcak]

Great report Brandon, it's always a pleasure reading about what you've been up to... and some nice pics too.

[Luke Wyrsta]

Great stuff Brandon. You probably have your own ass groove indented on the Nomad bunks now!

That is probably the biggest popper caught Nap Wrasse I've ever seen!!!!! Very jealous - gorgeous photo!

[Mick Cunningham]

brandon . what a great effort you did on that wrasse .

great report well done .
yea i know you got more coming so keep it up  .

cheer,s mick

[Darren Cook]

Wow! spectacular looking fish Brandon.
Sounds like an absolutely memorable trip.

Nice to see the SS popper getting results.....did that one survive the trip?

Great report and pics. i have to get there one day.
cheers Darren.

[Brandon Khoo]

Did the SS popper survive the trip? Well, that's a matter of opinion
I suppose you can't ask much more from a popper - 16 GTs and 80% of the damage done by the last one

[Darren Cook]

OUCH!~

[Brandon Khoo]

One big fish will do more damage to the lure than a dozen smaller ones. I had fifteen GTs up on the lure when Jason (one of the Nomad guides) got snaffled  by a very nice fish. It did more damage than the other fifteen combined!

Btw - SS poppers are tough. I've had the same happen with other poppers when the fish gets the lure solidly in its jaws.

[Darren Cook]

Brandon, I'd be interested to know which rods Konishi favors?   

[Bwanna Surya]

Awesome....really nice pictures too.....

[Brock Arifovic]

Brandon, what do these SS poppers look like new & were do yo uget them from

[Ewan Macleod]

Sweet report Brandon. Really got a sense of the hectic magic session!! Nothing like it when you get a follow at least on every cast! That black trout looks hardcore. Well done.

Any chance Konishi or Mogi will write up a report of this trip as well?

[Colin P]

Really enjoyed your report and pics Brandon - and very jealous that you live so near to such awesome fishing!!

I intend to take my wife to Australia in 2011 (birthday present) and luckily she is an avid fisher so not much doubt about what we will be doing when we get there!

In the meantime, we are off to the Seychelles early December to see what we can pop and jig there.

Look forward to reading about your next adventure.

[Brandon Khoo]

too hard to get and in too short a supply to bother about, Brock.

Brandon, what do these SS poppers look like new & were do yo uget them from

[Brandon Khoo]

I have no idea, Ewan but I doubt it. Mogi spends his whole life on trips and Konishi is pretty focussed on testing his lures. Neither of them are fishing jounos.

Sweet report Brandon. Really got a sense of the hectic magic session!! Nothing like it when you get a follow at least on every cast! That black trout looks hardcore. Well done.

Any chance Konishi or Mogi will write up a report of this trip as well?

[MikeOsborn]

Amazing photos once again Brandon. I love reading your reports