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Marc Towers

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Andre van Wyk

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INSANE!!!

Congrats on an amazing trip Marc.... Madagascar's potential truly is incredible!!!

Very nice mate, some incredible captures there!
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Dave Foyle

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Wow.  Well done Mark - congrats on a great trip.  Shame the popping didn't fire - but looks like you more than made up for it with some great jigging sport.

Any particular type of jig, colour or retrieve have the edge?

Tight lines  Dave

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Wonderful variety of fish there - and some big guys too! :)

Jay Burgess

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Looks like a healthy population of GTs there, it's a pitty you didn't have more success on poppers but I think jigging would add an interesting perspective to fishing for the species. Awesome Red Emperor (5th pic down, second group of photots) there, they're a highly prized table fish over here in Australia and we've recently started to target them on jigs on the north western coast of WA.

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Fantastic report Marc, you must be a fit man, I can't imagine what the tally would have been if conditions were better.

I see you are impressed with the Spinoza Amberjacks, what PE were you fishing on them and what would be your estimate on max jigs for that rod, if you don't mind me asking.

Also looking forward to hearing more on your 10K stella post mortem!!

Cheers
Andy
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Marc Towers

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Hi Guys,

thanks for your kind comments.

Dave - jigs wise we predominantly use 200 gram jigs, whilst also using 150 & 300 gram jigs fairly regularly as well.. short jigs perform better than long jigs - to be honest the jigs which do the business consistently here are Sea Rock and Orion jigs, the Hart weepy jigs also are pretty good. More expensive will work, but when you lose 3-4/day to spanish mackeral/shark etc, i prefer to stick to the less expensive options..! Hooks: Fisherman Spinoza 12/0, Decoy cutlass 8/0 and Shout kudako 7/0 are all good choices. Colours: mackeral, sardine, green back, pink, pearl - all work well - pearl and the pink in lower light conditions.. Retrieve - i am no specialist, but short jerks in general, pauses help as often the fish seemed to hit on the 'pause'..

Jay - thanks for the species ID - nice to know, i had really no idea other than i thought it was related to the smaller blood snapper in another photo..! She went back, so the sampling of the flesh quality will have to wait until the next trip..!

Andy - I have to say i loved the Amberjack rods, my only one gripe was the handle are a little too long for me - give me a Nirai handle on a Spinoza amberjack blank and it would be perfect.! Actually, a friend is currently in the process of taking a couple of inches off the bottom of his rod, and re-mounting the gimbal etc - looking forward to seeing the results..! Jig weights - well, they handles 150-300 gram jigs no problem - cant really comment about larger than that as we didnt go any heavier.. The flex in the tip makes it very easy to work the jig in my view. PE line - one was fishing varivas big one PE 6 (85lb) on a 10K and the other varivas 10X10 PE8 (112lb) on an expo reel - it did fine to be honest - i ahve to admit i was planning to use this reel on my smith AMJEX, but it never happened....

Cheers, Marc.

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Jay - thanks for the species ID - nice to know, i had really no idea other than i thought it was related to the smaller blood snapper in another photo..! She went back, so the sampling of the flesh quality will have to wait until the next trip..!


No problem, Lutjanus sebae is the scientific name if you're interested.

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wow great trip Marc! thanks for posting a report

how do you find the stealth rod? i'm considering one matched to a stella 10K for lighter (PE5-6) popping work
thanks
Andrew

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Hi Andrew,

 I was impressed with the Stealth rod - I paired it with a Stella 8K HG JDM reel, and PE 4 YGK ultra castman - I liked the balance of the outfit - threw small poppers, baby runbohs and K-ten minnows etc. The 10K is a little heavier but i am sure it would suit fine, and PE5 shouldnt be an issue...

  Cheers, Marc.

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Definetly some solid fish Caught,good work on the marlin to..