Where to go next?

[Bent Inge Bentsen]

I had a great trip to the Andaman Islands in January with Gamefishing Asia. This was my first popping-/jiggingtrip and I was very pleased with it. I'm going on a new trip in 2018. The goal is to fish for both GT and dogtooth tuna with jigging- and poppingequipment. Since I had a great time this year I also consider going back to the Andaman Islands. Hope you can give me advice about the destinations and feel free to suggest other places. Here are the destinations I have considered so far:

- Andaman Islands
- Maldives
- Laccadives
- Papua New Guinea
- Tanzania
- Madagascar
- Sudan
- Djibouti

Here is a video I made from the trip to the Andaman Islands.

Regards
Bent Inge

[Ian Cook]

Hi Bent,

You could add various locations in Australia, Fiji, Vanuatu and New Caledonia to your list of destinations, all offer plenty of popping and jigging options as well as some very big fish too!

Cheers,

Ian

[Bent Inge Bentsen]

Hi,
thanks for the reply. Those destinations looks great as well. Have you fished any of those?

[Ian Cook]

Still a pipe dream at this stage  , hopefully one day when the chance comes around I'll get to one of them.

Cheers,

Ian

[Bent Inge Bentsen]

I hope you get your dream trip one day 

[Mark Gonsalves]

Terrific Video.

[Bent Inge Bentsen]

Thanks

[Martin Gundersen]

Hi Bent
I'm also considering PNG, Madagascar or maybe Djibouti for 2018.
For me, these are the places that looks most exciting.

I'm of to Sudan tomorrow 

[Bent Inge Bentsen]

Hi,
there are certainly a lot of interesting places. An advantage with travelling to Africa is shorter flights and less time difference compared to PNG or Australia. Hope you get a great trip to Sudan 

[Lucas Nixon]

Where are you based Bent?

For those of us in Australia we are fortunate to have relatively short travel times to some excellent locations including the North East and North West coasts of Australia and the many islands of the South Pacific.

If it was me personally I would chip away at all the close locations first and if you don't find what you're looking for close to home then put in the travel time to hit those destinations a little further afield.

Too many amazing locations to really narrow down to just a few but for me the outer barrier reef of Northern Queensland is pretty hard to pass up. With more operators starting to head out on live aboard trips and promoting and practicing catch and release fishing more people will be able to experience what is an amazing part of the world.

Cheers and happy hunting.

[Bent Inge Bentsen]

I live in Norway in Europe. So it's a bit long flight to Australia, but if the fishing is great it's definitely worth it. Thanks for the advice. Have you fished Papua New Guinea or New Caledonia?

[Lucas Nixon]

Hi Bent,

Haven't visited New Cal but have flown over it numerous times on route to Fiji and Vanuatu. Looks amazing and so close to home. I love both Fiji and Vanuatu and with so many islands to explore I think I will keep going back whenever I get a chance. There's some serious GT's that smashed me up last time I was in Fiji and the big Dogtooth tuna of Vanuatu will get me back for sure.

PNG is very high on my to do list but I intend on making a proper run at it for 4 weeks+ as it is an amazing place with lots of history and a lot of spots to throw a lure. Including some amazing freshwater and estuary fishing for barra, black bass etc.

Enjoy your travels and happy hunting.

Cheers.

[Bent Inge Bentsen]

Thanks for the info, all those destinations looks great 

[Bent Inge Bentsen]

I have booked a trip to Madagascar with Emeraude Fishing in January 2018. I'm  really looking forward to that

[Tony Warnett]

Phillip is a great operator and one hell of an angler.

Make sure to take plenty of Jigs big Napoleon/Grouper/GT and obviously Doggies.

Top Water I have seen captured some of the Biggest GT south of Oman skinny water but Monsters Lurk there.

January is one of the best months in Madi make sure to take some Aerogaurd or Insect repellent.

Enjoy.