Catch of the day [Fishing]

[jordanscollected]

This makes me happy and I’m not involved at all.

[Giles]

My buddy Szymon with a 40kg, so one of the smallest we have had…...

The camera angle flatters the fish size a lot, but it's still a great photo.....

And here is Szymon, Moha and me boating my 60…..

[Paul9221]

That's a beautiful answer to a technical question, thanks G!

I can't believe the size of those things!  Nice work!

[Giles]

Today, the weather was iffy at best.  We thought we were going to lose the day, but eventually managed to get out for 4 hours.  Szymon and I managed 2 each.  The largest at 48.8kg took 45 minutes to land pulling 15Kg of drag.  Here is Szymon giving a smaller one some grief…. - IHJ-97-GRN

Then we had fish, fish and more fish for supper…..

[Paul9221]

You're getting such epic pictures, and that food looks amazing!

What a great trip!  How much longer are you there?

[Giles]

Tomorrow is our last day.  Curtailed for me because I need to go and get a PCT test in the morning…...Szymon will be out at 4:30 in the morning and I am as jealous as hell 

[Giles]

Me into a 50…...

[Giles]

Sitting down on the job  :D.  This is the fish I mentioned above, which took 45 minutes to land. This photo is about 15 minutes in, I tried to play it with no fighting belt for the first 20 or so, I have the bruises to prove it  What I learned this week, is that working out how to conserve energy is key to lasting the distance with these guys….

[goosehd]

with where the end of that rod is braced, I don't want to know where the bruises are…OUCH!!

[Giles]

That is why I did not post a pic 

[zhivago]

Looks absolutely amazing @Giles!!

[Giles]

I'm back home.  What an amazing trip, it was so much more than I imagined it would be.  We got up at about 03:30 most mornings and commercially fished for the cooperative until about 08:00.  No other westerners have ever done this, so we felt very privileged and included.  There are only 2 boats licenced for just 2 fishermen each, for sports fishing in the whole region, so again, we felt really special that we have managed to secure a spot.  We had no idea it was this hard to fish here until halfway through the holiday, when we asked Moha, our guide if we could bring a bunch of people next year.  I went, wanting to catch a Blue Fin Tuna, that was all I wanted to do.  I ended up catching 6 or 7 (we were so tired, we lost count!) up to 70kg, so I well and truly ticked that box.  The people were delightful, one example; we tipped the guy who drove our boat €50 at the end of the week, and I had to have a major argument to make him accept it,  in the end, I stuffed it in a pocket and walked way…

We will definitely be back.  And we will both be so much better prepared next time around...

[hajduk]

Awesome!

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[dinobarnesberlin]

Really an amazing trip. Cant imagine fighting one of those 70 pounders for 45 minutes.
National Geographic level trip Giles

[Giles]

70kg not 70lbs…..Which is 155lbs 

[dinobarnesberlin]

oops–-my bad.
so more than double obviously.
so basically man sized fish

[goosehd]

What a great memory to have and to share!  One of these days when you slow down  :D, I expect to see a book on your life.

[goosehd]

Forgot to ask, does this fit in with your Physio??

[Giles]

What, like, should I be doing it?

[goosehd]

I guess the question is: Are you in better shape after wrestling 40-70kg tuna or doing the prescribed physio exercises?

Would be a great conversation to overhear with your physiotherapist.