Catch of the day [Fishing]

[neph93]

@jordanscollected:

Let me get into a hobby farm before I commit to Madagascar, or the wife will bury me alive.

At the minute I’d take the fishing trip and the wife could bury me with a smile on my face when I came back.

[Giles]

PM me, I am all ears…..You will never experience anything like this.  It is elemental Africa, with fish......

[neph93]

I left the house early this morning with the two
smalls to get them into kindergarten. Hot Ingrid was still asleep. I’ve just written her a text asking if I can go to Madagascar with Giles…. I’m excited to read the response.

[Giles]

Me too

[Giles]

I just did a fork-length to weight calculation on my big Blue. I estimated the length of the shark from snout to fork at 84" (my sunnies are 6" across, so I have a known measurement) and it comes in at 138lbs…...

[Peter]

@Giles that's a great catch, many congrats on the new PB!

Small one from today (on my favourite jerkbait). I really need to take more pictures, the fishing is great and I'm out most days. Fall in Malmö is magical. Love perch fishing!

[Giles]

Thanks Peter,

First fish I ever caught was a Perch, been to long now since I have had one…..

[Giles]

Popped out at 5AM this morning to catch the tide with a French pal.  It's very late in the season for lure fishing for Bass, so we went, more with hope than expectation.

Guilhem had a nice one, we were made up…..

[Giles]

And I had a baby…...

[jordanscollected]

Great catches @Giles. Fall fishing can be hit or miss here in MN but the fall colors make even a tough day worth it.

[Clint_D]

Finally put a decent yellowfin on deck last night - 98.7 lbs. I had already cut the loins on the other side before I remembered that I hadn't taken a picture.

[Giles]

Now that is a fish….....

[Clint_D]

The guys out here have caught 3 tunas >100 lbs within the last week, this was the largest at 144 lbs:

[Giles]

Tactics?

[Clint_D]

Just using large topwater poppers attempting to mimic the flying fish.  Where we fish from is ~40' above the water line so we've got a pretty good vantage point and we can spot when the tunas are chasing flying fish and we'll try to place the popper in it's path.  I was using a 200mm Yo Zuri Bull Pop and the tuna just inhaled it, you can barely see the head of the popper in it's mouth in the pic.  Also, if I'm not mistaken, the tunas are heading towards warmer water to spawn so there's been plenty around the ship over the last month or so.

[Giles]

That's a big fish to catch on stand up popping gear (I'm assuming you don't have a fighting chair welded to the platform  ). Congrats….

[Clint_D]

Haha, no fighting chair here    Thanks!

[Chap]

[Giles]

Popped out at dawn with a mate for some fishing casting practice…

[Giles]

Popped out at dawn with Rob.

He caught, I didn't.  But in reality catching Bass on lures on days when you have to scrape the ice off your car before leaving the house is a triumph of hope over experience..