Giles is off to Morocco Chasing Blue Fin Tuna Again - Sept 2022

[Giles]

September is when the Blue Fin Tuna run in The Straits of Gibraltar.  I am off on Sunday with my good friend Szymon to try our luck.

Extreme wet weather jacket pimped - check.

[Dmart]

Enjoy Giles and good luck with the tuna!

[Daniel San]

Good luck AND be carefull 

[Giles]

What's careful?

[EdH]

I hope you catch a big one. Travel well.

[Giles]

A couple of mates of mine are already there.  I'm hoping to see a bend like this in my rod…..

[Kasi]

Don’t slip this time G.

Have fun

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[Giles]

It will be of more note if I don't

[goosehd]

Safe travels G and enjoy!  Is this the area where you cut bait and help the local village?

[Giles]

It is….

Our typical day means getting up at 04:00, catching flying fish in nets and then fishing with those as bait until a little after sun-up.  Repair back to base for breakfast and then back out with lures for the rest of the day.  The Tuna are hunting shoals of flying fish, and it is not worth casting unless we can see Tuna busting the surface and be near enough to get a lure close enough.  Sometimes we'll spend most of the day in the cafe waiting for fish to show, other days we are chasing shoals for 8 hours.....Any fish we catch go into the village cold store, get auctioned off by a government-appointed auctioneer every evening, and count towards the village's Tuna quota for the year.

[goosehd]

This trip and your story about it stands out in my mind due to the fact that everyone chips in together to help the Community.  It really seems like a magical time/place and very rewarding…

[Giles]

It's a 2 say thing.  I pay to fish, but at a fraction of the price I have found anywhere else, and have a ball.  The villagers get money from me for catching fish that they could probably do better than me 

[Giles]

Nice new Japanese Meiho box….

Which includes all the bits and pieces I need, including ample first aid bits and pieces…...

[louisbosco]

have a blast, bring back new scars. live to tell the tale. safe trip xx

[ROman]

Have a great time, and safe travels.

[Matt]

I trust you’re current on your tetanus shots.  Honestly  I wouldn’t be surprised if that’s the type of thing you have lying around the house.

[Giles]

I had one, just in case, in Oman….

[Twistlock]

Safe travels G and good luck with the tuna.

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[Kasi]

@Giles:

What's careful?

Lol [emoji23] be ruthless

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[Giles]

Got Tangier in one piece. It’s 1:15 and I am in a taxi blasting east through the night, and it’s moderately alarming