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

[Giles]

We started at 13:30 today.  Hit a mass of busting fish after 5 minutes, but both Szymon and I had left our brains and brawn in the apartment, and fucked up the only chance we had at them. This is what busting Tuna look like, so it sort of messes with your brain…..If you look carefully, you will see 2 flying fish in the image

It was then pretty quiet for about 4 hours, with just the odd fish showing.

At about 18:00 it picked up, and it was in the next couple of hours we got all the hits.  Trouble is, when one of these fish is on, fishing basically stops for a minimum of 20 mins, whilst we deal with it.

The day before the fish were showing all day all over the place, guys never managed to get back for lunch.

Tomorrow we start at 09:30.

Basically, there is no rhyme nor reason to when they show (well, I am sure there is, but none of us has managed to work it out).  The more time we spend on the water, the more chances we will get.

This is what Szymon did in the lulls….

[Giles]

Brekkie is served

[endo]

  ¡Hola! G have a great day!

[Chap]

Not quite full english breakfast… is that enough for a day on the sea fighting with gigantic tunas?

[ROman]

HOLA  The egg looks like it was made for a fisherman with a fish mouth to the left of the yolk.

[louisbosco]

man that is some big ass tuna!! even got the cat tired!

[Giles]

Hurrah…...

[goosehd]

Fantastic and on a top water popper.  What’s it like when they hit the lure?

[Daniel San]

Great fish Giles
Think this little bad boy did a good fight ??

[Nik]

You’re going to need a lot of mayo

[Giles]

Like this…

Then you set the hook, which has to be extremely violent a number of times (we are using large hooks so it takes a lot to penetrate.

Then you hang whilst line screams from your reel.  If you think it is a big one, you then have a fighting belt put on you by one of the others, then the pumping starts.

My gym visits have had obvious benefits.  Last year, I need help from Szyom on every fish (and once he has your rod, the fucker won't give it back).  This one I played it on my own, and honestly could have gone on for a lot longer,  I guess it took 15 mins, I was pretty brutal with it…..

[Aetas]

@Giles:

Hurrah…...

….and what a fish! Loved the two flying fishes in the background yesterday!

And a great show of the pimped jacket ;-)!

[Giles]

They've both fallen off now, but at least a Moroccan fishing boat is nicely pimped….

[hajduk]

Wow Giles!! Nice torpedo’s one! A bluefin one? Right?

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[Matt]

@Giles:

…..If you look carefully, you will see 2 flying fish in the image

Check your spectacles grandpa, that’s a seagull. 

[Aetas]

Seen it!
Blue, blue and blue.
Just like denim heaven  ; .

But ship propulsion was far away from pimped years ago 8).

[Giles]

@Matt:

Check your spectacles grandpa, that’s a seagull. 

Caught one of them too

[Giles]

Disappearing clouds…...

[goosehd]

I can imagine the first few minutes is like trying to catch a sledge hammer mid swing with your bare hands and the overall thrill must be exhilarating.

[Giles]

It's massively unsettling, as you suddenly go from working your lure in a mostly balanced posture to having the rod being pulled extremely violently away from you and down, whilst this is happening you need to brace yourself against something immovable and attempt to get the butt of the rod between your legs, all the time trying to set the hook and not give any slack, the first 30 seconds are mayhem, the next 60 mind-blowing and the rest of the fight is a brutal tug of war, once the fish is on the surface by the boat, it is nerve-wracking, one wrong move and the fish will be gone.  I lost 2 fish today in the first 30-second period, I'm not sure what I did wrong, but I know I must of…........