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

[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…........

[goosehd]

sharp hooks, not a deep enough set, brief moments of line slack, all of the above, or just general shit luck…isn't is why they call it fishing and not catching...glad you're having fun and thanks for the pictures.

Us armchair fishermen are living vicariously...

[Giles]

I think in probability I did not set the hooks well enough, it's quite startling how violent with the hook set you need to be.  Often when a fish takes line at >10kg of drag, you think that there s no way that the hook cant have penetrated….Often we shout set, set, set when a fellow angler hooks uo, to make them remember to do it.

[Giles]

I'll pop a few photos that Sami has taken whilst we are here, he is an amazing fisherman and extraordinary photographer….

[Giles]

Oh shit, the military have turned up 

[bbrtns]

Time for some Sadam Hussein style fishing?

[Giles]

Just hope it ain't Putain coming for conscripts…..

[neph93]

@Giles:

Just hope it ain't Putain coming for conscripts…..

Ugh… that is going to go badly. Also, love the pun.

Whenever Eddie sees Putain’s face on the tv or a newspaper, he gives him two middle fingers [emoji38]

Anyhoo, back to the fishing. As an infrequent fisher of fish, it normally takes me two failed bites to remember to set my hook properly.

[Peter]

Very cool pictures! Totally not jealous..