Giles chases one of his dreams again
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The islands we fish from are 35miles from the dock. But this is not what we would term deep sea fishing, GT's inhabit relatively shallow water (the max we fish in is 70 feet) and we typically cast surface lures which get hit on the surface in the most dramatic way. A hit from a large (30kg+) GT can be like someone dropping a piano into the water from a helicopter, and hits come from literally nowhere. The reason that you see no land in the background of my pictures is because, good holding structure can be a 100 yard by 100yd spot in the middle of nowhere ,and frankly we don't want others working out where we catch the fish. These fish are a valuable resource and can take 50 years to reach 40 or 50kg, we don't want them being caught and killed.
We are 100% catch and release for GT. If we catch a grouper, snapper, mahi mahi or the like, then that may get taken home for supper.
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so you pretty much spend most of the time on the boat when you're out or do you go back to land?
my first experiencing fishing was a bad one. haven't tried it after…
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Great catch! How was the water?
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I got totally wasted by a large fish yesterday. My 200lb breaking strain leader parted at the knot next to the lure when I was having to give it maximum pressure to stop it reefing me. I ended up hitting the deck with some force (and it has to be said, not a lot of style). I was damaged in a couple of places. The local solution to the misplaced muscles…..
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I could start an entire forum based on jokes about that tube of Gel.
Are you gonna use it?
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apparently you need a prescription and then register yourself as a horse to use that.
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I ended up hitting the deck with some force (and it has to be said, not a lot of style).
Fingers crossed for video…
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This is revenge for the horse sausages in Belgium you realise
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