We pick up where we left off from in Part 2 of this Maldives instalment...
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| To drop jigs into the abyss its hard to pass up on the excellent Evergreen Poseidon rods, purpose-built sticks made for the job... |
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| Working a slow jig deep with the Major Craft Giant Killing sees it bending hard... |
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| Its a fat Shark on the Xesta Flap jig... |
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| From a shallower point comes a Rock Cod taken on a Shout! Lighten jig... |
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| Then its a pair from the reef on the Xesta Flap and Shout! Lighten jigs respectively... |
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| The Shout! Lighten scores again with a nice Coronation Trout... |
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| Another beauty hits the deck... |
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| Courtesy of the Xesta Flap... |
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| Then its a fantastic Amberjack on the Shout! Lighten jig... |
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| Going small in the shallows pays dividends with this nice Long Nose Emperor... |
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| It took a Shout! Shiver jig and paid its dues... |
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| Here's a Major Craft Giant Killing spin rod nicely loaded... |
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| Can't get reder than this Tomato Cod... |
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| Taken on a Shout! Stay jig... |
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| Next in is another rare Yellowtail Grouper... |
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| Victim of the Shout! Stay jig as well... |
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| Two Groupers on the Shout! Stay and Xesta Flap jigs... |
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| Another Rock Cod on the Shout! Stay jig... |
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| There was no lack of fish on these reefs... |
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| Baby Amberjack taken on the Xesta Flap... |
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| And another Amberjack on the Shout! Stay jig... |
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| A taxed Long Nose Emperor taken on a Xesta Flap jig... |
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| A tandem of Tomato Cod on Xesta Flaps... |
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| The jigging action was fast and furious... |
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| Back to surface lures and a GT is landed on the FCL Labo DIQS pencil... |
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| Its followed by another GT on the FCL Labo SPP Tuna... |
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| A lil' Green Jobfish on the Xesta Flap jig... |
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| A nice Black Jack which took a liking to a Shout! Flash jig... |
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| Another beautiful Yellowfin Grouper taken on the Xesta After Burner jig this time... |
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| A large Rock Cod from the depths on the Kanji Free Slow jig... |
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| A small GT on the Shout! Stay jig... |
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| An awesome Long Nose Emperor on the Xesta Flap jig... |
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| Another large Rock Cod on the Shout! Stay jig... |
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| A small Bigeye Trev taken at night on an IMA Gun Peki jig... |
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| They hunt in packs and the IMA Gun Peki usually finds them... |
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| The topwater action isn't frenzied but a few nice fish are pulled in on occasion... |
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| Here the FCL Labo CSP scores another... |
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| Yellowfin Tuna always gets the guys onboard excited. This one took a Shout! Shab Shab jig... |
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| So did this lil' Coral Cod... |
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| If they aren't up top, a dropped Evergreen Javeline Jet jig will find the GTs... |
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| A beautifully coloured Rosy Jobfish on a Sevenseas Hooker jig... |
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| A fat Black Jack from the depths... |
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| The Evergreen Javeline jet scores again... |
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| A rare Blue Cod which took a Xesta After Burner jig... |
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| More GT action from the reef with a Shout! Shab Shab jig... |
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| And the Xesta After Burner strikes again with a Green Jobbie... |
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| Two small Rock Cods from the deep on one jig... |
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| Its the Xesta Flap which scores... |
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| These Rosy Jobfish go real hard and they love Shout! Shab Shab jigs... |
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| A Red Bass taken deep with a Xesta Flap... |
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| Another mixed bag in the boat... |
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| Another nice Yellowfin Tuna on the Shout! Shab Shab... |
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| Out come the light jigs in the dark, here's a nice Paddletail Snapper which took an IMA Ichimatsu jig... |
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| The same Ichimatsu scores this Bigeye Trevally as well... |
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| Another Paddletail falls for the bright IMA Gun Peki jig... |
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| A small GT which would've put up a big fight, on the IMA Ichimatsu... |
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| The Ichimatsu scores again with this Bigeye Trev... |
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| Long Nose Emperor on the Xesta After Burner jig... |
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| Bigeye Trev on the IMA Ichimatsu once again... |
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| The Yellowtail Groupers are magnificent looking things. This one took an FCL Labo SL jig... |
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| A Nassau Grouper from the depths on the Shout! Shab Shab jig... |
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| A beaut Yellowfin Tuna taken on a Fisherman Andaman jig... |
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| The Bassday Bottom Contact jig scores a big Tomato Cod... |
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| They then hit a school of Rosy Jobbies... |
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| The Shout! Shab Shab scores two... |
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| A greedy Greasy Grouper couldn't resist a Fisherman Andaman jig... |
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| A small pesky Mack Tuna on the big Shout! Shab Shab jig... |
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| A Green Jobfish on the Shout! Shab Shab jig as well... |
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| A school of Rosy Jobfish and a lone Dogtooth Tuna... |
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| The Shout! Shab Shab scores... |
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| Not the biggest but it'll have to do... |
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| A Xesta Flap jig scores double Coronation Trouts! |
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| The Rock Cods love the slow Xesta Flaps too... |
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| Another nice Coronation Trout on the Xesta Flap... |
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| The Shout! Shab Shab gets the last customer for the trip... |
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| A nice GT to cap the trip off... |
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