This is the second part of the latest Maldives trip. The fishing was sub-par for reasons unknown but it started to pick up in the later part of the trip...
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| Slow pitching the depths with a Xesta Slow Emotion Flap jig found this taker... |
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| Its a Grey Banded Cod, and a hefty one too. On the new Major Craft NP Jack Slow Pitch rod it gave an awesome fight... |
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| A Tomato Cod from the depths on a Shout! Lance jig... |
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| The Lance by Shout! strikes again with this nice Deep Sea Bream... |
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| The Major Craft NP Jack is bent double yet again, and its a long fight from deep... |
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| Its the Shout! Cradle jig with two fishes from four hooks... |
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| An even bigger Grey Banded Cod hits the deck. Its a trophy! |
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| One more shot with the behemoth for posterity... |
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| Meanwhile from slightly shallower waters comes a Coronation Trout which took a Shout! Shab Shab jig... |
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| The new FCL Labo purple Stickbait Special rod is paired with the FEED Lures SLASH130 and it scores this GT... |
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| The GTs start to cooperate, as another comes aboard... |
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| This one courtesy of the FCL Labo CSP stickbait... |
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| Didn't take too long to find yet another... |
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| The CSP by FCL Labo shows its mettle... |
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| This GT preferred a popper to the stickbaits... |
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| Its the FEED Lures PIN100 which scores... |
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| A nice Grouper from the deep is hooked by the lady on a Shout! Shab Shab jig... |
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| Coronation Trout are always welcome onboard and make good tucker. This one fell for a Fisherman Andaman jig... |
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| On this particular morning the stars align and the GT bite is red hot... |
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| The FEED PIN popper continues where it left of the day before... |
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| With two GTs in succession! |
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| A better than average specimen makes an angler's day... |
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| Its hard to go past the FCL Labo CSP stickbait for the Maldives... |
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| And where poppers are concerned the FEED PIN popper is perfect... |
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| Sun's up, wind's died, fish on the chew, can't ask for more... |
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| The FCL CSP stickbait scores yet another... |
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| The FCL Labo CSP doesn't stop short as it accounts for another good fish... |
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| A quick stop at a jigging spot finds a small Yellowfin Tuna on the Fisherman Andaman jig and Evergreen Poseidon Spin Jerker rod combo... |
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| Then its back to casting and the GTs continue to oblige... |
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| As always the FCL CSP stickbait never fails to connect... |
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| Skipping the shallows with the FEED Lures SPEAR120 pencil usually turns up a hungry GT or two... |
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| As we settle for the night a nice Tomato Cod pounces on the ultralight IMA Gun Peki jig and gave a tough fight on the Major Craft Go-Emotion Micro Jig Special... |
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| The next morning we find more topwater action in our favour with our trusty FCL Labo rods... |
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| This GT liked the bright FEED PIN135 popper... |
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| The beauty fighting the beast. With the supple Major Craft Crostage popping stick the fight is in her favour... |
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| Its a nice GT indeed... |
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| Sunset and its back to the ultralight stuff when the boat comes to anchor. First fish is a feisty Mack Tuna which feel for an IMA Gun Peki fished on the Major Craft Go-Emotion Micro Jig Special rod... |
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| Emperors are one of the hardest fighters on the reefs pound for pound... |
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| The IMA Gun Peki is this one's downfall... |
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| The IMA Gun Peki continues to shine with a pretty Paddletail Snapper... |
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| Even an Octopus falls for the IMA Gun Peki jig... |
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| Its a big one and an awesome catch! |
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| Bright and early its jigging time, and a Black Jack comes aboard with the Shout! Stay jig pinned... |
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| We then encounter some Amberjacks. This first one went for a Bassday Bungy Wide jig... |
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| Then a pair comes up with Fisherman Andamans in the mouth... |
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| The slow pitch NP Jack outfit by Major Craft turns up a Rock Cod on the Xesta Flap jig... |
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| The Shout! Width jig is the next to score a Rock Cod... |
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| And the Xesta Flap jig gets another Rock Cod... |
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| Working the Fisherman Andaman jig with more fervour, this Rosy Jobfish found it to its liking... |
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| Here's a greedy Black Jack on a big FCL Labo SLZ slow jig... |
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| More slow pitch work finds this Tomato Cod on the Shout! Lance jig... |
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| While the Xesta Flap doesn't disappoint, with a nice Rock Cod. The Major Craft NP Jack Slow Pitch rod put to good use... |
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| The Rosy Jobfish make their presence shown by sending up a representative which took a Shout! Shab Shab jig... |
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| The Major Craft NP Jack gets a decent workout with the one on a Xesta Flap jig... |
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| Then its the Fisherman Andaman's time to shine with another Rosy... |
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| The Shout! Shab Shab jig scores yet another... |
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| Not far off the bottom a fat Tomato Cod gets hook by the Xesta Flap jig... |
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| A Grouper duo on the FCL SL jig and Fisherman Marado jig respectively... |
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| A Rock Cod ends the fun morning of jigging when it took the FCL Labo SL jig... |
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| Its then back to popping and we find a GT not long after... |
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| The FEED Lures PIN popper scores... |
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| An explosive strike and a brutal fight ends with a nice GT on the lap... |
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| Its the FEED Lures SPEAR pencil worked with the FCL Labo EXT rod which ends in this capture... |
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| The fishing is tough with a few hits and many missed strikes by uncommitted fish. We manage one last GT to end the trip... |
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| The FEED Lures PIN popper gets the final fish aboard... |
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