Another one of those trips we try to do as often as possible: the perfect long weekend out at sea on our fave boat. Most trips encompass a little bit of everything, from light to heavy. And this one wasn't any different. Blessed with decent weather and decent fishing, we couldn't ask for more...
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| Once on board it was all hands on deck as the gear is prepped... |
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| Hard to hide the enthusiasm... |
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| At the first spot, we find at least one Goldie biting. The Shout! Flash jig did the trick... |
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| Then a rare catch in the form of an African Pompano taken on the heavy FEED Madai... |
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| Didn't take too long to find another willing customer on the wicked Madai jig... |
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| We seem to have found a healthy congregation of Golden Snapper, as illustrated by this muscular one taken on the Shout! Shab Shab jig worked on the powerful Evergreen Poseidon Spin Jerker jig rod... |
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| And another one hits the deck courtesy of a Shout! Stay jig worked with the long strokes of the Major Craft Giant Killing Long Fall Special rod... |
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| Next up we barrel along and find some actively feeding thugs. These GTs go hard on the relatively light jig gear and are absolute fun. This one took a liking to a Xesta Nitro jig... |
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| Both fast and slow worked jigs appealed to them, and this Evergreen Caprice jig did the trick but was lost on the way up... |
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| A hefty GT on a similar Evergreen Caprice jig pitched with the Evergreen Poseidon Slow Jerker overhead rod... |
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| The bite goes on with another GT caught with an unconventional new lure... |
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| Its the new Jackall Anchovy Missile vertical jig that found this curious fish... |
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| Easily the biggest GT on jig of the trip, this bruiser took some beating... |
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| It fell for a Xesta After Burner, a jig synonymous for some great catches of late... |
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| Different drifts bring us through varied schools of fish. This Golden Snapper is the next to be fooled by the Xesta Nitro jig... |
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| And is followed closely by a smaller GT on the same Nitro jig... |
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| The Snappers are still around and its the luck of the draw... |
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| This time the CB One Zero One jig scores... |
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| In between bruisers we encounter some common Groupers that fall for the enticing jigs not much bigger than themselves. This is a Xesta Flap slow jig... |
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| Point illustrated again with another falling victim to the Shout! Shab Shab jig... |
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| Then a more decent Grouper is hit and landed, falling for the FEED Madai... |
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| A rare capture from the depths. It didn't feel like much on the strong Giant Killing Long Fall Special rod... |
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| Victim of the Xesta Flap jig... |
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| The Xesta Flap scores again with a nice Goldie to wrap the day's fishing up... |
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| At night the fishing was slow and besides a few Bigeye Trevs like this one on the Xesta Nitro there was little else... |
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| Next morning we get to witness a Major Craft Crostage Light Popping Special loaded up to the max bright and early... |
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| A hefty GT is the culprit... |
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| It went for a Jackson Mr Dekai minnow hard and got pinned... |
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| The rest of the morning's topwater action was mediocre but this nice GT on the Major Craft Crostage rod was a trophy... |
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| The FEED Lures BELL60 scores this time out... |
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| Next up we get a hook up in the wash and the Major Craft Giant Killing Hiramasa Special is loaded up... |
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| It wasn't the typical deep run but it was weighty none the less... |
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| Turned out to be a very sought-after Spanish Mackeral, an awesome capture... |
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| It fell for a very life-like FEED SLASH65 swimbait... |
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| We were almost about to give up after a slow couple of hours hard casting, when this GT decided it needed to take a swipe at a passing fleeing baitfish... |
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| That 'fleeing baitfish' would be none other than DUO's latest release, the Rough Trail Aomasa in the bigger 188 guise... |
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| An Evergreen Poseidon Spin Jerker bent meant a good fish for sure... |
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| After the topwater onslaught we found a GT hanging deep with a Shout! Shab Shab jig... |
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| The Shout! Shab Shab scores again with a nice Grouper for the table... |
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| The FEED Madai is an irresistible snack for many species like this Snapper... |
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| And this Grouper too... |
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| The Shout! Strobe slow jig worked deep nails a decent Grouper... |
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| The FEED Madai continues to terrorise little reef monsters... |
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| Meanwhile the Xesta Flap slow jig does its trick on a Golden Snapper... |
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| And the Xesta Flap is on a roll with a nice Estuary Cod up next... |
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| No sign of stopping as another Goldie falls prey... |
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| Slow pitching with the Giant Killing Slow Pitch Special and the Xesta Flap pays dividends with this Estuary Cod... |
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| Big Xesta Nitro with small Snapper captive... |
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| But the Xesta Nitro's next capture is indeed special - a rare Javelin Fish... |
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| Another rare capture in these parts - a nice Emperor on the Evergreen Poseidon Slow Jerker... |
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| The FCL Labo SL jig proves adept at bottom hugging Groupers... |
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| Its on a roll... |
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| With three in succession... |
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| That night the fish left us alone but there were a few curious Bigfin Reef Squid that were vary but one eventually fell for the Evergreen Egi Bancho lure... |
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| Not long after another is fooled with the DUO Dsquid lure... |
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| The last morning's fishing was a tad slow but we manage an Estuary Cod that put up a struggle on the Major Craft Giant Killing Slow Pitch Special... |
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| It fell for the Bassday Bottom Contact jig... |
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| We end the trip with some pelagic action with a nice Queenfish... |
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| Like many before it, it fell for a Xesta After Burner jig... |
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