Dear All,
Last week we have a fellow anglers fish with us at komodo, It was such a short notice before the groups went ou for fishing with us, but finally all clear up and they were start fishing
Lately, staffs at Labuan Bajo inform our Bali office that they did not carry the proper gear to fish in Komodo, staff said that the gear they are carry was too small. Though in the previous call with the anglers mentioned that they have their proper gear to fish in komodo as we mentioned in the website.
Though fishing trip went well, i aint satisfy enough with the trip. that they did not experience the maximum achievement of the komodo fishing trips.
This is the reasons why we make this Komodo fishing blog, to update the information and the fishing conditions in comodo. Those above also why us like to talk or interviews with the agler going to komodo about the gears and everything whether by email or by phone.
so let us list some of the gears that may as minimum requirement for fishing in Komodo. We are mostly experienced with Shimano’s tackle, but any other that similar or in the same clas with the mentioned below will be a good one too, either Daiwa band, penn, or okuma.
Pack up your proper gear to assure your fishing trip will be succesful & you can experience the maximum of Fishing Komodo !!
Most of this you can order/buy at www.johnsportfishing.com and have them delivered to komodo before your fishing date, and you can bring them back to your country for your next trip.
Lures / Poppers
Get the good peformance popper, that floats well, and can produce the water slash when it plays or retrieve.
There are several kinds of popper; Chugger, which creates most water splashes, Wind Breakers, that you can use for the high wind conditions. Mostly , those two will fit most of the sea conditions.
Lure weight should be matched with your gear, when you are using 100 grams lure wieight rod class, you still can use the 80grams popper and to 120 grams, as wella s it is on 150 grams. I myself prefer the 80-100 grams popper, that will not drain my power too fast.
Good combinations of lures and rods will produce a long cast and less power to cast it while easier to play with the lure. Some of the best rods are Sevenseas and Carpenter rods.
Reels
Reels should be able to stop the power of those GT from running away with your line and poppers/lure. It should at least has 11 kgs drag on the reels. the cheapest you can get from shimano is SHimano Navi 8000PG can stop medium GT, the Daiwa Freams J i heard also good. It should loaded with PE5/50lbs or PE6 line class. Shimano Stella 10.000 / 16.000 / 20.000 loaded with PE6 or PE8 will be the best. Daiwa saltiga dogfight will also be good.
LINE
Aint no good for filling the spool with Mono FIlamen, becaue it will strecth when you play with the lures, PE /Braided line use is almost a must. PE 6 - 60 lbs class, to PE8 or PE 10 is best for tis applications.
Rods,
2 pieces with the join at the end of the rods but is best. Do not use the middle rods join, it will break. Rod length should be around 8′6″ in order to cast farther then the lure will be on water longer if you cast farther. the chance to play it longer and able to attract the fish longer.
Hooks,
Treble Hooks of owner / is good. for better performance use 1 number bigger to place at the tail of the popper than the one at the popper’s belly. Since its a Catch and release fishing tour for GT, barbless hooks are recomended, you can un barb the hook using pliers.
Posted by: Skipper John
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Gears & Tackles