It was started last night around 7 pm, one of my friend, a fisherman called me on my cellphone then he was insist me to join him for fishing the next day. Because he just found a place where all the GTs are scholing, it was a sudden short notice. Then called a friend to join us for this fishing spots explorations.
Then i called him again asking what kind of fishing there. he answered, live baiting. Then confirmed that we are going to meet at the beach the next dawn to fish for bait using his fishing boat, the live baiting will use tamban fish / Clupeichthys goniognathus / sarden fish / http://fishbase.org/Summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=1569
We leave then at 5:30 leaving beach heading to where the sarde fish is. soon we caught some 40 fishes, put them in the live bait tanks and off we go to the fishing spots.
OK,
we loered down 4 rigs at 9::00am, we have our b’fast there while waiting fish bit our baits. 9:30 frind said, at 10:00am they will start bitting, look all my fisherman friends are gathereing here. That is correct, we saw like 7 small boat toward us, then they anchoring and lowered down the same bait.
10 am, the far left fisherman start the first strike !!, then my friend said, get ready, Not even 2 minutes after that we had double strike, my rods and his. then in 5 minutes after,the rods at the other side of the small boat are screaming. we lowered down again our baits, cranking fews so the bait and the weight around a meter from the seabed. not even one minutes !! strike . then strike again the rods next to me,a gain and again.
Then i initiate tio use my 16lbs mono line instead of pe 5 tuffline XP. on 16 lbs will be great fight. start making the rig, using live shrimp as bait, i lowered down my lightest tackle i carry today. actually i brought even smaller one, but looking at the size of the GT, all over 5 kilos (12pounds), better try the 16 lbs first.
Lowered down my rig …. a minutes, 2 minutes, not strike yet. then a Triple strikes !!!!
My shimano Navi PG on tuffline XP PE-5 strikes, my Shimano Alivio on 16 lbs toplon mono also, and one more a shimano navi PG on mono sufix line all triple strike. This is confusing !!! my left hand on the 16 lbs, my right hand on 50 lbs. i decided to get the 50 lbs first with hoping that the fight can be finished quick and then move to the 16lbs line. but the fight didnt take long, after few minutes, the line break !! On leader.
The other 16 lbs line has been handled by other anglers, so great to see the rod bended forming ‘U’ letter, around 5 minutes he finished the fight and then the GTs around 5.5 kilos were landed onboard.
Again i place live shrimp as the baits, and again, strike !!! this one i finished my self, slowly but sure the GT appears, landed and it was a 7 kilos GT, not bad for a 16lbs line !!!
Total that day, we have like 40-50 strikes, because we have like 40 live baits minus 4 death. and shrimp. those only within 2 hours 10:00am to 12 o’clock. after 12 we headed back to shore that me has apppointment to attend.
Total that day:
GT Landed 22 or 23 fishes. weight 5 - 8.5 kilos (12lbs - 18.5lbs)
Line breaks, me 2 + Mr J 2 + Mr Y 6 + Mr M 0 = 10 line break
Missed after hooked: Me 4 or 5, Mr Y 5, Mr Y 8, Mr M 7 = total 25 times
We bring back only 5, rest were released and the fisherman carry some as us.
GREAT DAY!! Half day with full of strikes!!
Posted by: Skipper John
Categories:
Explorations, Fishing Spots