03102010 TU

Yet another light jigging trip to TU lighthouse.

Supposed to set off from the beach at 0830hours but heavy downpour delayed departure for almost 2 hours and caused us to miss most of the tidal run.

The water almost still by the time we arrived and the lighthouse full of noisy birds throughout our stay there.

Lucky for the fishes were biting and everybody scored a good number of hits, and double hook ups being the norm, during the short 3 hours before we were forced evacuated from the lighthouse by another wave of heavy downpour.



A lot of good-sized fishes to put serious bend on our light sticks.

Last captive of the last piece of Storm Thunder jig found in Tim's tackle box. It was later lost to a biggie.

Everybody got something boast-worthy.

Birds and fishes were all over the place.

DIY MYF jig saw actions also.

These toothy critters cost us quite a number of jigs.

Leshoe scored a good specimen.

Storm Thunderblade and Trio 20. Lure later lost to the toothy gangsters.

Another big one.

Massive schools right under the boat.

Even fish this size becomes tough when you hit one in every drop.
 
Post-fishing delights

03102010 TU

Another TU lighthouse jigging trip and this time round we’ve got a handful of Storm Thunder 40 Jigs and an Okuma Cedros CJ40S spinning reel added to our arsenal.






Water super slack and fishes were totally uncooperative. Solicited a few bumps but did not connect. Dickson had the honour to land the first fish.



Tim followed with a Talang and a small GT.




Forced to evacuate TU due to impending downpour. A change of venue and time for some serious Sabiki actions!!

1809210 TU Light jigging

Master Timothy conducting pre-ops brief



Familiar sight





Tim scored the first hit. XOS Talang prematurely released at boatside




My turn to connect onto something substantial




Sexy curve on the prototype Rapala PE1.5-3 jig stick.



Monster fish turned out to be a foul-hooked fish gyrating in fast flowing water. The sleek jig stick packs loads of lifting power which made it possible to bring the fish to the boatside without anything breaking.





Tim with a Talang adorned with 2 jigs



Sabiki action!!




Finally something presentable.

Bungsamran family day 10/9/2010

Not a fan of pond fishing, but did some thinking and decided that Bungsamran would add a little spice to an otherwise mediocre family vacation to Bangkok, Thailand during school holidays in September.

Main weapon of choice is a loaned set of prototype PE3-5 jigging stick coupled to an Okuma Cedros 55S spinning reel packed with over 200 meters of new 63lbs Sufix 832 Superline with Gore® Performance fibres.



The original game plan was to let the two on-the-job trainees (wife and son) start with some decent patins for warming up and pick up some fish fighting skills before progressing to tackle some serious beasts.

However, John a.k.a. Bukkguy and his able assistant Boonsong connected junior to a lively Mekong estimated about 18Kg for the first run. After some groans and teeth grating moments, the fish was manhandled for some quick snaps before going back into the drinks.





Within minutes another Mekong of similar proportions was hooked and the loaded tackle was thrust into the hands of unwilling spouse. The Okuma setup is smooth like silk and more than adequate in subduing the schoolie Mekongs ranging from 18 to 25 Kgs. The supple, small diameter lime-green Sufix line packs neatly and it’s already my new favourite at the end of the day.





Things were out of control after that, with a schoolie Mekong hooked barely minutes after releasing the previous one, both troopers went AWOL after 5 schoolies between them, thus leaving me alone in the frontline.







It was great fun at the beginning. However, after battling close to a dozen schoolies almost back-to-back, I had to call for a truce. Mr. Able Assistant retort that the fishes will scatter if we were to stop baiting and all the berleying effort will be wasted therefore carry on we must.

A heavier, 80lbs setup would be very helpful and much less tiring during the continuous onslaught of schoolies. The heavy setup would kill most of the fun no doubt, but at least I would be in a better form when the “Big One” calls.

A very fun day despite no monster landed.