Rest of Asia Burma Banks 16th to 21st Dec 07

[edylie]

haha yea ... guess i was home sick but luck was with me ... hooked up the largest YFT on jig and Grouper on bait.

It was a fun trip

-e

[stickbom!]

Man to be honest I couldn't care less about fishing when the viral fever hit me... all I wanted was my comfy bed and my wifey to look after me

Hey Edy lets go salty rubbering with Ah Tan (Ah Cheng) sometime soon. My wifey just bought me a new BC rod for Salty Rubbering as Christmas gift and I can't wait to try it out!

LSK how did the trip go for you?

[lsk20]

haha yea ... guess i was home sick but luck was with me ... hooked up the largest YFT on jig and Grouper on bait.

It was a fun trip

-e

[edylie]

Lip Song,

Thank you for both pics

hehehe

-e

[lsk20]

Man to be honest I couldn't care less about fishing when the viral fever hit me... all I wanted was my comfy bed and my wifey to look after me

Hey Edy lets go salty rubbering with Ah Tan (Ah Cheng) sometime soon. My wifey just bought me a new BC rod for Salty Rubbering as Christmas gift and I can't wait to try it out!

LSK how did the trip go for you?

simply great! nothing else in the whole world to care about, except eat, fish, sleep, and also looking at all the master jigger at work, hopefully to learn a stroke or 2. i was thanking the man upstair for the nice weather everyday.

lip song

[stickbom!]

Well it was a good experience for me too Never slept so much on a boat in my life... well I guess there's always a first for everything. Oh by the way, I lost about 220m of line to that snag . Just reeled the balance 380m or so of PE6 onto my Saltiga Z6500.

[Strikes]

That is an expensive loss.

[stickbom!]

Tell me about it man

Okay I've managed to resize some of the photos from the trip but I think everyone was too busy during the yellowfin bite to snap photos We didn't take photo of those weird looking bottom fishes taken on jigs too.

Disclaimer- Behind that bright sunny smile of mine in most of the shots, was a sick man aching in every joint you can find in the body

[DaFrogman]

Ehhhhh Mikey,

You one tough cookie to smile like that running a temperature....and thats a cool sized grouper dude.

I had a hit & run Christmas Eve and got my ass frozen and royally kicked by high winds, big seas and crap fishing that night.... all I got was a single 5kg big eye trevally that night.... daytime at first I wanted to just head home, but then the wind died down, the sun came out and Ishak drifted us over a couple of reefs that filled the coldbox with nice sized Kerisi Bali, Red Snapper and Grouper.... will see if I can find a pic or 2.

Regards,

Saimee

[stickbom!]

LOL, Hafeez and Co. damn near had to club me with a 10lb YFT to get my attention

Hmmm the weather on your side has been pretty unpredictable for a while now! More typhoons and hurricanes brewing somewhere or just the monsoon acting up? Oh by the way, you see that rod my "JIggger 6000P" is sitting on? Thats the "Tong Gas Special' For a rod with such a glassy feel, it sure can detect a bite at 200m! You gotta get one for yourself when its launched man

[zeck]

stickbom, did you have your fever before you boarded the boat? nice pics tho.

my ankle is sprained and i can barely walk. coming tuesday is my trip and i dont know if i can go. thats CRAP.

[DaFrogman]

Mikey,

The rod looks the biz dude...in fact it looks the same colour as those Super Seeker Blanks and I really like the butt length definitely my kind of set up.... If the price is right, I'll give it a go, but you know my preferences in Bottom Howitzers...

Zeck..... Ice dude, lots of ice....


Best of luck dude,

Saimee

[zeck]

Saimee - yeah, have been "on ice" past few days to get the swelling down. Doc said it might be gout???!! Sheesh, never considered that possibility.

Thankfully though, I feel much better today in that I could at least limp. Crossing fingers that I would be okay tommorrow!

-zeck

[edylie]

Sorry to hear that Zeck.

Check out this link about Gout, pretty informative

Gout - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

[stickbom!]

stickbom, did you have your fever before you boarded the boat? nice pics tho.

my ankle is sprained and i can barely walk. coming tuesday is my trip and i dont know if i can go. thats CRAP.

Zeck, wear an ankle brace and keep that leg dry! All the best for your trip dude.

Saimee, the Tong Gas special is meant for the Asian market so I reckon its going to be pretty affordable.

The photos were taken by Andrew and Suan. If not for them, I think there'll be very few photos to show!

[dogsoilder]

Hi guys just joined this forum and you have posted some great comments on this thread I am heading for the Burma Banks on the 14th of January,I will head out from phuket on a friends boat,to fish for 8 days anything else I may expect.I am taking my own rods and reels,both jigging,popping,and bottom bouncing outfits,as well as a stack of terminal,plus some trolling outfits,hoping to get in to some large marlin,or wahoo.Someone mentioned stickbaits any particular brand or make

takeing
dogfight
expedition
z4500
torsa 30
luvias 300
stella 10,000

and about 8 rods


Cheers
Andrew

[edylie]

Hi Andrew,

Welcome to FishingOuting. On my trip, i did not try popping but mostly jigging and some bottom fishing. Maybe Stickbom could share his experience on popping in Burma Banks. (We went on same date but different boats)

You might want to bring some small jigs like 60 to 90 grams for Yellow Fin Tuna at night. We had encounters with those tunas on 2 separate nights and they were only interested with small jig.

Also if you are targeting those deep water grouper, please bring some size 12 circle hooks.

On this trip, i only brought 2 sets of fishing tackle (used 1 set only)

Ohh if at night there were flying fish jumped onto the boat, it is a very good bait ... just hook it and send it down to the bottom!

Btw did you apply any permit from Myanmar Navy to fish in Burma Banks?

Enjoy and have fun!
Edy

[stickbom!]

Hi Andrew, you can leave some of the stuff at home. All you will need is 3 to 4 outfits at MOST.

Z4500-> rigged for topwater plugging/PE5
expedition-> for deep jigging (you can leave this at home too if you can jig with the torsa 30)
torsa 30-> for bottom bashing
luvias 300-> for casting small jigs 60-80g

[dogsoilder]

Thanks Edy yep have all the permits and have hired a guide to be on our boat,will definately take some smaller jigs,will be in Phuket two before we leave so plan to have a look around town and see if there are any good tackle stores there plus need to pick up sinkers and bait.
Second day will be setting up the brother inlaws boat for the trip as we are fishing on that but staying on a mothership at night time

[dogsoilder]

Thanks Stickbom might do that but can never have too much tackle,have een thinking of getting spare spools for the 4500 and the expedition then they could be multi tasked

[zeck]

Andrew, I am leaving for my Burma Banks trip very early tommorrow morning. My tackle will be:

1. Light jigging/Casting set for 40-60gm lures/jigs
2. Tuna Casting set (I am screwed if a large-ish GT takes the lure)
3. PE4 Jigging set
4. PE5 Jigging (to backup the PE4)

Bringing 40-60gm jigs, 80-100gm jigs, 50gm tuna stickbaits, and a dozen 200-300gm jigs.

Will post when I am back online, probably later than 09 Jan because I have to travel the same day I am back on business.

Have a good one fellas, and wish me lotsa luck!!
zeck

[dogsoilder]

Thanks Zeck have a good trip mate will definately have to get some stick baits
Went out this morning and bought a spare spool for the expedition have loaded that with 80lb sw sensor and the original spool has 50lb jigman
bought a spare spool for the 4500z one spool has 50lb black magic and the other 30lb sw sensor

rods wise I have a shimano t curve 24-37kg popper rod
saltiga 5'6 pe 5 hiramass and a saltiga 5'8 pe6 expedition
Van staal pe8
plus for the luvis a g loomis pe2 rod
already have a sports bag full of tackle about 22kgs lucky the brother inlaw is flying me business class
Has anyone heard anything in the way of Marlin,barracouta,spanyards and there sizes.
Im counting the days

[lsk20]

hi,

to all those heading BB, i wish u a safe & enjoyable trip

Happy New Year
lip song

[dogsoilder]

Happy and safe new year to all

[prodrivep1]

Hi edy,

enjoyed yr eat slp eat slp, up down, up down, company..

hee..

happy new yr..