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2 mths of resting due to my accident, i decide to head offshore last week due to my boat being chartered. Check for preparation on saturday afternoon and when eveything and everyone was safely onboard, we made a move frm the ramp at 3'ish pm.
First destination was at the champion area. 6 of us started to jig away and i was using light jigging gear cos was afraid it would cause some damage to my injured collarbone which i suffered for 2 mths. 2 of the anglers are newbies to jigging so had to brief and show them the right way of jigging. One of them manage a hit during jigging but did not set the hook right to strike the beast. It got away instantly. As my skipper decide to make a move, i drop my jig for the last time and halfway up, i manage a strike. After pumping twice on my rod, i too lost to the fish halfway up.
Headed to the 2nd destination at 5ish pm which is my favourite playground for GTs in Brunei. After 2 mths of not heading offshore, the J/M 400gm rod and stella felt heavy to me and i started to jig away and after 6 to 8 drops i decided to take a rest as i can feel the pressure on my collarbone. My skipper started to use his popping gear which is a light setup on a eupro popper. He was quickly rewarded with a 5kg GT and gave him a good fight since his popping gears are only 20lbs to 50lbs class. Tito decided to try his luck and borrowed the gear frm the skipper. After a couple of popping, he manage a strike too and this fight was a good one as the rod bend over till it looked C-shaped. He was rewarded with a 11 to 12kg GT. Very good one for a light setup i must say.
GT's seem to be frenzy but not taking any jigs so i decide to try the new caranx kaibutsu LC and the new pencil popper i got from CFFS. After a couple of setting the popper flying on where suspected GTs are at, i manage quite a strong strike as i set my stella to 12kg of drag. Reel was screaming and i decide to tighten the drag some more. The pressure really hurt my injured collarbone and i wasnt ready to give up. Suddenly the pressure lessen and i realise the fish was heading towards the rig. Saw the line was below the rig and started to set it at almost full drag. Could be 21 to 23kg of drags and the kaibutsu shows its power and i started to pump the fish out of the rig. The fish decide to head out frm the rig as it lost its power to pull my line under the rig. This time its between me n the fish in open water. After less then 2min of fighting, i landed the fish and it was just a little thinner then Tito's GT. mine was around 12kgdue to the size of it. Even the colour was different compared to Tito and my skipper's GT.
Just as we were having fun looking at where the GTs are frenzy and jumping around, the dolphins came and that took away all the fun as we do not know where to throw the poppers at. After failing to pop, some decide to jig and after a couple of hours they decide to do bottom fishing to get a lil break.
I stayed awake the whole night hooking up table size groupers,pisang emas and lapir,etc. At 5am, my skipper started to tabur around the rig and we can see schools of GT circling the rig. Still no bites from bottom fishing, so we decided to jig. I turn to my heavy artillery to jig with the AG 280gm jig. As soon as the jig hit the bottom, 1 pump of the rod to raise the jig and the rod bend over instantly. Set the drag higher and felt the pressure on my collarbone till it hurts that i decide to pass the rod to my skipper to fight with. Took him less then a min when he lost the fish along with the jig. The 150lbs shockleader was cut off by its tail. Oh well...
We jig till 8am but seems like other jigs doesnt attract the fishes except for the AG jigs which i ran out of. As the time period of the charter was beyond time, we decide to troll and without any results we decide to head back. Reached the ramp at nearly 10 and for me not a bad result for us despite losing 3 jigs.
Enjoy the pics and as usual, keep the lines tight
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Originally Posted by eeyore 
Re: Popping & jigging trip Brunei waters
