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Vessel: Apollo
Number of Anglers : 10 (Rickster, Blue Diver, Ruby master, Ameng, Richard,
Michael, Ah Tung, Alan,Yauming & Akudou)
Departure time from Serasa Beach: 8pm (12thoct)
Destination: Dropoff Brunei arrived at 5am (13thoct)
Duration of fishing :20hrs
Dear F.O's,
As the muslims were getting ready on the eve of hari raya, the 10 of us decide to take the opporturnity to head out to the Dropoff once again. Sea was in a very calm state and as usual i took my usual spot at the rear of the Apollo, enjoy the calm weather, the clear sky with variable light wind of 10 to 20km/hr. Took 9 hrs for us to arrive at the first destination and i shouted loudly upon arrival to wake everyone up. Dropping my line and hooks, the first spot was dissapointing. A few other anglers manage to hook up some reasonable size fishes and after 2 hrs of getting very little results among us, we decided to move to another spot.
The 2nd spot was quite reasonable as Richard manage to land a Ruby weighing at 9.5kg mark. A few other anglers manage to hook up some krisi bali's and a Grouper at the 2kg to 3kg mark. Then Ameng equipped with a Miya Epoch CX4 had a big strike and the fight was a tough one! Took him some time to land it as the fish was fighting really hard and after sometime he had to ask for assistance from Blue Diver (Tito) to help him crank up the fish maually. Everyone cheered as an Amberjack surfaced the water and at the scale the weight was 28kg. A new record of Amberjack for The Apollo. Rubymaster managed to land a 4 to 5 kg Durian and a ruby weighing at more then 6kg mark. Another Amberjack weighing at 25kg was landed by Blue Diver! A few new anglers which i just got familiar with on that trip landed a few Amberjack's weighing at more then 10kg to 20kg.
I on the other hand was still using big hooks (4/0's-6/0's), misses a few bites, lost a few hooks and a few broken line managed to land lots of krisi's bali's during the afternoon. Michael using an electronic reel landed the biggest sulit of the day weighing at 6kg. I lost count on who landed which and what fish but i know a quite a few numbers of sulit's, Ruby's, and a few fish i was unfamiliar with was hooked up by the other anglers.
It was a bright, hot sunny day with the sea water as flat as a mirror. In the afternoon, we were hit by heavy rain but despite that everyone kept on fishing. We were surprise at a point when the vessel started up its engine and we were shock to see a small cyclone ahead of us at around 20 to 30 km away frm us. Everyone brace themself to get ready for it and lady luck was on our side as the cyclone dissapeared back into the sky which i suspected was due to the heavy rain. Despite the calm sea, underwater current was very strong. Even sinkers as heavy as 900gms to 1kg drifted 45 degrees and the current kept on changing direction from left to right. So imagine all of us shifting from one side of the vessel and to the other side when the underwater current change direction. The bite died down at 5'ish pm and it was very annoying as everyone kept on getting their lines tangle on the structure below due to the strong current.
3rd Spot was very dissapointing as we spent 20min without getting any nibbles at all , so we requested the Captain to move to another spot not far away. This time, it was amazing!!!! Its what i would call an AMBERJACK playground. Everyone keep on getting strikes after strikes. Amberjack's was hooked up by almost everyone and the bite kept on goin on for the next 4 hrs. Some of the anglers couldnt even bear to land it and Blue diver was given a new title: 'THE IRONMAN!!!' He helped the tired anglers to land 8 of their Amberjack's. Even the size of it was unbelievable as none of it could fit into our coolbox and even the vessel's freezer was so filled to the max by 9pm. By 10ish we decide to head back as there were no space to occupy our catches anymore. I decide to head to the cabin to get some shut eye as i didnt sleep the nite before on the way to the dropoff.
I woke up at 6'ish am went to the rear of the boat and found ameng trolling with his redhead magnum Rapala. So i decide to join him and after 15 min, ameng's rod bend over and he hooked up a tongkol at around 2 kg. As the vessel stopped for him to reel the fish in, my rapala was striked too and i managed to land a 5kg Mackarel. We continued to troll till we reach land but nothing else was landed.
Catches of that trip was unbelieveable as we estimated the total catch of more than 300kg of fishes which make up of mostly Amberjack's amd very large Rubies. Apollo's personal Amberjack's record was broken as Ameng's Amberjack weighin at 28kg broke the previous record Apollo's Amberjack of 25.4kg. I only manage a 15kg Amberjack. But despite all that, we were all very satisfied and happy with our catches. Good fights from AJ's, Good quantities and sizes as well. Even the captain believe this was one of the best trip ever encountered on the APOLLO.
I wish i could write up a better Catch Report for this trip but i was too busy concertrating trying to break ameng's record. Hahhahah. I let u judge the catch from the pics itself. Mind you, the fishes in the pic layed out on display is the one that couldnt fit in our personal coolbox. Almost everyone's coolbox was filled more than half and some was full to the max. Enjoy the pics and i let you judge on our outing for that trip. Videos was taken too and will probadly post in up on youtube once i get the copy.Cheers!
Total AJ's caught 8kg to 28kg= 22
Krisi Bali- All average size from 500gm to 1kg plus = more then 30 to 50
Ruby's- 3kg to 9.5kg = not more then 10
Tongkol=1
Mackarel =1
Catfish = 1
P/s:Cant remember everyone's AJ's weight as i was busy trying to break my back and the record itself.hahahaha!
Will edit the forum once my memory has gotten itself back as i still feel tired after that trip.Cheers FO!
Jason: Your shirt got me luck again dude. So Edy, When are you sending me some lucky FO's shirt?LOL!
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Re: TDOA- Hari Raya's eve CR 12th-14th Oct 2007)
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