Luconia Part 2 - Catch report

As we started the journey out almost midnight of 26th August, fishing started on the 27th morning, not much action except for some baitfish taking the jigs. Fishing improved later in the morning till the night. Without much elaborations, below are some highlight catches from the trip :)

Houston, we have company...enemy sighted. Jiggernauts, to your battlestation! Let the party begin !

First sizeable fish of the morning which contributed to our lunch ! `Desert Storm` grouper.
Rod: JM400
Reel: Accurate 665N
Jig: Fisherman Crazy Long

Trophy catch of the trip landed on the first night, 49kg Dogtooth Tuna by Jason Wong from Singapore
Rod: Genesis Jigshaft PE4
Reel: Shimano Twinpower 8000
Jig: Crippled Herring look alike

Second morning's catch, sub 10kg Dogtooth tuna
Rod: Seed Custom
Reel: Ryobi Safari
Jig: Fisherman Andaman

Doctor Tan's prized catch on jig, Amberjack

Kok Sang's 10kg Dogtooth Tuna on jig

My miserable, barely 5kg dogtooth

Rod: Evergreen Poseidon SpinJerker Pe 2.5

Reel: Shimano Stella 5000FA

Jig: Sevenseas Hooker Sham with his 30kg Dogtooth Tuna on Pe3 setup

Rod: EA Custom Pe3

Reel: Tica Taurus 4000

Jig: IMA RO 120Only escolar landed for this trip approx 20kg

Kerisi Double Hookup on Sevenseas Hooker with Darren

Rod: Evergreen Poseidon SpinJerker PE 2.5

Reel: Shimano Stella 5000FA

Jig: Sevenseas Hooker

Morning Amberjack approx 10kg

Rod: JM400
Reel: Accurate 665N
Jig: Shout! Stay

Another 30kg Doggie landed on PE3 setup

Rod: Evergreen Poseidon SpinJerker PE3

Reel: Shimano Stella 6000FA

Jig: Sevenseas HookerDanny's reliefed with his first fish on jig, mama kerisi

Rod: EA Custom PE4

Reel: Shimano Ocea Jigger 2000P

Jig: Evergreen Caprice Kid My first ever Ruby snapper !

Rod: Valley Hill Exploder Y.Mogi Special II

Reel: Shimano Stella 20000FA

Jig: Mangrove Studio WipeOut LongDanny who woke me up from my sleep in the middle of the frenzy with his Ruby

In the middle of the Ruby frenzy, Brian hauled up a nice amberjack instead of a ruby :)

Rod: Daiwa Saltiga PE 4

Reel: Daiwa Saltiga 4500

My first Yellowfin tuna !

Rod: Valley Hill Exploder Y.Mogi Special II

Reel: Shimano Stella 20000FA

Jig: Mangrove Studio WipeOut Long

Lawrence's Japanese red on the first nightPart of the total catch on parade

Some unwanted guest visited us early in the morning. Nice meeting Mr Hammerhead thou