Worlds best GT spots "no holds bared"
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Topic: Worlds best GT spots "no holds bared"
Posted By: TOSF
Subject: Worlds best GT spots "no holds bared"
Date Posted: 09 Apr 2012 at 10:15pm
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What would be the best spots the world has to offer for no holds bared large angry GT's and maybe jigging some Doggies to really kill ya (not important factor but just some to mx it up). I am trying to plan a no holds bared adventure of a life time for someone to fish 4 of the best GT spots the world has to offer. Seasons / best time may be a factor as the adventure and the destinations have to be one after the other (2 month window). Love some ideas and feedback and even some recommendations for top of the line operators. My ideas so far are: New Cal Seychelles Oman Barrier reef Vanuatu (this one I am unsure of) Maldives Come on guys get dreaming its not you money we are spending, dream it up love some ideas. ------------- http://www.facebook.com/TonyOrtonSportFishingOffshoreAdventures www.offshoreadventures.net http://www.legasea.co.nz" rel="nofollow"> 
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Posted By: ginga
Date Posted: 09 Apr 2012 at 10:36pm
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Sounds like a great adventure. Add in Japan (Tokara) to your list. Oman and surrounds check out Ocean Active New Cal get in touch with Ocean Blue fishing adventures Have heard of other far out places to chase them like off Yemen, look out for pirates, little island called Socotra has some monsters. Mozambique and Tanzania maybe? Andre from over there will know? I have also heard of some huge fish off Sri Lanka but no operators there chasing them, but sounds like that could add to the adventure. Good luck ------------- www.extremesportfishing.co.nz. Agent for Carpenter, Orion and ASWB products |
Posted By: Capt Asparagus
Date Posted: 09 Apr 2012 at 11:38pm
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Coral Sea. Exmouth, W.A. (going there next week again) HUGE Gts there.... |
Posted By: TOSF
Date Posted: 09 Apr 2012 at 11:43pm
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Awesome Capt A, If you have time I would love a report once you get back, are you doing it with a guide or on your own. Love the feed back. Good luck. ------------- http://www.facebook.com/TonyOrtonSportFishingOffshoreAdventures www.offshoreadventures.net http://www.legasea.co.nz" rel="nofollow">
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Posted By: Capt Asparagus
Date Posted: 10 Apr 2012 at 9:09am
| Heading up there with a few mates, 2 boats, and 37.349 tonnes of fishing gear, judging by what I am taking and multiplying that out..... :-) |
Posted By: kaveman
Date Posted: 10 Apr 2012 at 12:57pm
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Southern Oman check out this link from Ocean Active Tony  http://www.360tuna.com/forum/f76/monster-gts-southern-oman-ocean-active-26366/ http://www.360tuna.com/forum/f76/monster-gts-southern-oman-ocean-active-26366/ - http://www.360tuna.com/forum/f76/monster-gts-southern-oman-ocean-active-26366/ -------------  www.kavemantackle.co.nz
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Posted By: TOSF
Date Posted: 10 Apr 2012 at 2:50pm
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Kevin, its number one on the list for sure, pretty interesting looking country as well. Now thinking Great barrier reef and New Cal as conservative good bets and just need one extreme location for the 4. ------------- http://www.facebook.com/TonyOrtonSportFishingOffshoreAdventures www.offshoreadventures.net http://www.legasea.co.nz" rel="nofollow">
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Posted By: Whizz
Date Posted: 10 Apr 2012 at 3:00pm
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Rodrigues Island and its outer islands would be high on my list of places to check out.... Also The Andaman Islands, I blieve is another hot destanation for GT's
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Posted By: The Dog
Date Posted: 10 Apr 2012 at 3:15pm
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Coral sea with nomad sportfishing- ------------- |
Posted By: Nomad
Date Posted: 10 Apr 2012 at 4:14pm
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For a Destination that has "no holds bared" untouched GT action, with the worlds best mother ship, tenders and guides you can not go past Nomad Sportfishing Australia. They have assess to the worlds best GT fishing spots plus the other species that are there to target as well. quick intro http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gdWiwlor1P0%20 - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gdWiwlor1P0 you can waste sometime watching the clips that they have on youtube and I think the video's do not do it justice it is an incredible place. I you need any more info on a trip contact me via PM and I will answer any questions you have. ------------- Ben Pokaia <a href="http://www.nomadsportfishing.co.nz"> 
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Posted By: The Dog
Date Posted: 10 Apr 2012 at 6:11pm
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You got me thinking now, four places you say.......Hmmmmm thats tough i need 6 . 1; Coral sea with nomad sportfishing, infact do this trip twice as first time you just think your in a dream or have died and gone to heaven. 2; New Caledonia with LPB (Le Poisson Banane) 3; Tonga with Poppin Tonga 4; Tavanui Island Fiji- fish with anyone who will take you out. 5; Komodo Indonesia. 6; Hawaii landbased. I would be very happy with an itinerary like that. ------------- |
Posted By: PoppinTonga
Date Posted: 11 Apr 2012 at 8:30am
Man I wish I had a budget to do something like this. I would personally hunt for new places that are off the grid. It may be difficult to get boats to go out on though. Places that come to mind.....Kiribati, Lau group, Fiji, Tuvalu, I could go on and on and on and on and on.......Smack.....yeah, yeah i'm awake, mom  ------------- Tis better to have hooked and lost than never to have hooked at all. |
Posted By: fish i
Date Posted: 11 Apr 2012 at 8:41am
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Andamans, Mentawaii, Nusa Tengarra and alike. All largely untapped, off the beaten path and cheap as chips if you hook up w the locals. ------------- 6th place in the inaugural Te Kauwhata Regionals paddle crab division |
Posted By: TOSF
Date Posted: 11 Apr 2012 at 9:31am
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Popping Tonga, yeah I know what you are saying, but the issue is the budget is good for a reason we work for people that like a few comforts so the hard core travel/fish is good for us but a compromise for the people we work for. Man I remember back when I was 19 (sounding old now 23 years ago) and surfing on Sumbawa island in indonesia (next island in the chain beside Komodo) paddling out into the remote surf breaks with GTs the size of horses swimming in the waves we were surfing, no one was chasing them back them, we tried and broke more rods than we caught fish just did not have the gear back then, it was pretty feral also, food poisoning, malaria, it got that bad we were eating the Gts as the local food made us sick, swapping the carcass and meat for rice, oh the good old days mono line, old rapalas, snapping rods, cheap reels exploding and reef cuts. But you are right the world still has some pretty cool adventures to offer for the person who wants to get off there seat eh. ------------- http://www.facebook.com/TonyOrtonSportFishingOffshoreAdventures www.offshoreadventures.net http://www.legasea.co.nz" rel="nofollow">
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Posted By: PoppinTonga
Date Posted: 11 Apr 2012 at 10:37am
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Yeah, I guess I'm being selfish, thinking of myself. Must be hard to book for a customer when you know what you would love to do in their place. I did the same thing on a surf trip to Fiji some 14 years ago. Lost every popper I took and never landed a fish. Was one of the best fishing days ever. ------------- Tis better to have hooked and lost than never to have hooked at all. |
Posted By: Lethal
Date Posted: 11 Apr 2012 at 12:20pm
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Midway.... yep it is open to the public now... you can have a fight here with the thousands of GTs even without hooks on your lures, they just wont let go until they get close to the boat... Pending IGFA World Records from Midway
Past IGFA World Records from Midway
------------- Thanks for everything you did for us Eric. may you rest in peace, You were one of the real legends of NZ recreational fishing |
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Posted By: ReelAppealLures
Date Posted: 13 Apr 2012 at 8:14pm
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Great Barrier Reef has to be the "place"...The scale of the place is just ridiculous, you could spend months following and working the multitude of reef systems... Nomad would be the operator that could cater to your customers needs too Tony. I don't visit their website any more, it's just too much... Ginga has raised a few goodies that are off the radar spots or locations... I have just finished reading about the Island of Mauritius in the Marlin magazine, seems to tick the boxes. Jigging doggies (280lb's biggest boated so far!), GT's on surface lures.... http://www.blackriver-mauritius.com/index.html - http://www.blackriver-mauritius.com/index.html JP Charters is what was recommended in the magazine. ------------- http://www.facebook.com/pages/Reel-Appeal-Lures/300309486704362 |
Posted By: ReelAppealLures
Date Posted: 13 Apr 2012 at 8:24pm
Kurt, I know there's some monsters in Kiribati... I sent some lures there. If you want to know more get hold of 'saffayakker' here on F.net, Deon is in Tarawa. ------------- http://www.facebook.com/pages/Reel-Appeal-Lures/300309486704362 |
PoppinTonga wrote:Posted By: DezzyTooToo
Date Posted: 13 Apr 2012 at 9:55pm
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Exmouth Gulf . Monster Gt`s there if that`s your thing . Plus everthing else that swims in the ocean , tuna , marlin , sails , macks , all the trevor family , and so on .... Base youself in Exmouth or if you like assholes , Onslow . I`ll be there next month , at the ass end of the world , after we do some barra fishing on the Fiztroy river we will drive down to Onslow and fish / crab / cray ... and drink .. and drink ... in the BLOOD and the MUD and the GUTS .
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Posted By: Capt Asparagus
Date Posted: 14 Apr 2012 at 12:55am
| Exmouth? Well well.... If you are there next month... I will let you know where we put back all our littlies when I get back from there in....12 days! :-) |
Posted By: PoppinTonga
Date Posted: 14 Apr 2012 at 7:43am
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Lethal, where did you get the information on Midway? I went to the US Fish and Wildlife Service page and 2 others and they all say that Midway is still closed to fishing. Just curious, I would like to go there some day. Good reason to visit my old school friends in Hawaii while in route ------------- Tis better to have hooked and lost than never to have hooked at all. |
Posted By: DezzyTooToo
Date Posted: 14 Apr 2012 at 9:06am
| Capt Asparagus , i`ll be gone for nearly 4 weeks . I will have three weeks on the road , we will leave Perth and drive up into the Kimberlies , Fitzroy river east of Fitzroy Crossing .We will be camping at Telegraph pool , and Camp Allen , same place as that dood on river monsters was at last week funnily enough .Then drive to Onlsow and stuff around there for a week then back to Perth then I fly back here . There is 8 of us , 4 - 4x4 wheel drives , 3 dinghies on trailers , and 37 tonnes of piss ! |
Posted By: random
Date Posted: 14 Apr 2012 at 9:37am
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New Cal has some big GT's Head to the nor-eastern coast if you want untouched fishing. And MASSIVE doggies there too. Vanuatu has some, check out Uruparapara and the small atoll of islands to the east. Epic yellowfin there too and Excellent doggies, A bit of a mission to get to, but well worth it. Remote parts of the Sollies were also good, but we were getting smashed by everything, GT's couldnt beat the other stuff to the poppers. PM me if you want any more info. Cheers Kieran
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Posted By: TOSF
Date Posted: 14 Apr 2012 at 12:22pm
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Cheers Guys for all the positive and good feedback, got a bit of planning to do now and some good info to refer back on. Looking forward to this adventure a lot. Thanks Tony ------------- http://www.facebook.com/TonyOrtonSportFishingOffshoreAdventures www.offshoreadventures.net http://www.legasea.co.nz" rel="nofollow">
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Posted By: ReelAppealLures
Date Posted: 14 Apr 2012 at 5:36pm
And that's what it should be an 'adventure'...  Any of those spots or locations could through up "big" fish but they aren't the adventure themselves. Let us know what you put together Tony. ------------- http://www.facebook.com/pages/Reel-Appeal-Lures/300309486704362 |
Posted By: fishntips
Date Posted: 15 Apr 2012 at 1:59am
| Seychelles and Ascension Island |
Posted By: Lethal
Date Posted: 15 Apr 2012 at 2:47am
your right, didn't even notice that when i looked it up...  Midway Re-Opening Soon Midway
was closed to most tourism in January 2002. Since that
time, the US Dept of Fish and Wildlife has been developing a
plan to reopen the island to visitation. If you are
interested in visiting Midway, please complete the request
form at: http://www.sportfishhawaii.com/midwayinquiry2.htm - and
we will email you Midway
... once experienced, if you can get hold of the video promo by "Inside Sportfishing" called "Forbidden Zone" cover is pretty stink compared to what is inside... you will see what i am talking about... totally unbelievable footage on and under....  Midway Island Fishing within the lagoon:
------------- Thanks for everything you did for us Eric. may you rest in peace, You were one of the real legends of NZ recreational fishing |
Posted By: alan syme
Date Posted: 15 Apr 2012 at 8:51pm
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the main known places have already been mentioned. but there are also plenty of untouched or unknown spots that are hard to access that have unreal gts lurking. islands within the cooks group for example. aitu is one that is easy to access with great gts that have not seen a popper before. northern islands are hard to get to but massive massive gts, google earth rakahanga, pukapuka, penryn, manihiki for example. i had a day on the gts today in aitutaki, some good fish there and a beautiful place too.
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Posted By: Tuna300
Date Posted: 18 Apr 2012 at 3:42pm
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I just read about an exploratory trip to Marquessa that JDM out of the states is putting together. very reasonable price but certainly exploratory and primitive. Recently went to Farquhar in the Seychelles and did a few days popping ina ddition to fly fishing. Many fish but the water was so hot they didn't fight as well as I thought. Lots of 30 to 45 kg GTs wandering around the outer reef. The guys I fished with said Cosmoledo in the Seychelles is the best place on earth but right now it is controlled by Somalian pirates. LPB in New caledonia is kaput... the guys who ran it left the biz. |
Posted By: Tuna300
Date Posted: 18 Apr 2012 at 5:13pm
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here is the link to the trips being offered by JDM Looks interesting if you are up for the challenge! http://www.jdmtackle.com/fishing-trip-b.php |
Posted By: ET487
Date Posted: 24 Apr 2012 at 9:30pm
Yes there are monsters here. Unstoppable on 80lb braid in shallow water.Best so far is 32kg. Lost a monster last week but got a nice barracuda.
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Posted By: swordfishsteve
Date Posted: 01 May 2012 at 6:37pm
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Hi Tony
I am surprised no one has mentioned the Chesterfields Atolls, for Doggies up to 90kgs like this one on jig,
 and Gts up to 50kgs like this one:
 Tony Pm me your E mail and I will send you some more info on how and when you can fish this area, cheers steve angus ------------- REEL REPAIR GUY - Swordfishsteve, That Is Who I Am and That is What I Do : See More At :www.reelrepairguy.co.nz |
Posted By: Capt Asparagus
Date Posted: 01 May 2012 at 11:18pm
| Now that would have to be one awesome trip. If only I had the $$s..... and, I suspect, the stamina! |
Posted By: TOSF
Date Posted: 01 May 2012 at 11:34pm
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PM sent Steve, thanks for sharing those photos. ------------- http://www.facebook.com/TonyOrtonSportFishingOffshoreAdventures www.offshoreadventures.net http://www.legasea.co.nz" rel="nofollow">
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Posted By: Titahi
Date Posted: 02 May 2012 at 2:01pm
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I don't think the Rowley Schoals have had much pressure, and could fit the bill ? ------------- "I love standing by the ocean and just knowing what its for" |
Posted By: Capt Asparagus
Date Posted: 02 May 2012 at 2:32pm
| Rowley Shoals and Montabellos.... both interesting places! Mind you, I think a chunk of the Rowleys have been closed off as marine parks by the W.A. govt haven't they? On the "to do" list I reckon.... |
Posted By: Fenien
Date Posted: 02 May 2012 at 2:43pm
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