Spaghetti Fishing!

February 2010 saw us fishing with an Italian group from Caranx.net. It was their 3rd trip jigging and popping in the Andaman Islands with Game Fishing India. Being experienced fishermen and just great guys, we knew right at the start that this was going to be another fantastic trip.

'Ferro' with a nice popper caught GT that caused some damage to his Alle's lures popper.

Marcello with a nice Barracuda

Gian Luca with a big Grouper, again popper caught off a deep reef in the South Andaman's. Fish like this one are a challenge to stop as they head back down to the reef. Hookups with fish like this often result in a bust off!

Gian Luca with Dog Tooth Tuna caught on jig...

Darran brought up this Red Bass on jig!

Marcello with another Doggie caught on jig.

Marcello fighting and posing with another Dog Tooth Tuna!

Alban with a 17 kilo GT caught on his light setup using a Madai Jig! A fantastic achievement considering the tackle he was using!

The GT of the trip for 'King Osso'! One of the bigger GT of this season and another very lucky angler considering he was using a Saltiga Blast!

Alban swimming the fish after a long fight....

Tackle on a fishing trip undergoes tremendous stress and sometimes that stress is just too much. High drag and hard fighting fish take their toll on the fishing gear.

A double hookup!

A record of sorts for the smallest fish caught on popper!

Overall a great trip with some nice fish and many a laugh while on the boats. We're looking forward to having the same group back sometime in the future and only hope they'll carry 'BIG' trebles with them as Big Trebles = Big Fish in the Andaman Islands.



Darran & Akshay.