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General Angling Topics => Saltwater Lure Angling => Topic started by: zamarlin on January 20, 2015, 04:43:17 PM

Title: Beach casting in Port Gentil, Gabon
Post by: zamarlin on January 20, 2015, 04:43:17 PM: Good afternoon

I caught the barracuda in the video below on 17lb GOSEN braid, 30lb fluorocarbon leader, an 8' Daiwa Exceler rod, Daiwa Oceano 4500J and #1 CID Couta Casting in Pink Flash. 15 minutes fight time and fish was released.

Here the last bit of the fight - http://youtu.be/pMG-K3y7vOc (http://youtu.be/pMG-K3y7vOc)

Here the release - http://youtu.be/KDK2js8uKZ4 (http://youtu.be/KDK2js8uKZ4)
Title: Re: Beach casting in Port Gentil, Gabon
Post by: BETTYS on January 20, 2015, 04:50:24 PM: Very nice :cout: (clap) Well done.
Title: Re: Beach casting in Port Gentil, Gabon
Post by: Charles on January 20, 2015, 05:51:34 PM: Well done! That sea looks extremely calm and crystal clear?
Title: Re: Beach casting in Port Gentil, Gabon
Post by: zamarlin on January 20, 2015, 05:56:23 PM: Thank you Charles. We fish the top end and bay side of a peninsula so are sheltered from surf. Water is mid to upper 20's Celsius and is very clear there.
Title: Re: Beach casting in Port Gentil, Gabon
Post by: Charles on January 20, 2015, 06:30:11 PM: Quote from: zamarlin on January 20, 2015, 05:56:23 PM
Thank you Charles. We fish the top end and bay side of a peninsula so are sheltered from surf. Water is mid to upper 20's Celsius and is very clear there.
zamarlin Are the Tarpons on your bucket list? I believe there are some monsters lurking in that waters. The stuff that dreams are made of.
Title: Re: Beach casting in Port Gentil, Gabon
Post by: zamarlin on January 20, 2015, 06:35:44 PM: I definately am after tarpon. They eluded me for a decade in Angola and I have hooked one here on a chisel nose plug, but it bent a treble hook and after regurgetating a 12' half decomposed mullet which took the treble out, I lost it. The guys with boats who bait fish have been getting tarpon lately with specimens of up to 40 kg being released in the last few weeks. They are certainly here right now.
Title: Re: Beach casting in Port Gentil, Gabon
Post by: Charles on January 20, 2015, 06:43:51 PM: Great stuff! Please do share your experiences more often on :ult: . Looking forward to some great pics and naturally the elusive Tarpon.
Title: Re: Beach casting in Port Gentil, Gabon
Post by: vismal on January 21, 2015, 06:11:18 AM: Nice work, Gabon deffo on the buckit list...
Title: Re: Beach casting in Port Gentil, Gabon
Post by: zamarlin on February 02, 2015, 12:33:55 PM: Got this jack cravelle on the week end on 30 lb braid and it took me 50 minutes to get it to the beach.

VID 20150201 1405051 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OcVOyxhrk50&feature=youtu.be#)

And this one too that took me 70 minutes to get to the beach.

VID 20150131 153613 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s87zfw-_LbU&feature=youtu.be#)
Title: Re: Beach casting in Port Gentil, Gabon
Post by: Lofty on February 02, 2015, 01:11:59 PM: well done,beautifull :gt: :Like:
Title: Re: Beach casting in Port Gentil, Gabon
Post by: Lenny on February 03, 2015, 12:52:20 PM: Want to head up there , maybe still this year .

Will like to gather some info , but will send you a PM .

lekker fiiiiiiishhh :happ: :happ: :happ: