Reelin's Fishing Space

September 7, 2014

Sept 7, 2014

Garapeche and a 4kg Rusty Jobfish on jig.

Jigging for GT

Jigging for GT
13kg Giant Trevally
This GT caused that chewed up jig

Team Effort
With Philip and John

Early Retirement

Retirement benefits.
What monster caused this jig to retire?
Frayed 100lbs leader, bent Stainless wire, chewed up jig.

Bluechart G2 Vision

Waiting for my BlueChart g2 Vision - Philippines-Java-Mariana Islands 2014.

Yamaha 150hp test @ Subic

Queenfish / Lapis @ Subic casting

Me and my Wife's 1st Queenfish
Thanks to Team Effort

Harvey is back

Harvey is back.

Jigging at the honey hole.

July Jigging

Calubcob Batangas
July 11, 2014

Galahad Rod
Daiwa Catalina 4500
140g jig

Jobfish / Sagise

SlimMax pe4-5
Shimano Biomaster SW 8000
180g jig

1st-Class Grouper

Nasugbu Jigging II

Nasugbu, Batangas
August 25, 2013

TS Custom Rod 4'2"
Jigging Master Pe4
200g Jig
JB pe4

My Black Snoek

JR's Black Snoek

Nasugbu Jigging

Nasugbu, Batangas
August 9, 2013

Lemax SlimMax
Shimano Biomaster 5000
150g Jig
Dyneema PE 2

Amberjack

Ruby Snapper

It's My Birthday

2 hours of Jigging.
May 25, 2013

Sufix PE2
Lemax SlimMax PE3 rod
Shimano Biomaster 5000

Barracuda #1

Pargo #1

Pargo #2

Pargo #1 & #2

Baracuda #2

Trevally

PGFF Sta. Ana, Cagayan

Light Jigging
PE2
SlimMax PE3 rod
Shimano Biomaster 5000
April 20-21, 2013

Amberjack

Rosy Jobfish

Merlin's Long-Nosed Emperor Snapper

Jeff's Amberjack

2013 Trevally

Big Eye Trevally
Pioneer Tuna Terror Plus Rod PE 0.8-1.2
Shimano Symetre 2500 reel
PowerPro 20lbs
January 5, 2013

Caught by my Son Niño off Laiya, Batangas

Threadfin Salmon

Threadfin Salmon aka. Mamale
Tica Intruder 6'6" rod
Shimano Symetre 2500 reel
PowerPro 20lbs
Rapala X-rap Slashbait
November 10, 2012

1st Class - Now boarding.

1st Class Lapu-Lapu (Grouper)
Barefoot 120g rod
Knife jig 200g
Off the coast of San Juan, Batangas
November 3, 2012

Masinloc - Light Jigging 3-17-12

Bigeye Trevally
Black Scabbard
Pioneer Tuna Terror Plus Rod PE 0.8-1.2
Shimano Biomaster 5000
Sufix 20lbs braid
Surecatch 3E Jig

Bigeye Trevally

Black Scabbard

Spyder130's Grouper

Enesys caught a Biggie Scabbard on Jig

Hello 2012, Hello Rainbow Runner!

Went out with Enesys after a last minute trip planning. Set off to Calubcob, Batangas for a quick trip to the usual fishing hole. Everything was set... good calm weather, cool breeze, and a bit cloudy. Jigged the fishing hole and then Nante gets a strike. BAM! He was using the heavy gears of Enesys, Ocea Jigger 4000P and Barefoot 400g rod. Bend was oh so lovely, then after a couple of cranks... the unexpected happened.

Fish dived and Nante was almost pulled overboard! He was positioned at the rear of the boat and the rod was bent like mad! I think I heard him curse since he was caught off-guard on how this one fought. He couldn't lift the rod anymore, then it darted to the left! Compensating, he immediately tried to fight the sudden change of direction and rod was still down since the fish was still peeling the line of the Ocea 4000P... then as quickly as it happened... the rod went straight. Pulled a ligament or almost dislocating Nante's shoulder in the process. Retrieved the line to see where it was cut and we were expecting a frayed Fluorocarbon leader but it was cut from the 65lbs Jerry Brown braid. Probably lost about 30m of braid on that beast. Nante's shoulder was injured and was not able to jig much anymore. He estimated that one at the 30+kg range.

After 5 hours of jigging we decided to head back to shore, so we trolled instead since Enesys and I needed some much needed sleep. He even said that we were gonna get a double strike. Then while trying to catch some Z's... my reel was screaming and the rod was jerking like crazy! Nante guns the engine to set the hook properly. Harvey handed me the rod and I fought what was at the other end of the line. Ok ok, it's been ages since I caught something while trolling with a Rapala so I tried to take it easy. Harvey was already retrieving his setup when suddenly... ZZZZZZZzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzttttttt! his rod too was jerking with the lovely sound of the reel clicker. Woohoooo "Double Strike" indeed! He tried to set the hook since the boat engine was already shut off, after a couple of cranks the fish was gone. Bugger!

So then I was fighting my fish and moved to the front of the boat. In my head a Spanish Mackarel and Wahoo was at the end of my lure... Counting the Metered braid to find out how much longer the line is out... 30m... 20m... 10m... in my head an image of a Wahoo was set. Then Nante said... Rainbow Runner! The image in my head suddenly changed to a Salmon (as to what they locally call it) gaffed and lifted to the boat. What a big Rainbow Runner, biggest I've seen with my own eyes. The lure was swallowed almost entirely... only a small portion of the head was visible.

Made another attempt to catch Enesys' fish but looks like they were not there anymore.

So we lost a big one, but it's those big ones that make us go back and try again someday. Sad that Nante was injured, so we told him to get lot's of rest and let the fish grow some more and we will be back and hopefully see what those fish are really made of.

Cheers everyone.