The first half of the month wasn`t only as windy as one should expect, but also we saw very unusual amounts of rain for a September. As last year`s hot water temperatures don`t apply and thus can not serve as an explanation, we were scratching our heads. Enough time to do so as fishing was completely off at that time. Even for the small commercials, so fish to eat was rather tough to get and prices went through the ceiling. On the 14th conditions looked like it might just work for a day of GT popping so German angler Florian gave it a try with Mervin. He fishes a lot in Europe but has specialized on Perch and said his heaviest rod that he hardly uses has a casting weight of 40g. So PE10 with those heavy poppers was a bit of challenge to work especially in that rather rough water and rolling boat, but he got the hang of it quickly and a small GT came early.

While the conditions in terms of wind and also tide kept improving gradually the fishing did not. A couple of half hearted attacks and misses were all that happened for long hours and even the Sharks remained a no-show. But once more at the very end of the day the harbour spot delivered. First cast there produced a miss by a proper GT and the next cast a fish was on. Smaller than the one we saw moments before but bigger than the morning one, so providing a nice finale and deserved reward for Florian`s hard work.

Mervin had two more trips for GTs along the following days. One ended quickly as it was just too rough but the other provided a GT in conditions that were nothing less but a battle.

Else it was rather quiet here on the fishing side. The two somewhat calm days around the 20th were used for a couple of trolling trips that produced the usual mixed bags of pelagics. Sandro and guests meantime dared two trips to the Drop Off for jigging. Catches were fine with Amberjacks and the other usual suspects.  

The much rougher of the two trips on top prodcued this decent Doggie on top.

Else I hear from Mahe where there are more tourists just by size of the island and thus a few more trips done, the fishing has been really good considering the conditions. Drifting with Mullet for bait produced Sailfish in good numbers and also the jigging around the island was productive with many good size Yellowpotted Trevallies and Bludgers around. These also look to keep the Black Marlin in the area. So with October and thus hopefully friendlier conditions around the corner we are rubbing our hands and sharpening the hooks here.

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