Giant Trevally...Maumere, Flores - Indonesia

[adam5589]

Date: 04-06 September 2009
Location: Maumere, Indonesia.
Anglers: Mr. John Hambali, Mr. Andrew R, Mr. Ky Doucet, Mr. Adam Tanzil
Boat: Xtreme Ulua (.xtreme-ulua.com)
Captain: Mr. Kasasi

Wind: Southeast
Weather: Sunny

Fish caught : Giant Trevally, Red Bass, Barracuda.
Fishing Techniques: Popping & Trolling (C & R).


Dear all,

This is our first trip to explore Maumere in Flores, Indonesia.
Our main goal is casting to YFT school on the surface , but unfortunately the YFT school can not be found.
According to local fishermen we met in Maumere, the good time for casting YFT is in October-November and best time is April-May, so were way a bit too early for targetting tuna in the area.

We were informed that,
in the months of October-November: YFTs will surface in morning until afternoon and
in the months of April-May: YFTs will be on the surface all day.

Due to this situation then we were forced to execute plan B ...... GT popping which resulted in us CnR a few GTs, Red Bass n Barracuda.

Check these video, although we did not reach our main goal but overall we had a lot of fun:
.xtreme-ulua.com/fishing_video.php

Maumere is scheduled for a revisit and pending the informations from the locals, if there are no obstacles, Xtreme Ulua will definitely return to Maumere in April or May 2010 for chasing big YFT.


Have a nice strike !
Adam








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