Hello all, I just recently found 360 tuna and I hope this will be my first of many posts here. My name is Conor, and I am primarily making baits for large saltwater species. I am/was a benchtrained conservator-restorer, and I specialized in Map, Print and book restoration. Up until last year...

Hi there, I have no idea if I am posting this in the right place (literally just had the thought and googled best forums) but here goes... Would anyone on here be keen to come out to NZ and hunt or fish for a week and in return host me chasing GT’s wherever they are?

Hi Everybody my family and I are moving to Jakarta on a temporarily basis(4-5years) and since I am an avid angler I want to get myself a rod and reel suitable for the fish in Indonesian waters. I wont be goin out with professional charters all too much (i guess the only ones in Indonesia are on...

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The second day of fishing I drew blank. Not one single GT contact, while both Henrik and Christer had close combat GT experiences. Christer had decided to fish with a Saltiga 5500 and PE8 in shallow water, despite knowing better. It ended badly with him being reefed following a 30-40 meters run...

The last day Mohamed and Ahmed picked me up at 7am since they had to drive back to Male later the same day. The wind had picked up a bit again and it was cloudier than the previous days. We even had some light showers, but nothing major. Mohamed drove northeast and we slowly fished our way back...

On the second day, Mohamed and Ahmed picked me up at the jetty at 7.30am again. This time we headed more north-east straight away. The wind had slowed down a bit, compared to the day before and the sky was partly cloudy, but mostly clear. The second day turned out to be the most productive in...

For the third year in a row the family had decided to spend Christmas in the Maldives. I had four days of fishing to look forward to and had chosen the four days around the full moon, which happened to occur just around Christmas. Maybe not ideal given that this was primarily a family trip but...