Christmas Eve 2010 fishing in Bali

What better way to celebrate Christmas than to give the arms a good work out with a full day popping and jigging session? Such was case on December 24th 2010, and the fish did not disappoint.

I headed out to the usual Nusa Penida spots with my friend Made and it was pretty clear that the currents were looking very good.

First stop was my favourite jigging spot which yielded just annoying Barracuda for the first 20 minutes but then two Doggies hit, one weighing in at 21 kgs (sadly it died and we could not revive despite trying for 20-30 mins, so weighed on my bathroom scales) and the other about 17 kgs.

Really nice fish for Bali and it was hard to leave the spot.

But the current implied that there was GT action to be had and nearby Batu Abah did not disappoint with four nice fish, the largest about 20 kgs.

Great way to start the festive period!