New Years Day 2011 - a fun popping and jigging trip

It was perhaps a bit much to expect both Christmas Eve and New Years Day to provide fun fishing but I gave it a go anyway.

A breezy boat trip out to Nusa Penida was certainly a good way to clear a fuggy head from the night before. Fortune often favours the brave and it did on this occasion with a steady bite all day. Nothing outstanding on jig but a lot of fun with small fish - Spanish Mackerel, Rainbow Runner, Barracuda and quite bizarrely a little Red and Green Wrasse no bigger than the jig it attacked.

Out at the main GT site, first fish was an especially strong 21-22 kg specimen which gave me a real run around in the raging current. Conditions looked dead right for a run of GTs but sadly just two more small fish hit the lures.

Great to get out on New Years Day and get the fishing year off to a positive start!