Last day of 2012 - Memorable fight.

Daniel and Eunice, with a Longfin Trevally that Eunice defeated after a good hard battle.

To end off a wonderful 2012, Daniel, Eunice and Bryan joined me for some metal jigging fun at the Southern Islands. Somehow, a monster fish decided to turn up for the party, and Daniel will probably remember this New Year's Eve for the rest of his life.

After losing one big fish on 50g jig at the start of the jigging, Daniel upgraded to his heavy tackle and thought that nothing could defeat him, well... watch the video and decide for yourself. Remember, Daniel is using 80 pound line and is used to fishing in the Maldives and in Western Australia where GTs, Tuna and Samson fish are his staple. Yet, this fish left him exhausted. Also take note of how he's trying to hold his spool to prevent the fish from running into the reef below.






What's sad is that we didn't get to see the fish which was only a few cranks away.
Also, listen to what I said just before the line burst. It was so ominous.




Well, I guess that fish will stay there for us to catch next time. The rest of us did have our fun, catching and releasing several GTs. We kept the big Sagais and an interesting Golden Trevally as well as Gold Spot Trevally decided to enter my ice-box.

What a great way to end 2012 though. Good bites and good fighting fish, with good friends and aching muscles.

Fishing in the rain produced rewards that came in Silver. These are big Longfin Trevally.

I wanted one for the road and it came in the form of a beautiful Golden Trevally - my last fish of 2012. Well, here's wishing everybody a Happy New Year 2013! More good catches and aching muscles!

My last fish of 2012! A Golden Trevally on Metal Jig, on a rainy day.