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That's what happened last week when customers gave Capt. Nico the opportunity to cast a popper.
All Sportfishing Lanka team wishes you a Merry Christmas and hope to see you soon to go fishing and catch a nice fish like this one.
Sportfishing Lanka Team
Few days ago, I have guided Ross from England, who was travelling in Sri Lanka.
Ross is a great fly fisherman for salmon in UK and wanted to have a try on popping for Gt's during his holidays.
He landed his first Gt's and he enjoyed !!!
Another happy angler who fished with us
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Capt. Nico
Last week, I guided Jesse and his friend Fred, for a popping day to target GT's.
Despite some windy conditions, the guys don't give up and they have 5 bites and caught 2 Gt's, their first ever GT on popping.
Congratulations guys !!
Nice to meeting you and to have you onboard of Diviya.
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Capt. Nico
Every season, I have the pleasure to guide Dave from Umpqa company for a fly fishing day. At the beginning, we have planned to have a go at sea, but sadly this day was too windy to fly fish. Then we decided to have a go at Bolgoda Lake.
Morning was quite slow, Dave caught only an oxeye tarpon.
In the afternoon the fish were more keen to play with Dave. After catching a small mangrove jack, Dave focus of catching a featherback on fly as they were well active in the evening time. After he dropped one on the first jump, he finally caught a nice one.
Dave was so happy, to tick one of the fish he had in his bucket list.
Congratulations Dave !!!
I know I will see you next season for another fly fishing day.
Nico - Head Fishing Guide
Beginning of the month, we have received Yunus, Roy and uncle John from Singapore for a 4 days sea fishing trip.
The guys were quite experienced, well equipped and ready to catch the sri lankan fishs. First two days popping was a bit slow, then we focus to fish on jig and they had some great action with sometimes double hook up on Gt's.
Roy caught a nice dogtooth tuna, Yunus a malabar grouper and uncle John a strong Diamon Trevally, plus plenty of Gt's.
The last two days, we mainly focus on popping. The third day the guys have 11 bites but sadly caught only 2 Gt's.
Last day, we been to the drop off to jig, Gt's where there and the guys had a good time. Yunus caught an amberjack and uncle John a nice black tip trevally (also named malabar trevally). On the last drift of their jigging session, Roy lost a big fish after a serious rush.
End of the day and the trip, we spent the last couple of hours on popping and Yunus after he missed some fish, finally caught a decent Gt's with his Hammer Head E cup popper.
But it's Roy, tired to pop, he was fishing on light jigging on the popping spots and caught the last fish of the trip, an absolute beautiful coral trout.
I had a great time guiding Yunus, Roy and uncle John, they told me they enjoyed their trip and will come back to fish in Sri Lanka. Waiting for you guys !!!
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Capt. Nico
A week ago, I have fished in Bolgoda Lake with my son Paul and one of his classmate for a short afternoon session.
I have put the boys on some good spots and they have a blast with mangrove jacks. The last 30 minutes of fishing I joined them and I was lucky enough to caught a nice barramundi. Paul was so proud of his dad
Lure of the day : Rapala Shadow Rap Deep in Fire Tiger Color (now this lure is in Paul's lure box )
Nico - Head Fishing Guide
Next day after fishing with Shane, I have guided Damith, his friends Saliya and Sajan. It was a fantastic day fishing.
Please read Damith report :
"Once again with our wonderful Capt Nico who put us on the spots and we had an epic day with Sajan and Saliya. It was fun and full of enthusiasm by the "Boy" Sajan whom I have fished with since a kid. He had a wonderful spell with a number of GT's, dogtooth tuna and a sizeable GT to "Cap it off". Saliya my old buddy was content with a pompano and cooling off with beers chilled to the Max!!!!."
Sajan dreamed to catch a GT on popping and for his first time, he caught 3 Gt's with a decent 30 kg !!
Congratulations !!!
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Capt. Nico
We gone mainly for popping, it was the first GT popping experience for Shane.
He had 8 strikes and he caught 2 GT's, with a solid fish of 20kg+. He missed 2 big fish in the afternoon but he was happy to caught these first GT's ever on popping.
Congratulations Shane ! It was nice to have you onboard Diviya and thanks for the tips regarding marlin fishing, I will have a try soon and let you know how it work in Sri Lanka
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Capt. Nico
Last week-end, I was guiding the lovely Claudia from Germany, which is also a famous carp fishing girl in Europe, with close to 70k followers on Instagram. It was her first ever GT popping experience.
After, loosing a nice fish who reef her, she finally caught a powerful GT and she enjoyed !!!
Stay tuned for the full report of Claudia.
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Capt. Nico
Last week, I have guided Leroy from Shimano Australia and his girlfriend Rose at Bolgoda Lake and they had a great fishing day.
They had blast with some nice MJ's, Leroy caught also a nice featherback and Rose caught a decent Golden Barramundi, who give her a insane fight on light tackle.
Another great day fishing in our light tackle heaven : Bolgoda Lake !!!
Nico - Head Fishing Guide
First GT popping experience for Chris and his sister.
After they missed a couple of fish, she caught her first GT ever on popping, congratulations !!
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Capt. Nico
Last week end, I was fishing at sea with some good fishing buddies. Here's the report of Pershy from the Facebook group Awesome Foursome :
"Good day dear friends.. would like update you on a wonderful outing today with sportfishinglanka.com, Damith Wicks, Eraj Fernando, Nicolas Jamin and Junior Ryan Fernando.
Weather was just right and the day started with high speed trolling to the drop off on their wonderful power catamaran hull “Divya”. It was the most comfortable ride you can ask for with sheer speed and stability in high sea. The onboard technology is immense and is captained by the highly knowledgeable Nicolas Jamin. Though the trolling episode was not showing good results, Capt Nico’s decision to drop the jig were very productive to the core. All the fish caught on jigging were RELEASED with the guidance of the capt. Total catch was 1 Pompano Trevaly, 7 Giant Trevaly and 2 Amberjacks."
Another great day fishing in Sri Lanka with you guys, till the next
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Capt. Nico
What a nice fishing day at Bolgoda Lake last week guiding Ryuji san from Dehli.
Total of the catch : 3 barramundi, 1 big featherback, couple of nice mangrove jack and a nice river GT !
It was nice to met you Ryuji san and I know you will come again soon at Bolgoda Lake for another great fishing day
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Nico - Head Fishing Guide
Last week, we started our sea fishing season with our first group of angler. This group was composed of Yamada san our travel agent in Japan, Omoto san from Salt World Magazine, Otsuka san the CEO of Studio Ocean Mark and Sano san, field tester for CB One and SOM.
During these 4 days fishing, they had an insane jigging session the first day, where Sano san caught a nice dogtooth tuna and Otsuka san a 30 kg GT. Mainly the catches were GT's, I have try some deeper spots to look for amberjack but sadly without success, anyway our guest were happy with the powerful GT's.
Popping was a bit slow at the beginning, but the last two days the reef and our different popping spots were on fire !
They caught some nice Gt's and nice king mackerels. Average size of Gt's was around 15-18 kg.
The biggest fish was caught by Yamada san with a decent 20-25 kg fish and sadly Sano san lost the 2 biggest fish, who broke the line on the reef.
A very nice trip to start our sea fishing season. A report of this trip will be publish soon in Salt World Magazine.
It was nice to met you and guiding you guys.
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Few days before the sea fishing trip with our VIP Japanese anglers, I have guided Stefan and his girlfriend Hindra for a day fishing at Bolgoda Lake.
Despite the horrible weather condition due to some unusual rain at this time of the season, they had a great day fishing.
Stefan caught 2 featherback and Hindra a nice barramundi after she loose a big one in the morning.
Wet day but mission accomplished !
Nico - Head Fishing Guide
I have recently guided Jean Pierre and his son Bastien from France for a day fishing at Bolgoda, and they had a good one.
Morning they had an insane action with Mangrove Jack in the 40 cm range for a total of 9 fish caught, plus some fish missed. Just before lunch we tried some Barramundi spots but without success. Afternoon barramundi were more active and Bastien caught 2 nice wild golden barramundi.
Jean Pierre his father who had good time with the Mangrove Jack in the morning, try is best to catch also a Barramundi but after he missed a nice featherback, he gave up and just enjoyed watching his son had fun. Bastien finished the day with a nice featherback.
Another nice fishing day at Bolgoda Lake !!!
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Nico - Head Fishing Guide
After their last successful fishing trip, Hiro san and Myazaki san came back to Bolgoda Lake and as usual they had a good fishing day.
Morning was a bit slow, they missed a couple of fish as ladyfish and a featherback for Myazaki san. After a nice lunch at the Villa, they had a very good evening session with 2 nice wild golden barramundi around 70 cm, a featherback for Hiro san and a couple of small mangrove jack.
Another great fishing day for our expat japanese anglers.
Nico - Head Fishing Guide
Our regular expat Japanese anglers Hiro san & Miyazaki san, had a good weekend fishing at Bolgoda.
They caught some nice Barramundi like the 80 cm caught by Hiro san, but also some good size featherback and the usual Mangrove Jack with a nice 50 cm up.
Two other nice species were caught during this weekend, a black sea bream and a juvenile GT which gave a hard fight with light tackle.
It was nice to see you again at Bolgoda till your next trip
Nico - Head Fishing Guide
Ryuichi san, who is living in Thaïlande has booked a week end fishing trip with us at Bolgoda Lake and he has a great trip guided by our local guide Shaktivel !
During this 2 days, he caught 8 barramundi, plus some other species like the usual mangrove jack, Oxeye Tarpon and juvenile GT's.
Great action on the lake for a memorable trip for our japanese angler !
Congratulations and see you soon Ryuichi san !!
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Nico - Head Fishing Guide
Willem was travelling to Sri Lanka and booked a day fishing at Bolgoda Lake
Willem caught nothing less than 13 Mangrove Jack, a juvenile GT, missed 2 barra and lost a big one !!
Congratulations Willem !!!
Waiting to see you for some GT fishing for your next trip in our wonderful Island !!!
Nico - Head Fishing Guide
