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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 had our first sea fishing trip of the season on our new boat Diviya and fishing was good !!!
Just finished a nice trip with in guest star Japanese angler Sano san, field tester for SOM and CB one, who caught this nice dogtooth tuna on jig.
Otsuka san, CEO of Studio Ocean Mark was also part of the trip and he was lucky to caught the biggest GT of the trip, an estimated over 30 kg fish also caught on jig.
This fishing trip will be publish in the famous Japanese magazine Salt World.
We had also some good action on popping, stay tuned the full report will come soon.
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Capt. Nico
Finally we have received our new sea fishing boat named DIVIYA. Last week end, we gone fishing with some friends and we took time to take some shots of the boat with a drone.
Diviya is a 30ft power catamaran hull powered with twin 150hp Yamaha four stroke engines. We have all equipment onboard as 2 Garmin chart plotter and sonar with 2 CHIRP transducer 1Kw, radar and VHF radio. For fishing the boat has live bait tank, tuna tube, outriggers and down rigger.
This boat is custom made, he is perfect for all kind of fishing as popping, jigging and trolling, the perfect weapon to fish the sri lankan waters.
This catamaran hull is from an Australian design and give a very smooth ride. The luxury option is a toilet, then if you plan to bring your wife or girlfriend, now no excuse to come fishing with us !!!
We will keep you update soon with our first sea fishing report.
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Capt. Nico
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
Last week-end Pershy from Awesome Foursome group have a great time fishing at Bolgoda Lake with our Guide Shaktivel.
"It was a fun full day in the best way to spend our Sunday at Bolgoda. We had a good day in the water with a catch of 2 Barramundi, 1 featherback and 2 Mangrove Jacks which was caught by casting lures and all the fish was successfully released back into the water.”
“A big thank you to Sportfishing Lanka and Boatman Sathivel for job well done"
Congratulations Pershy see you soon
Nico - Head Fishing Guide
Last Sunday with our regular Japanese anglers Hiro san & Miyazaki san, we had certainly one of the best day fishing at Bolgoda Lake.
They caught 9 barramundi, they also missed or lost 4 or 5 more and they caught countless Mangrove Jack in the 40 cm up range !!
The barramundi were so active, Hiro and Miyazaki have a double hook up. It was insane !!
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Nico - Head Fishing Guide
Yasuhiro san and his friend were in business trip in Lanka and they decided to have a break to fish at Bolgoda Lake.
During the morning session they caught a dozen of Mangrove Jack with some big one up to 45 cm. After a delicious lunch at the villa, we started the afternoon session on Barramundi spots. At the beginning there was some wind which don't make the fishing easy, but just before the evening the wind stopped and make the Barramundi hungry. They had 3 bites and Yasuhiro san friend caught two nice Golden Barramundi.
We finished the day to target Featherback but they were not keen to bite their lures. Anyway, all in all it was a very enjoyable day fishing at Bolgoda. Yasuhiro which is also a GT fisherman, has planned to come back with his GT tackle for his next business trip in Lanka.
It was nice to meet you guys, I am waiting to see you again and to have fun.
Nico - Head Fishing Guide
Last week we have received Hayano san from Japan for a day charter at Bolgoda.
He had a nice day and caught some nice Mangrove Jack during the morning session and the afternoon he lost a big Barramundi and caught a featherback.
It was nice to meet you Hayano san. Hope to see you again at Bolgoda Lake and take your revenge with the Barramundi ;-)
Nico - Head Fishing Guide
Going fishing at Bolgoda Lake with some buddies like Pershy and Damith, this is the way every Saturday should be spend !
Here some pictures of our catches, Pershy was the man of the day with 2 barra, Damith was unlucky this day (for once) and caught a ladyfish. My day was not bad with some decent mangroves jacks and 2 featherback.
Guys, I enjoyed my fishing day with you as usual and can't wait for the next one.
Nico - Head Fishing Guide
