Trincomalee …. Opening Days

I am sure that everyone has been waiting to hear about the fishing out of Trincomalee on the eastern coast of Sri Lanka, and as we are sure you all are well aware it is a new destination, it is also new to us which means that we are continuously learning the area, its currents and seasons along with the species which frequent the area. Our last exploratory trip here in July 2013 was one with great results and big fish and as we got going we hoped that the fishing would be as in our exploratory trip.

But nothing in life is ever easy and shortly after we started fishing the area, green water came in with a change in ocean current, that really puts the fish down and we did have a some slow days… once that cleared up though, we are back and rocking, big fish are coming up… lures are being smashed, hooks straightened and lines breaking it is another PE 10 destination for sure as the pictures are going to show you…..

This post is also about the species you can expect to catch.

The average size Trincomalee GT

Popping for busting Yellowfin Tuna, are you ready there are some big ones around but you need to be ready to cast far and quickly too with accuracy.

A fair sized Trincomalee GT

A Better sized one

A near bus sized one…

A first time popper angler with his first ever GT, fair size and well done.

 

More mid sized ones above and below

 

A lovely Coral Trout

A nice GT again

Look at the size and colours of this Bluefin…

Black GT’s pull hard

Another nice Trinco GT

And another

Seems to be lots of these about on lighter jigs

And these waiting for big Chuggers worked real slow!!

Amberjack to jig for

Ripping currents and strong GT’s

Monsters that were not landed, we have had so many bust offs is is really unbelievable.

More nice sized grouper

Sometimes there is continuous GT action like above and below.

 

Happy anglers at the end of the trip

Great food, service and hospitality at the resort.

If this is what you want to have a chance to catch in weeks fishing with us, tucked away in a secluded location, with great shore fishing options on lure then drop us a line and wait to hear more exciting reports from our great new destination.

Till next time

Tight lines.