Why the Long Face
Submitted by soupster51 on Mon, 2010-05-10 17:45
Did my first bit of bottom-bouncing today here in Pohnpei. More like cliff-face bouncing as the edge after reef break drops away from the surface to 500m+ in less than 80m covered on the surface. Didn't do that well today but managed my first ever Longface Emperor.
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Lucky Tim
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yeah the bottom topography
yeah the bottom topography in places like that don't leave much ground for bottom bogging.
Nice pic by the way.
soupster51
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Cheers
Yep Pohnpei is a bit rock jutting up from the ocean floor. This makes the currents very strong and the wind (at this time of year) makes the bottom fishing even harder.
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Faulkner Family
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seen the long nose before
seen the long nose before but that ones a bit different. if bottom bashing is hard , maybe stick to the trolling. at least you got out there and gave it a go. what is the diving like over there ?
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soupster51
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Pohnpei
Diving is world class - the water is classed as 'gin-clear'. You can see fish/coral from the surface in 50m of water.
Don't mind the trolling and I've caught some good fish so far but I love the jigging and bottom bouncing too much to give it up for three years. I'm hitting the boss up for a new sounder and transducer; if that get's up off the ground hopefully the results in this department will be a lot better.
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Kasey L.
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You should try popping
You should try popping Soupster - structure like that sounds perfect for it. Alot more fun and visual than jigging.
You never know what you can catch with a popper - coral trout, wahoo, dogtooth, longnose emperors, cod, green jobfish, even amberjack and yes, I know of a red emperor that was caught on popper.
soupster51
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Popping
It's definately on the agenda Kasey. The weather hasn't been suitable to get the boat in close enough to the reef since I arrived. June thru Sep is summer here bring the calm conditions and I'll be casting until my arms/shoulders/back hurt so much I cant pop any more.
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