February 26, 2002
Here is an email message from Cruise Center:
"Sport fishing in this Andaman Sea especially G.T. Fishing becomes popular for most of our tourists from Japan. They spend 1 or 2 days at Raja Noi Island or at least a 3 day trip to Similan. There are still G.T. at Rajanoi Island during high tide from 15th - 3 rd night of the Lunar month worth fishing."
January 21, 2002
One angler emailed info about his fishing trip to Raja Noi island over the new year holidays. He caught two GT, weighing 20 kg and 6 kg.
Here is a story about his trip, reported by Mr. Adul:
Mr. Takenouchi chartered the sportfishing boat " Isabella "on the 1st of January 2002 for overnight trip. The boat left Phuket at 2.00 p.m. and around 3.30 p.m. Mr. Takenouchi started casting his popper at Elephant Rock around the northern tip of Raja Noi. After one hour of non-striking , Captain Ahmad decided to move the boat to the southern tip of this long-shape Island which is quite lengthy.
Normally the Giant Trivially in that area come up to the surface of the water early in the morning and very late in the afternoon when the sunlight turn yellow, before sunset. After keep on casting for a little while at last....the popper was attacked near the cliff. The fish dived deep trying to run away but after around 30 minutes of patiently fighting, Mr. Takenouchi won. The GT of Raja Noi was pulled on board Isabella for weighting and photographing before sending back to the sea at 7 o' clock in the evening. It weighted 20 kilograms !
That night, Mr. Takenouchi stayed on board, but he could not sleep because of pleasantness. Early next morning, another GT was caught by a popper also, it weighted 6 kg. Mr. Takenouchi got it from the same area of Raja Noi Island and he decided to return to Phuket with happiness. This GT Fishing Trip is less than 24 hours !
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