A sport fishermen is not a fisherman.
Written on October 14, 2009 – 7:28 pm | by Bali Fishing
Some of the news i heard from staffs is that guests that we take out fishing are claiming they have been fishing big game fishing, we expect only big fish, that is common.
But sport fishing may not the same with fisherman fishing, some people expecting many fishes caught, if so there are two alternatives, got to fish market or use drag net, that is NOT us.
Sport fishing is a sport, even to fish itself needs to work out, as exercise in the gym, only we are doing it onboard game boat take the guests to the best fishing spots.
if you guys always expect caught many fish and big fish just like in the tv or movie,
go to fish market and take picture with it. sport fishing in bali may result in up and down catches, it affected – as many of sportfishermen knew- by tide prediction, wind and the technical of fishing.
Sport fisherman doing fishing for sport whether when fight fish or when working the lure to get the fish, fisherman needs a lot of fish to sell to market and pay off fishermen cost of fuel.
our staffs are always show how to do jigging and do casting first to customer, sometimes the guests exhausted of jigging very quick, when they do, the staff then take over for jigging then when strike they will hand over the set to the guest.
Jigging is the real sports, thats why we call it sport fishing, jigging in bali is even more exercise than in gym, we use 450 grams the lightest jigs to 600 grams metal jigs.
In the water depth 80 meters to 120 meters. today a person told me, its not even a sport fishing, no fish to sport ( i almost laugh my ass off) got only one big strike today, it bent our 450 grams jigs to letter U shape. as usual, most of the big strike, did not finish to land it on board.
Sport fishing needs patience to play the metal jig or popper, it is an art, if your goal is to cruise and enjoy the sea while you are doing sports, you are a good candidates for a real sportfishermen,
if you jump on our boat, expecting the amount of money you pay to charter the boat will result to the same amount of fish you can get in the market with the same amount of money, you better go to the fish market, easier, our driver we even can take you there.
Marine Gears
if only, we are able to serve in better (mean cheaper) rates, we would love to do that indeed.
Marine gear demands the highest spec, highest grade to withstand the salty wind, spray of saltwater, shock, dropped, bump, wears, and all of those doesnt come cheap. soi if you like to test your gear, even your wrist watch, then take it on the saltwater. even one of the leading wrist watch that has silicon rubber band, it degraded when i use it for fishing many times. so i prefer the metal band till now, the wrist watch already stand the seawater for mosre than 8 years.
Those just the small things, the Marine grade engine, aint come cheap. some of the companies are using the same engine for 8 – 10 years, we dont, as we mentioned many times, safety comes first, engine will be replaces every 850 hours use, i mean replaced with new one. those not yet included parts, service & periodically tune up, oils, hinges, polishing the railings, and many many things. For all those one medium usual game fishing oat, it will not far from usd 100,000 per boat initial cost to start.
Business & trust.
we have been very flexible to our customers, taking no deposits on bookings, based on trust. payment onboard, or at the marina, some even after the tour. But we are now, changing our policy, that there is no more payment after the tours.
Starting now and effective today, all payment(s) must be fully completed before the tours on agreed rate, otherwise our driver will be glad to drive you back to your hotel.
We have been on a lot of trouble of people that do not value the trust. some even complain because the food is not warm when they are about to have lunch ON THE BOAT. WTF !!! if you want to have your food warm when you eat it, there is an easy way, eat the food while you sun bathing !!!
There is no way in a small Game fishing (ours is 12 meters) boat you want stove or microwave to warming up your food !! On Board our 43″ hatteras indeed is possible, but it also has to compromise the price for the sam duration of tour, a usd 760 vs usd 1650.
yeaa yueaa yeaaa people / guest are different but some people is just making up any excuses to get discount as it is also showing that they are a**h*le. I am very open to any bargain, any discussion, just dont make any bullshit and lower your self esteem just to have few dollars off,
it is an gentlemen agreement you do what you said, when we agree on some tours on some dollars that is a bond to us, my word is my bond.
Speed – Quality – Prices.
In business, aside of i love waters and fishing. speed and quality and prices cannot meel all three, you have to able to complete two of three.
If you like to have speed and quality – then the price will be higher too. if you like to have price very low, there is one of two in between speed and quality that you will have to sacrifice, otherwise if you have no limit on your budget, those three terms may have been achieved completely.
The fishing tours,
You may have been offered by your hotel staff that they will be able to provide cheeaperrrr than we offer, but will they offer betterrr than we offer?
They want you book thru them because they will make some commision out of it. Have they all really on the boat that they offer, have the asses / check the safety features ? have they been with the captain and know that he will drive the boat comfortly? what if the captain drive zig zag just yto make you dizzy and he/she can home quickly? its not worth the time you waste. what about insurance? too many questins to think about. In our trip we have think and prepared that all above for you to have the best safety, captain, guides, and value for money.
There are some boat charter offer cheaper price, but with no fishing gear inclusive, no transfer pick-up, no insurance, no safety equipment onboard, no experienced and skilled captain & crews, in total you will pay more for renting the tackle, pay transportation, btring your own drinks and foods, too much headache.
There are only less than 5 companies in bali that REALLY INTO sport fishing, all of them are great sport fishing companies, us is one of them. we know them all and we have good relationship to other sport fishing company.
Some other company may able to offer a cheap rate to take you for a fishing tour, not a sport fishing tour. i used to called it as ‘taxi driver’ during the fishing tours they drive you around to somewhere that they may not even know there is fish or not untill the time up, that mean they done doing their job when the time up, whether they know there is chance or not for catching fish.
so guys,
its just a story of me today. keep on fishing !!
Related posts
- Bali Fishing 14 February 2010 - jigging for dogtooth and ruby snapper
- A simple knowledge may save lives, a true story.
- F.A.D Program, Any support will help.
- Dorado/MahiMahi is on!
- Timor sea oil spill worsen.
- What is Bali Jigging ?
- Bali Silent Day & Global Warming
- Bali Fishing reports - 12 february 2010
Related posts
Tags: bali big game fishing, bali boat charter budget, bali bottom fishing, bali budget fishing, Bali dive master, bali dive site, bali diving guide, bali diving video, bali fishing boat, bali fishing boat maintenance, bali fishing bottom, bali fishing business, Bali fishing charter, bali fishing reports videos, bali fishing spots explorations, bali fishing trip, bali fishing video, bali jigging, Bali PADI Gold Palm resort, bali sportfishing, bali trolling fishing trip, bali trolling tour, bali vheap boat charters, best fishing spots, big fish, big game, big game fishing spots, boats, charter, charters, cheap fishing bali, cruise, denpasar, dive bali vides, diving boat bali, evening, fish, fish market, fisherman, fishermen, fishes, fishing, fishing guide komodo, fishing in bali, fishing spots indonesia, game boat, jig, jigging, jigging in Bali, jigging in komodo, mahi mahi, MahiMahi, maritime safety authority, marlin, marlin fishing, patience, popping, rods, sailfish, southern latitude, sport, sport fishing, sport fishing in bali, sportfishermen, sportfishingkomodo.com - fishing trips in komodo dragon, staffs, survey result, tackle, technic, tide prediction, trawling in bali, video fishing bali, why charter boat is expensive.
