tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2673210917210033493Thu, 02 Feb 2012 08:30:16 +0000Gamefishing Charters Andaman Islands, India. We operate unique fishing charters in the pristine Andaman Islands. We cater to sportfishing, gamefishing, popper fishing, deep water jigging, fishing expeditions North and South of Port Blair,special charters to Barren Island, Invisible Bank.http://gamefishingindia.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.com (Darran and Akshay)Blogger51125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2673210917210033493.post-2730282522364874972Tue, 17 Jan 2012 06:34:00 +00002012-01-17T12:04:49.274+05:30The first group we had fishing with us in the new year was 3 anglers from France, we had unsettled weather over x-mas and the new year which saw Cyclone “Thane” pass over us at 0400 on x-mas day not the best for fishing!! Sleepless nights watching over the boats and other boats taking damage at their moorings are quite stressful, fortunately we took no damage but some others did… The fishing http://gamefishingindia.blogspot.com/2012/01/1st-group-of-2012.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Darran and Akshay)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2673210917210033493.post-3150146906203925550Tue, 17 Jan 2012 05:22:00 +00002012-01-17T10:52:17.714+05:30This is the PDF version of the article written by Dave Lewis who fished with us last season, they had a great time even though the weather was a bit dodgy!! Enjoy the read Thanks to Dave Lewis and Dave Rorke of Ski Boat Magazine for the pdf version viewable at the link below: Ski Boat Magazine Article Nov 2011 Team SFI http://gamefishingindia.blogspot.com/2012/01/ski-boat-magazine-article-on-andamans.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Darran and Akshay)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2673210917210033493.post-5975892787036783188Tue, 13 Dec 2011 04:48:00 +00002011-12-13T10:18:35.181+05:30We have taken delivery of the latest addition to our fleet a brand new 37ft Centre Console, ideally configured to fish 4-5 anglers popping and jigging. Powered by twin 225 four stroke Yamaha Engines, great endurance and a very comfortable ride to take the Andaman Seas. It has great electronics with the Lowrance HDS series Displays and an Airmar transducer, over 20 rod holders and lots of storage http://gamefishingindia.blogspot.com/2011/12/rampage-new-37ft-cc.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Darran and Akshay)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2673210917210033493.post-5792208498267666262Tue, 09 Aug 2011 16:21:00 +00002011-08-11T22:02:54.804+05:30 We thought we'd post this one a little different.... So far most of our reports have been about groups of visiting anglers and the fish they'd caught, basically trip reports. We felt we also had to post more about how we caught fish. We often get inquiries asking about the techniques we use and what tackle one should buy before planning a trip here. This post is basically about light jigging as http://gamefishingindia.blogspot.com/2011/08/jig-lite.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Darran and Akshay)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2673210917210033493.post-5336477129439347770Sat, 06 Aug 2011 13:09:00 +00002011-08-06T19:51:51.268+05:30While we out fishing with Xavier and Thierry on our catamaran Halcyon III we had an English group arrive as well. We fished with Bob, James and Stuart from Halcyon II from Port Blair and Havelock. It was an interesting trip as it was their first trip out in the tropics chasing GT. The fishing was to be mixed and we broke the days up into sections where we'd pop, jig or troll based on sea http://gamefishingindia.blogspot.com/2011/08/if-only-bream-pulled-as-hard.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Darran and Akshay)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2673210917210033493.post-1631395600162641895Wed, 03 Aug 2011 15:24:00 +00002011-08-04T19:12:21.580+05:30Mid Feb saw us out fishing with Xavier and Thierry who'd fished with us in the past and were no strangers to the Andaman Islands. The Frenchmen are keen fishermen and popping addicts, making many a trip around the tropics in search of popper chasing fish. It was great to host them again and we were keen on getting them to our best spots for some great GT fishing. As the whole trip was based out http://gamefishingindia.blogspot.com/2011/08/thierry-and-xavier.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Darran and Akshay)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2673210917210033493.post-4906739702487916694Tue, 19 Jul 2011 13:56:00 +00002011-07-26T19:21:21.940+05:30For regular followers of our blog I'm sure 'Stew' will ring a bell..... Well over a year ago we were visited by Stewart Newnham who fished with us in late Jan 2010. It was also the first time Alban Regnoult fished the Andaman Islands as he arrived a couple of days after Stew. We had a great time fishing and had a wide range of species caught especially on jig. We also did a bit of exploring on http://gamefishingindia.blogspot.com/2011/07/stew-2.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Darran and Akshay)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2673210917210033493.post-5993553464399805067Wed, 29 Jun 2011 11:50:00 +00002011-06-29T17:23:09.990+05:30The gallery for the season 2010-11 is now updated on our website it can be viewed by going to the gallery page or following the link http://www.gamefishingindia.com/gallery2011.htmlEnjoy the pictureshttp://gamefishingindia.blogspot.com/2011/06/gallery-2010-11-uploaded.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Darran and Akshay)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2673210917210033493.post-1399418247582783914Fri, 10 Jun 2011 08:38:00 +00002011-07-19T12:20:28.798+05:30India is a country of glaring opposites which often catch a visitor unaware. The picture below is of Chennai (Madras) coming in to land and it's a huge sprawling city of over 5 million people! Finding time and space alone in a bustling city like Chennai's almost impossible, let alone space to go out and fish.But two hours away and across the Bay of Bengal lie the Andaman Islands. They are a unionhttp://gamefishingindia.blogspot.com/2011/06/thomas-tan.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Darran and Akshay)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2673210917210033493.post-6994662939988132384Wed, 01 Jun 2011 16:32:00 +00002011-06-07T11:16:28.390+05:30Most of our readers and followers of the blog have at some point fished with us in the Andaman Islands and have met the staff. A lot of people we realize have no idea who we are. This post serves as an introduction for people who've never been here or plan on visiting us in the near future. We started our first season of catch and release game fishing in the Andaman Islands way back in 2006. We http://gamefishingindia.blogspot.com/2011/06/team-sfi.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Darran and Akshay)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2673210917210033493.post-7966950938277867538Sun, 15 May 2011 02:30:00 +00002011-05-31T21:01:01.425+05:30Mid Feb this year saw us fishing from Halcyon for a week from Havelock with Dr. Leonardo Martinelli from Italy. The weather was great and the calm sea conditions let us get to reefs we hadn't fished for a long time well north of Ritchie's Archipelago. It was a week of some great popper and jig action for Leo and the crew. The great part about this week was that Leo fished alone off the boat and http://gamefishingindia.blogspot.com/2011/05/fish-doctor.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Darran and Akshay)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2673210917210033493.post-3938152170979264008Wed, 04 May 2011 21:30:00 +00002011-05-27T14:25:56.073+05:30We were joined in Feb 2011 by Eva and Javier Rius accompanied by Nicola Zingeralli to fish with us in the Andaman Islands. Our trip was based out of Port Blair and we focused on popping and jigging. It was Eva and Javier's first trip to the tropics and they were very keen to catch the many species of fish we have swimming off our reefs.Antonino hooks into a small GT that hammered his popper. A http://gamefishingindia.blogspot.com/2011/05/eva-javier.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Darran and Akshay)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2673210917210033493.post-6730020843160004086Sun, 24 Apr 2011 16:53:00 +00002011-04-29T23:09:14.794+05:30The end of Jan and beginning of Feb saw us fishing with a group out of Singapore and a couple of anglers from Sweden. We'd fished many a time previously with Ian Goh and friends from Singapore, but it was our first time with Michael Adolphson and his buddy Bo. We did have a bit of weather that made conditions hard for popper fishing, but we made up for it by some great action on jig!Mike and Bo http://gamefishingindia.blogspot.com/2011/04/goh-mike-and-bo.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Darran and Akshay)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2673210917210033493.post-8347071184487270310Fri, 08 Apr 2011 08:06:00 +00002011-04-08T17:14:49.191+05:30We'd fished with many an Italian group in previous seasons and they've always been a high energy high drama bunch of guys to fish with. Most of our Italian clients in the past had at one time or another carried their favorite lures.... namely Alles Lures. We'd seen these lures and fished with them here in the Andaman Islands and had some great results. It was great to be able to finally meet the http://gamefishingindia.blogspot.com/2011/04/alles-army.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Darran and Akshay)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2673210917210033493.post-2336668496216444014Fri, 01 Apr 2011 04:35:00 +00002011-04-08T13:34:52.208+05:30We spent a week out fishing with Stephane Escoffier and Patrick Rodriguez from France in January. It was a week of some great fishing based from Port Blair. On this trip we concentrated more on popping for GT. The trip was filled with great action, double hookups and some large fish that couldn't be stopped!Stephane & Patrick were amazed with the power of these GT as many a lure came back trashedhttp://gamefishingindia.blogspot.com/2011/04/stephane-patrick.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Darran and Akshay)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2673210917210033493.post-5973966393830114181Sat, 26 Mar 2011 15:42:00 +00002011-03-28T12:50:00.019+05:30We had a family of popper fishing enthusiasts from France fish with us over Christmas. Pascal joined us every day with one of his sons and we set of on day trips searching for GT on popper. As this was one of the first 'Tropical Fishing' trip for the kids we toned the fishing down, fishing with smaller poppers, lighter setups, looking to catch many fish and species.Pascal started the trip with a http://gamefishingindia.blogspot.com/2011/03/popper-fishing-parisot.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Darran and Akshay)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2673210917210033493.post-7135775913831738279Wed, 16 Mar 2011 09:38:00 +00002011-03-17T10:03:04.077+05:30Earlier this season we had a group of first time popper fishermen from India who visited the Andaman Islands to try their hand at catching GT on popper. They were amazed at the action they had and have promised to return next season with upgraded equipment to target bigger specimens. With the rising popularity in Popper and Jig fishing across the world we see a large number of groups who are http://gamefishingindia.blogspot.com/2011/03/first-time-poppers.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Darran and Akshay)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2673210917210033493.post-8245468671657150874Sat, 29 Jan 2011 03:59:00 +00002011-01-29T09:29:40.362+05:30For us it is very important that we conserve our fishery in order for it to be sustainable as well as try to ensure maximum survival of the fish we release. The correct venting procedure has been reproduced below from the NOAA website Sea Grant Florida and the link to their page is below: Sea Grant Florida The Procedure: It is best to vent the fish as quickly as possible with a minimum of http://gamefishingindia.blogspot.com/2011/01/venting-reef-fish.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Darran and Akshay)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2673210917210033493.post-6844932363884645653Fri, 21 Jan 2011 03:58:00 +00002011-01-21T09:28:06.130+05:30November saw us fishing 2 days with Gabriele, a returning client who had earlier had his first taste of GT popping with us in April of 2010 and friend Andrea a popping and jigging newbie. He obviously liked it because he was back with new stick baits from FC labo and ready to cast all day long. Work commitments meant only 2 days fishing but we were ready to give it a try. The weather looked goodhttp://gamefishingindia.blogspot.com/2011/01/2-days-with-gabriele.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Darran and Akshay)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2673210917210033493.post-3093946080948469723Wed, 29 Dec 2010 08:27:00 +00002011-03-15T12:39:19.825+05:30Earlier in the season we were out fishing with General Chauhan and party, who visited the Andaman Islands to catch some GT on popper. There trip was a short and explosive trip with many a quality GT being landed on popper.Darran and Akshay.http://gamefishingindia.blogspot.com/2010/12/earlier-in-season-we-were-out-fishing.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Darran and Akshay)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2673210917210033493.post-6033063364362399993Sun, 19 Dec 2010 10:20:00 +00002010-12-19T16:13:04.124+05:30Wishing all our fans, followers and fellow fishermen a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! We 're ending the year popping and jigging and will soon have many a trip report up on the blog for the new year. Wishing everyone a big GT and an even bigger Doggie in the new year.Darran & Akshay.http://gamefishingindia.blogspot.com/2010/12/seasons-greeting.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Darran and Akshay)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2673210917210033493.post-5682223788118687870Thu, 11 Nov 2010 17:44:00 +00002010-11-14T20:35:55.212+05:30Late October 2010 saw us fishing with Colin Pacitti, Richard Foster and Michael Bailey. It was a pleasure to fish with the group and share many a laugh while going about the business of catching fish. Our boys Kantha and Gafoor posing with a GT that couldn't resist hammering a popper chucked over a deep reef by Colin. A jig caught Dog Tooth Tuna with Colin.Above, Mike with a fantastic specimen! http://gamefishingindia.blogspot.com/2010/11/popper-pulling-pacitti.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Darran and Akshay)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2673210917210033493.post-5593743306871096876Sun, 07 Nov 2010 04:31:00 +00002010-11-08T16:06:15.882+05:30The middle of October 2010 was spent fishing with a group out of Singapore, led by Wilson. It was our first group out of Singapore for the season and we have a whole lot on their way. This trip was a warm up trip for us as well as we were fishing most of our marks for the first time this season.Wilson casting into a school of Fusilier that were being harassed on the edge of a deep reef.Above, http://gamefishingindia.blogspot.com/2010/11/wilsons-andaman-adventure-ii.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Darran and Akshay)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2673210917210033493.post-7972885734171976249Mon, 18 Oct 2010 03:07:00 +00002010-10-20T14:09:04.600+05:30Our second group for the season was special as we had an old friend on board who was after some Andaman GT. We on our first trip to the Andaman Islands ever were accompanied by Gordon Thompson who at that time had vast experience and knowledge on fishing in Coastal waters of the Indian peninsular. Gordon, this time was accompanied by his buddies Anand and Praveen who were both keen on landing http://gamefishingindia.blogspot.com/2010/10/cfo-thompson-and-party.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Darran and Akshay)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2673210917210033493.post-1687540460486200065Fri, 15 Oct 2010 13:31:00 +00002010-10-15T19:58:56.550+05:30We ended last season with a Epic Fishing trip with a Singaporean group and then carried on to welcome our new center console power catamaran! She turned out to be better than we imagined and is a perfect jigging and popping machine. By June the monsoons lashed the Andaman Islands and the fishing season came to a complete halt. We all got a much needed break after a hectic season, had time to http://gamefishingindia.blogspot.com/2010/10/start-of-new-season-20102011.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Darran and Akshay)