decided to throw large popper for GT’s on the outside until the rain subsided,
then we would chase Milkfish and end the day on the flats looking for Triggers,
Bones, and GT’s. After about an hour of popping, we landed 3 GT’s and had an
encounter with a 100+ pound giant that simply missed the lure. We settled into
casting to giant schools of milkfish shortly after the weather cleared and got to
feel the power that these fish can dish out.
Over the next 2 days, we repeated the GT fishing, then chasing milkfish, then
finishing the day with bonefish and triggers. We un-locked the milkfish game on
Christmas Island with dozens of hookups and several landed fish. By the end of
the trip, we were almost tired of hooking up to these powerful fish.
Day three brought me my first GT encounter on the