My First Sailfish....

[Bryan Young]

Wow, congratulations Ijlal.  What a catch.

[conchydong]

 Wow, a 123lb Cobia is a monster. I could only imagine what happened if he went into the boat "green" as they sometimes put up a tougher fight once landed than while in the water. Seems you have to travel quite a ways to deep water. Keep up the good work!

[Dominick]

An Alan Tani member makes good.  Terrific Lal.  Dominick

[Bill B]

Ijlal we need to hear LOTS more of your fishing exploits....a true sportsman you are!   Two records under your belt is amazing......I can't wait ( or maybe afraid  ) to hear more of your adventures...123lb corbia Bill

[ijlal]

Ijlal we need to hear LOTS more of your fishing exploits....a true sportsman you are!   Two records under your belt is amazing......I can't wait ( or maybe afraid  ) to hear more of your adventures...123lb corbia Bill

Wow, a 123lb Cobia is a monster. I could only imagine what happened if he went into the boat "green" as they sometimes put up a tougher fight once landed than while in the water. Seems you have to travel quite a ways to deep water. Keep up the good work!

LOL Bill!

I can show you the photo; it was also the tournament winning fish. BTW, I had it on 20# so I played it for over an hour and by the time I brought it to gaff, it was totally done.

[ijlal]

Once again, many thanks to all of you. I love this forum. Alan has truly managed to put together a brotherhood of anglers.

[wallacewt]

dear lord,
"grant me the wish, that I may catch a fish so large that i dont have to lie,when telling of it afterwards"

[spc7669]

Wow!  Congratulations on the fish of a lifetime.

[mo65]

   Very impressive fish! Congrats!!

[broadway]

Well done Sir! Congrats on both of your records. That Cobia is really incredible in size... impressive!
Keep up your fishing journeys and keep posting them here it's motivational speaking at it's finest.
You have our attention,
Dom

[Bill B]

Ijlal....do not leave in the cold....we need to see more pictures and read of more adventures from your side of the world.....Bill 

[ijlal]

Thank you everybody. I shall post more when I end up with anything significant.

Cheers!

[Gulfshoresangler]

Ijlal I really enjoyed the pictures and getting a feel for fishing on the other side of the world, its very  interesting!!  Please keep us updated with any new catches or stories.
Thanks!
James

[Swami805]

Wow, that's some incredible fishing. Looking forward to more!

[Reel 224]

Ij; you do yourself proud! Great catch, you should go down in AT history.

Joe