welcome to kil song and black hole USA!!!!
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Hi.
Welcome Kil! Glad to have you hear. The legendary jigging master for some big tuna.
Thanks for warm welcome.:)
Thank Alan Tani for giving us an opportunity for Black Hole USA rods here.
I became a believer of Black Hole rods when I guided Korean TV fishing crew for bluefin popping in Cape Cod 6 - years ago.
I tested various Black Hole USA rods and every rod I tested amazed me.
My mission is to make rods suitable for West Coast fishermen, not losing light weight and strength of the rods which become characteristics of Black Hole USA rods.
I am leaving for Oman on Monday ( April 3) for monster GT using Black Hole USA popping rods. I will post the report here.
I love Oman, will be there some time this year. I need to get a fishing trip in. Can't wait for your report
Fishing for GT in Oman is like a hunt. If you get one or two bites a day, you are lucky. But anglers come to Oman to catch 50 kg - 60 kg GT like many fishermen around the world come to NC or Cape Cod for big bluefin popping.
I lived there for 13 months and never went fishing. Not sure how I managed that. Have you done any other fishing there? The fish markets in Mutrah and Seeb always have great fish, I assume it's caught local but don't know for sure if all of it is.
Welcome aboard! 8)
I fished with No Boundaries in Southern Oman twice.
I lost 50 plus kg GT when a mate dropped it while lifting with a gaff in the mouth.
I was using light 8' Black Hole Magic Eye 804 spinning rod.
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Welcome Kil....good to have you here....Bill
Great photos! This was out of Salalah?
Welcome to the club Kilsong. You will be a great member her for sure.
Quote from: ReelFishingProblems on March 31, 2017, 12:50:01 AM
Great photos! This was out of Salalah?
The lodge location is about 3 - 4 hour drive from Salalah and we fish The Hallaniyats' Islands Located 50 km offshore.
Welcome ksong!
Sal
Welcome Kil!
I love the spiral 'slow pitch' B-581H3R Cape Cod jigging rod I bought from you at the 2016 Fred Hall show.
Everybody thinks I brought a trout rod on board until a big one bends it.
Steve
I like my Challenger Bank s801h. I've caught YT and YFT with it on Alan's 5 day and Excel 10 days. There's half of me on the right side of Alan's 1st picture above.
Welcome Kil, post the pictures when you can.
Quote from: swill88 on March 31, 2017, 03:27:17 AM
Welcome Kil!
I love the spiral 'slow pitch' B-581H3R Cape Cod jigging rod I bought from you at the 2016 Fred Hall show.
Everybody thinks I brought a trout rod on board until a big one bends it.
Steve
I got 40 - 50 lb tuna with the rod. I think the rod can handle 80 - 100 lb tuna and any size of yellowtail if you don't do high sticking.
Quote from: MarkT on March 31, 2017, 03:34:33 AM
I like my Challenger Bank s801h. I've caught YT and YFT with it on Alan's 5 day and Excel 10 days. There's half of me on the right side of Alan's 1st picture above.
The 8' Challenger Bank H rod can handle tuna upto 200 lb though the rod weight is only 10 oz.
Welcome!
Welcome Kil Song it was great meeting at ICAST last year.
Welcome aboard Ksong! You are one knowledgeable fellow, and I've followed you on other forums forums for years.
Thanks for joining the crew!
Dom
Was wondering were I might find prices and specs for black hole blanks. Thanks
You can check out jignpop site to see blank prices.
http://www.jignpop.com/categories/Blanks/
Kil Song, welcome to the site. May I ask what kind of spinning reel were you using in the photos? Also that was a serious bend in the rod. Was it too soft to lift the fish? I had that problem in Mexico. I was working too hard for schoolie Tuna. I finally switched over to a stiffer rod which worked out well. Dominick
Quote from: Dominick on May 02, 2017, 05:58:27 PM
Kil Song, welcome to the site. May I ask what kind of spinning reel were you using in the photos? Also that was a serious bend in the rod. Was it too soft to lift the fish? I had that problem in Mexico. I was working too hard for schoolie Tuna. I finally switched over to a stiffer rod which worked out well. Dominick
The reel is IRT reel which is made in the USA. When Penn moved their reel factory to China, the former employee of Penn start to make spinning reels in the US with a new investor. The reel is very solid.
Here is a picture of the 10' Black Hole Yellowtail rod bend with 80 lb tuna.
If you like to have more backbone, you can go with 10' Black Hole Yellowtail Heavy rod. But we have only blanks of the heavy rods.
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Lifting 25 lb using 10' Heavy rod.
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