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E.U. INVASION! Maldives Live-Aboard 2019 Fishing Trip

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There are trips where you have a memorable catch or two and then there are trips where you’ll always remember the fish you lost! This trip was one of the latter, for JW, as he lost a few good fish due to various factors (or excuses!).

There are however good moments and catches to take away from the trip nonetheless.

More about our hosted Fly fishing in Maldives trips

This trip sees our guests consisting of two people each from the countries of Britain, Germany and France. One of which may not be in the E.U. by the time you read this.

Enjoy the pictorial… and remember to leave a comment below.

Restricted items printed on The Maldives arrival card
There are certain things you’re not to bring into Maldives
The hotel in Màle where we spent the first day
Mark enjoying the view from the hotel balcony
Looking down at the beach activity from room balcony
A hive of activity along the beachfront
Màle Maldives sunset from hotel room balcony
Stunning sunset from the hotel room balcony
View of Màle Maldives and sunrise
Leaving Màle Maldives at first light
JW with the 6 guests on this trip
JW with the six guests on this trip
Lunch before the first fishing session
Lunch before the first fishing session
Dinner on the plate
Great food is part and parcel of the week long trip
Orvis bonefish flies
Some of the guys came with these nice-looking Orvis bonefish flies
On the dingy going to the flats
Going fishing on the flats!
Stefan with a small wrasse
Stefan with a small wrasse
Stefan with a nice jobfish on fly
Stefan with a nice jobfish on fly
Fly fishing on Maldives flats with the Fishpond roll-top backpack
JW trying out a large roll-top backpack for this trip.
Photo by: Stefan

Related: What JW thinks about using a large roll-top backpack on the flats

Sun protection is very important on the flats
Photo by: Stefan
Island trevally
JW with an island trevally
A dead parrotfish or black spotted tusk fish in the sand
I wonder what happened to this black spotted tusk fish?
A whole lot of crabs gathering. Something is going on here…
Nighttime mean jigging on the motherboat
Nighttime mean jigging on the motherboat
A big silver sweetlip
A big silver sweetlip
A nice jobfish from the jig
A nice jobfish from the jig
Breakfast onboard
Breakfast onboard
Mark on a fish from trolling
Mark on a fish from trolling
Stefan with a small tuna
Stefan with a small tuna
A doggie…more a puppy actually. JW lost a monster dogtooth later on jig.
Mark enjoying the variety of fishing available on the trip
Lunch spread onboard the motherboat
Lunch spread onboard the motherboat

Click here for more photos of the food we eat in Maldives

Matching colours. JW chatting with Mark on the way to an island.
Photo by: Stefan
The ladies enjoying themselves swimming and snorkelling, and looking at the rich marine life in different locations almost everyday.
Photo by: Stefan
Snorkeling shot by Stefan
Magical sights on this Maldives beach
A solid bonefish with the Winston Boron III Plus and Nautilus X reel
Stefan with a nice bonefish
Mark and the most stunning Picasso triggerfish
Cyril with a titan triggerfish. Great effort on his first trip to Maldives!
Close up of the mouth of a titan triggerfish
Nasty teeth of the titan triggerfish
A swallow tail dart underwater
Poor man’s permit, the swallow tail dart are caught often and they pull hard for their size due to their features that are built for speed such as that tail.
Storm clouds about to dump millions of litres of water onto us!
We paid a visit to the captain’s house to see how a Maldivian family’s home in an island is like.
Stefan with a nice bluefin trevally
Stefan with a nice bluefin trevally
Photo courtesy of Stefan
Mark with a GT on popper
Ian with a beautiful bluefin trevally
Ian with a beautiful bluefin trevally
Bluefin trevally underwater about to be released
Releasing the bluefin trevally
Stunning sky and setting sun from the island
Stunning sky and setting sun from the Maldives flats
Cyril with a jobfish
Cyril with a jobfish
Astriid with another jobfish
Astriid with another jobfish
A blackspot emperor fish
Mrs Stefan did some fishing as well.
Photo by Stefan
Mark with a shark that hit his lure
Photo by Stefan
Mark with a GT from the boat
Photo by Stefan
Stefan and a GT with a stickbait
Photo courtesy of Stefan
Mark with a bigeye trevally
Mark with a bigeye trevally
I try to make it a point to sit on the deck and watch the sunrise every morning
Getting ready to depart home
Approaching the airport
Approaching the airport
Ian and Stefan sharing a light moment on the deck.
Ian and Stefan sharing a light moment on the deck. One of the highlights on a trip like this is making new friends that share the same interest.
Group photo before leaving the boat
Group photo with a lovely bunch of people
A quick dinner
Photo of The Maldives harbour
Photo of The Maldives harbour

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