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Chronicles of a Blue Water Hunter
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25 April 2007
Fished in a local comp. on my friends 32' cat. Lumpy 10' swell with 25knts of wind. Not for the faint-hearted or those prone to sea-sickness!! Spent the first hour trying to troll in that conditions, with very little success. After persuading the skipper, he allows me to take charge and 10 minutes later, triple hook-up on bait!! I boated my fish very quickly, and proceded to take some pic's and make some video clips!! We ended up having a HOT school of YF hitting chum right next to the boat.
Unfortunately, my friends daughter fell ill and was admitted to hospital, so when he recieved that message, we simply up-ed lines and ran for home. The fish will always be there, family comes first!!
At the scales, we didn't fare that well. My wife took second place in the womans division, with a 63kg (138lb's) YF and we took about 8th place in the mens largest YF for the day. Not bad for 1.5hrs fishing!! My buddy took first place for the day with a 86kg (189lb's).
Thankfully, my friends daughter has been dis-charged today, so those fish better beware for the rest of the comp!!!
Fished in a local comp. on my friends 32' cat. Lumpy 10' swell with 25knts of wind. Not for the faint-hearted or those prone to sea-sickness!! Spent the first hour trying to troll in that conditions, with very little success. After persuading the skipper, he allows me to take charge and 10 minutes later, triple hook-up on bait!! I boated my fish very quickly, and proceded to take some pic's and make some video clips!! We ended up having a HOT school of YF hitting chum right next to the boat.
Unfortunately, my friends daughter fell ill and was admitted to hospital, so when he recieved that message, we simply up-ed lines and ran for home. The fish will always be there, family comes first!!
At the scales, we didn't fare that well. My wife took second place in the womans division, with a 63kg (138lb's) YF and we took about 8th place in the mens largest YF for the day. Not bad for 1.5hrs fishing!! My buddy took first place for the day with a 86kg (189lb's).
Thankfully, my friends daughter has been dis-charged today, so those fish better beware for the rest of the comp!!!
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28 April 2007
Second day of the comp. Once again, a fairly lumpy sea, which became rather pleasant towards mid-morning, only to deteriorate again, later.....
Unfortunately, we simply couldn't find the bigger class of YF's, all our fish were in the 120-130lb class. We DID how-ever find a school of very decent sized albacore, with my wife taking a 25.75kg (56.65lb's) albacore, which earned her second place in the MENS albacore section for the day, as well as second largest albacore for the comp!! We also managed to take 4th, 5th and 6th place for overall largest albacores, all our fish 48-55lb's.
Final prize giving tomorrow, so i'll know whether my wife will take top ladies angler and whether we'll get top boat as well.......
Second day of the comp. Once again, a fairly lumpy sea, which became rather pleasant towards mid-morning, only to deteriorate again, later.....
Unfortunately, we simply couldn't find the bigger class of YF's, all our fish were in the 120-130lb class. We DID how-ever find a school of very decent sized albacore, with my wife taking a 25.75kg (56.65lb's) albacore, which earned her second place in the MENS albacore section for the day, as well as second largest albacore for the comp!! We also managed to take 4th, 5th and 6th place for overall largest albacores, all our fish 48-55lb's.
Final prize giving tomorrow, so i'll know whether my wife will take top ladies angler and whether we'll get top boat as well.......
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Update time!!
Been quite busy for the last couple of weeks, with some good weather allowing us to get out quite a bit.
The tuna scene has quitened down a bit, but we still managed to eke out a couple of fish.
Picture1 - yet another 29kg (64lb's) Albacore. Simply CAN'T seem to break the 30kg barrier!!
Picture2 - some Yellowfin marks on my echo-sounder, showing between 20-30m deep
Picture3 and 4 - crew posing with yet another tuna!!
Picture5 - stunning end to a wonderful day at sea!!
Been quite busy for the last couple of weeks, with some good weather allowing us to get out quite a bit.
The tuna scene has quitened down a bit, but we still managed to eke out a couple of fish.
Picture1 - yet another 29kg (64lb's) Albacore. Simply CAN'T seem to break the 30kg barrier!!
Picture2 - some Yellowfin marks on my echo-sounder, showing between 20-30m deep
Picture3 and 4 - crew posing with yet another tuna!!
Picture5 - stunning end to a wonderful day at sea!!
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See-ing how poorly the tuna have been lately, my crew desperately wanted some fresh fish for their homes....... so off to harrass some inshore fish!!
Fishing with the usual handlines, i hooked into a small cat/dog shark of about a meter (3') long. At the same time, my mobile phone rings. I leave the line and answer the phone, jamming it between my ear and shoulder, so that i can continue pulling up the pesky little shark. At the boat, i look down into the water, only to be greeted by a 3m Great White baring its teeth at me!!! I quickly drop the phone, pass the line to a crew member and dive into the cabin for my camera!! The GW chomped the small shark on my line in half, then turned. The crew member i had passed my line to, had meanwhile pulled the head part of the now deceased shark back to the boat. The GW ended up JUMPING out of the water to get the remaining head part that was still attached to my line, smashing into the side of the boat in the process!!! Luckliy the boat wasn't damaged. Unfortunately for me, i was too slow with the camera and only got a photo of the shark passing the back of the boat. Tried chumming to get him to come back, but it was not to be........
Fishing with the usual handlines, i hooked into a small cat/dog shark of about a meter (3') long. At the same time, my mobile phone rings. I leave the line and answer the phone, jamming it between my ear and shoulder, so that i can continue pulling up the pesky little shark. At the boat, i look down into the water, only to be greeted by a 3m Great White baring its teeth at me!!! I quickly drop the phone, pass the line to a crew member and dive into the cabin for my camera!! The GW chomped the small shark on my line in half, then turned. The crew member i had passed my line to, had meanwhile pulled the head part of the now deceased shark back to the boat. The GW ended up JUMPING out of the water to get the remaining head part that was still attached to my line, smashing into the side of the boat in the process!!! Luckliy the boat wasn't damaged. Unfortunately for me, i was too slow with the camera and only got a photo of the shark passing the back of the boat. Tried chumming to get him to come back, but it was not to be........
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GW inshore. The last thing i wanted to know.
You know Dani have called "Mako" his new RIB?
I did ask him why and he told me "You always remember the first mako that try to bite you"
;-)
You know Dani have called "Mako" his new RIB?
I did ask him why and he told me "You always remember the first mako that try to bite you"
;-)
I've found that the best chum for a White is the crap settling in my foul weather pants!
Great report as always, Miles. And answer your PM.
Great report as always, Miles. And answer your PM.
No, Miles again, no please. no, do not do it again, please please ....
Just do not mention the "Tuna" statistics in the last months, i belive i could not resist that numbers. :naughty :head :friday
PD: There were big fish in these months?
ARGGGGGGGGGGGGG
Just do not mention the "Tuna" statistics in the last months, i belive i could not resist that numbers. :naughty :head :friday
PD: There were big fish in these months?
ARGGGGGGGGGGGGG