Sole Searching's Maiden Voyage

[Big_Kev]

Nice looking fish Kev.
Blood in the boat is great, I love it.
It's when you have to stand on the gunnel while they go ape after throwing them on the floor that you need to worry about something getting broken, or to avoid getting bit.
nothing like a bit of exitement to keep one young.

[Bosunsmate]

Well done Kev,

Way to go, keep em coming....don't worry bout the blood 'n' guts, nothin a bit of elbow grease and sweat wont fix.....I do understand the horror at getting ya new pride 'n' joy dirty though, I know what I was like the first time I got my little tub grotty.

Regards
Graeme

[bidkev]

Took the rig down to Rudy Maas with the intention of just pottering around at the pin, more to test the boat than to fish. Was such a lovely day decided to pop through the Seaway and test the Furuno. It found me lots of little reefies 3 keeper trevors and this...........my first Cobe at 26lbs. The bugger made a real mess of my nice white deck! ;)

cheers

kev

[Dr_Dan]

Always a good feeling blooding a new boat. Congrats! hope she lives up to your expectations

[bidkev]

The rig at rest after burning 127bucks worth of petrol!

[gcourt]

Well done Kev,a maiden voyage and a fish you've been after for a while,nice work :).
cheers
Glenn

[szopen]

Great boat, great fish.

Dreams come to life faster than expected.

You must be feeling pretty god.

[skippa]

Geez Kev,

Nice way to christen the new rig, well done. Wish the weather was that kind to us last weekend.

(altho Brett did message me today to tell me how good it was :-/ ) Heres hoping for a better one this weekend.

Bugger about getting the new white floor blooded :-? Many more to come I hope. ;)

Mate not wearing the 'white shoes' today? ;D


Cheers,
Tony 8-)

[straddie]

"Sole Searching's Maiden Voyage... and this...........my first Cobe at 26lbs.The bugger made a real mess of my nice white deck! "

Hehehe told ya a black king would be a good choice to pop her cherry ;D

Well done Kev she looks even purdier in the water.
Just one thing, I know it wasn't as good as a ray or catty but you could still force a smile in your pics when you catch one. :P next time

[Brejen]

On ya Kev. Nice mate very very bloody nice. Lucky i wasn't there to throw the gaff around ::) ::).

Skippa Monday or Tuesday next week mate it's all ours. Kev what you up to these days??

Brett

[maztez]

hey kev nice all round congrats and enjoy
terry (maztez)

[bidkev]

Geez Kev,

<snip>
Mate not wearing the 'white shoes' today? ;D

Cheers,
Tony 8-)

Tony, look at the blood on it's bonce..........I don't think white shoes are a fisho accessory, Whittley or not ;D I always try to gaff 'em under the chin, this one went in the chin and out the top of the head.............I've never seen so much blood :o If I'd've known they bled like that, I would've targeted vermin ;) ;D..............oh, sorry! I *was* targeting vermin ;)

cheers

kev

[skippa]

Kev,

If Brett offers to deckie for ya, don't let him near the gaff. Bad mix Brett, Gaff and Cobies ;D

Your report would of read:

......... found me lots of little reefies 3 keeper trevors and missed a bloody nice Cobie at the boat ....... aaaaahhhhh

;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D


Brett,

Monday looks good Maaaaate ........ ;) ;)


Cheers,
Tony 8-)

[Brejen]

Sorry Tony mate after that effort have forgot the marks.. ;D ;D Thought we were going to forget about that little mishap ::) ::) ;). Monday it is then, you off tuesday as well...

Brett

Sorry Kev but mate have to say I really wouldn't have missed your one,, truely no serious . ::) ::)

[Angla]

Nice fish with that cobe Kingtin.
Tell more about the fuel consumption. Did it get you a long distance, and what speed were you travelling?

Hope you get many more nice fish

Angla

[reeldreamer]

Nice fish and nice boat! What donk you running in her mate?

Mitch

[Fishinmishin]

$127 of petrol. Doesn't add up to the litres it used to :(.

[Black_Rat]

Nice one Kev, a good way to blood the boat :D $127 bucks worth of petrol :o ouch !

[bidkev]

<snip>

Kev what you up to these days??

Brett

Mate, It's taken 8 months to get the house fully habitable and landscaped and then I've spent that much time looking for a vehicle that the house is now full of dust bunnies. A couple of days home duties should have her up to scartch and then we can settle down to some *seious* fishing :)

cheers

kev

[bidkev]

Nice fish with that cobe Kingtin.
Tell more about the fuel consumption. Did it get you a long distance, and what speed were you travelling?

Hope you get many more nice fish

Angla


Mate, I put in at Rudys travelled up to the seaway and out to the 24's. Then I shot over to Palm and back again. I varied the speed as per the handbook and the most I took her to was 4000rpm with 3 on board and she sat at 45 knots at that in a head on chop...didn't want to push her above, but all the same, I was itching to see what she could really do :)

cheers

kev

[bidkev]

Nice fish and nice boat! What donk you running in her mate?

Mitch

Mitch, I'm running a Mercruiser 4.3mpi 220 horse.

cheers

kev

[bidkev]

Nice looking fish Kev.
Blood in the boat is great, I love it.
It's when you have to stand on the gunnel while they go ape after throwing them on the floor that you need to worry about something getting broken, or to avoid getting bit.
nothing like a bit of exitement to keep one young.


Yeah mate, What I'd read here had me prepared for the fight, although it didn't give as much of a fight as I expected in fact it was pretty tame and a 6 kilo catty could've done better. I'd never read about 'em going off once boated though and this thing went absolutely ape. There was blood everywhere even on me nice new vinyl seats :D Good job I left the white deck shoes at home. Think I'll go back to the vermin, they're cleaner ;D

cheers

kev

[bidkev]

"Sole Searching's Maiden Voyage... and this...........my first Cobe at 26lbs.The bugger made a real mess of my nice white deck! "

Hehehe told ya a black king would be a good choice to pop her cherry ;D

Well done Kev she looks even purdier in the water.
Just one thing, I know it wasn't as good as a ray or catty but you could still force a smile in your pics when you catch one. :P next time



Mate, that *was* a smile. You wanna see me when I'm p****d off! ;D

kev

[AaronF]

Good on ya Kingtin. Nice to see you getting amongst some "keepers". Great looking set-up and I'd probably be happy with the fuel economy for that kind of distance, You covered a fair bit of ground for a decent size boat.

[bidkev]

<snip>

You must be feeling pretty god.

Nah mate, it's the boat that's Divine, I'm just an ordinary bloke. ;D ;D

cheers

kev

[DICER]

mate it's happened - you got cobes blood on you!

you rig is not only looking good but it sure is firing...way to go.

[kingcobe]

Nice fish dad even though I live with you I would like to say good work on the site so everyone knows what a good fisherman you are. HEE!HEE!HEE!

Josh

[beatsworkin]

congrats on the fish aswell as the new boat matee shes a pearla