swains trip 2005

[mariner_22]

Well it was a great trip don't know if it was as good as Black rats but it was still very good. I ended up with about 23 very descent keppers including a 6.5 kg red emperor and some huge sweeties :). As well as another 30 that we used for bait (mackeral, tuna, trevally etc). My dad did well with about 30 real nice keepers including some nice trout and some big spangled emperor. But all and all the fishing was alittle bit on and off and if you did not cash in when they were on you missed out. Probably something to do with the poor weather we had out there. Anyway I will be posting the pics up soon :D :D

[Black_Rat]

Yes show me a piccie of a big Red i'd like to know what one looks like >:( ;D

[mariner_22]

no worries mate :D :D

[mariner_22]

Pick up the photos from me mates place tomorrow so will be able to post them then.

[mariner_22]

hold on to your hats ladies and gentlemen cause here come the pics :o :o :o

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bens sweetie in the dory

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my reddie not bad not too bad (not the hair it was the theme of the trip for me) :D :D

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one of my many keeper trout for the trip ;) ;)

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john with a ripper spaniard one of the many that hit the boat over the week

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Peter with a cracking spano note the one in the background they were going off on this day I think we ended up with about five in a 2-hour session

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Ben with a nice spangled emperor

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Dad with a good size spangled emperor as well

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peter with a corker coral trout

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Peter at it again this time with a chinaman that was soon released

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Ben with a big barracuda :o :o

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Dad with a nice spaniard

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ME with one of my many trevally for the trip

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And just for a change in pace here we have a beautiful sunset unfortunately the only one for the trip

[mariner_22]

well there were many more fish caught but I can't spend all night posting them so I think that will do it for now :) :)

[Black_Rat]

nice piccies :), good trout there my cousin caught a chinaman, well a head acually a shark got it half way up. :(

[kleiny]

nice trip mariner looks like you had a ball. where the spaniards caught while bottom bashing?
kleiny

[devocean]

Were there any spearos on that boat? Also I have heard that the swains has a pretty bad cigatera problem especially with trout were you guys warned off taking them?

[mariner_22]

Kleiny the spaniards were all taken on floaters with ganged pillies. But I think one guy got one on a ballon he put out the back of the boat. Lot of guys including myself hooked up with spaniards while bottom bashing but lost them at the boat (no wire) :'( :'(.

Devocean there were no spearfisherman on the boat and we were not warned off eating the trout. I asked the skipper about that and he reckons that for the area only the real big trout are a risk of cidetura along with the usual suspects like the chinaman's and the barracuda that we caught, which were all released.

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