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[Giffo65]

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[Giffo65]

[imnotoriginal]

Hmm, probably my favourite fish was the Bluefin Trev I got in New Caledonia. He fought harder than the GTs pound for pound and lit up like a xmas tree when in the boat. It was the highlight of my trip away and they are one hell of a fish.


My first fish for 2010 was my biggest MJ and he put up one hell of a fight. I didn't realise just how undergunned I was until I hooked into him. Dragged the kayak around easily and I was very lucky to get him in


My third might seem a strange choice for some. While in NC I had the opportunity on my last day to do some light tackle fishing using some of the guides own personal gear. Off I walked with a popper, light rod and reel and some very light leader to see what I could tempt. After catching some new species along came this beauty. They're definitely not pretty, but this fish tailwalked, jumped, cartwheeled and sprinted away from me and I never thought I had him landed until he was on land. I was incredibly lucky to get him in given the array of teeth and that made it a real highlight.


Unfortunately, fish four and five were both fish that got away. I entered the KFT tournaments over the later months of 2010 and in the first tournament everyone was struggling to land a fish. I hooked into a nice 30 cm bream and after a short tussle got him into the boat, held him up to show my mate put him down on the board to measure and as I went to take the photo he slipped out of my hand and over the side. Cost me 6th place and a couple of hundred bucks worth of lures as prizes

Fish five was the Kingfish I hooked into over at Moreton in December. I managed to get him to hit a popper which was an amazing hookup. Unfortunately I didn't get to enjoy it for long as he quickly took a liking to the underside of the jetty. It was still a massive highlight to see him smash the popper even if I didn't get to lift him up. I'll be back for round 2 later this year.
Joel