South Passage Wide 4/12

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Just lost the report as I tried to upload it. Not typing that all out again so just the highlights.

Left ramp at 4.30am.
Bay Glass.
No Bar.
No Wave Rider Bouy.
No Dollies.
Headed north.
Trolled Pakulas.
Few small tuna.
15kg Wahoo - Andy's 1st.
Pictures.
Hit from a Black.
Didn't stick.
Damn.
No pictures.
Trolled some more.
More tuna.
Bait ball.
3 way Dollie hook up.
Dancing.
Ducking.
Rod swapping.
Pictures.
Realased 2. Kept 1.
More tuna.
Headed home.

Water got up to 26.9 deg in places and very green - blue water was pretty wide. Great day with awesome conditions.

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Andy and his wahoo after a day in the ice box. Pitty he lost his colours.

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This bad boy went back to fight another day.

[mackmauler]

Thats ya mate who carries the snapper pic in his wallet isnt it be running out of space soon lol, real solid wahoo not one of the splinters thats been the norm.

Water is like glass, they might revoke the travalcalm sponsorship through lack of sales if this keeps up, good size dolfins how deep were they at.

[Mick81]

What sort of lure did you use to get the dolphin?

[Jacksta]

Nice catch mate, Did you get the wahoo on a pakula ? Great conditions out there wish i was there oh well great stuff

[Billo]

yeh , good size hoo , better then the latest run of the mill schoolies .
Thank god he didn't chew up your pakula ...or did he

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Rob - NO Chance of me not doping up on Travacalm before setting off - no matter how flat it is - even take one before having a shower [smiley=sick2.gif] I may be ugly, but I'm not stupid

We were trolling alone, fighting to stay awake just after lunch when Andrew says he sees fish jumping. I look over and here's a dollie about 2 feet up in the air, halfway through a backflip about 50m from the boat. Swung the lures out over the little bait ball they were into and off they went like golden bullets in 3 different directions. 2 of them put on the air show, the other sulked down low.

All the fish were caught on Pakulas - I'm getting pretty sick of seeing others getting billies so i figured maybe sacrificing a few Pakulas to the razor gang would be money well spent. The hoo took a big Shrec Cockie right at the back of the boat next to the Witchdoctor. Never ceases to amaze me how fish come right up close like that. I don't run the Shrec colour much - I reckon it looks awesome but I don't see why a fish would hit it. Maybe it'll have a regular slot in the spread from now on...

Dollies took the shottie and the riggers as they swung round.. Shottie was popular with tuna all day.
Those fluzi's will beat a bait jig anyday.

Hoo bent the SL12 but no skirt damage. I run wire from the back of the head to the hook to stop leader damage and bite offs. I also run the hook long.

[DALEPRICE]

top stuff outsider,
thats a great shot of the dolphin fish.
love it.
cheers dale

[Thunderbird]

Nice going crook brook!
What! only a 3 way hookup this time. You're slipping mate.
Top fish and a top day as well.
Like reading the report. to the point and no bullshit.
Good stuff keep it up
Cheers birdy!

[blue_rogue]

Great effort on the fish,

Wish the BOM would get the report right.... Great day on the water

Cheers

Dom

[Franco]

Empathy with losing the original post ..... doesn't that hurt after all the typing!
It's actually a good read as it is mate!!

Great pics, and nice to see a solid Hoo, as Rob said.

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Dale - at the point the pic of the dollie was taken we hadn't told him yet we were letting him go - cranky looking bugger.

Roota - so what you're really saying is that all my normal posts are bullshit???

Took hours this morning typing it up with lots of deatil, a bit of humour, a graphic love seen, a car chase, a drug bust and everything else a good report needs. Went to upload it and lost the lot >

[Smithy]

TLDs on STP Daiwas and an STP-10 at that by the look of it - like your thinking! Bit of Stren and make it two speed and you can fish with us anytime . Trouble is once you have the 2 speeds and then start using Tiagra 16s you really learn to appreciate Jap engineering and you will want Tiagras then. That is where we are at - dreaming of Tiagras. Going to sunset on 8kg is the sh#t!

[whichway]

Andy and his wahoo after a day in the ice box. Pitty he lost his colours.

I thought Andy looked pretty good after being in the icebox for a day

Whichway