lopsided wrote: Headed out from Piha at first light. Made our way out to 90m with scattered albys, skippies and birds. Dragged plastics out to 185m with no luck decided to pull plastics and head to around 95m. On the way in around 105m, saw some tuna on the surface so out go the teaser, two tuna lures and a 9.5" Pakula cockroach in violeta. Stripy came in fast all lit up, smashed the Pakula and took off on a good run Settled in for the fight. 15mins in and the reel breaks away from the rod- top and bottom reel seats are broken. Found some electrical tape which did the job. Had the fish on for 3 hours- most of that time the leader was just out of reach. Grabbed the bill and hung on while my bro let loose with the welcome aboard bat. Pulled it onboard easy an pie and headed for home. Two happy Smith brothers right there 105.6kg Striped marlin Pakula cockroach 9.5" violeta 3m 150lb leader Shimano backbone elite 10-15kg rod Penn 950ss reel 4.5kg drag |
lopsided wrote: Headed out from Piha at first light. Made our way out to 90m with scattered albys, skippies and birds. Dragged plastics out to 185m with no luck decided to pull plastics and head to around 95m. On the way in around 105m, saw some tuna on the surface so out go the teaser, two tuna lures and a 9.5" Pakula cockroach in violeta. Stripy came in fast all lit up, smashed the Pakula and took off on a good run Settled in for the fight. 15mins in and the reel breaks away from the rod- top and bottom reel seats are broken. Found some electrical tape which did the job. Had the fish on for 3 hours- most of that time the leader was just out of reach. Grabbed the bill and hung on while my bro let loose with the welcome aboard bat. Pulled it onboard easy an pie and headed for home. Two happy Smith brothers right there 105.6kg Striped marlin Pakula cockroach 9.5" violeta 3m 150lb leader Shimano backbone elite 10-15kg rod Penn 950ss reel 4.5kg drag |
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