Far Quirk wrote:
Well done Lester. Redfinger is the consumate host, but has thrashed me in the past, so win some, lose some.
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Thanks FQ, glad to hear you got a few this morning as well.
You are right, Redfinger is a heck of an obliging skipper, safe as houses and ensures a tightly run boat. You didn't tell me, however, about Russell's sideline job as a chiropractor. My back was well and truly re-aligned after the trip back, with Redfinger swerving to hit every wave, no doubt to punish me for mentioning that 3 x 3inch jack macks, and 2x 25cm kahawai wasn't up to the great man's reputation. As we all know, the little FC boats are soft and dry riders, but you know they had Russell at the helm when they were testing their design theories out !
Seriously, though, it was a hugely memorable morning. Now I know why they call Russell 'Hawkeye', with him spotting kahawai bust ups, and even shimmering schools of anchovies without any predators in attendance, from miles away.
He forgot to mention the horse of a kahawai I got over by Gardners, would have given a Mokau River mouth thumper a run for its money. Though Russell did ask, after the fish zoomed off again, if my soft bait reel had a baitrunner mode, the drag appeared to be set so light!
And, just a correction. After i got my 4-year-old to pull on the kingies tail at home, it stretched out to a genuine 85cm, approaching my best. And after all my efforts targeting them with little success to date, it was bycatch on a frozen squid and a 5/0 Gammie circle hook!
Thanks again Redfinger for a fantastic few hours on the water. and the wise words to try peeing downwind next time, not into a 15knot SWer. It's true what they say, you learn something new every day!