Hi All, with Wiffy away for the weekend I hatched a plan with brother Mick to fish the Counties Manakau Icebreaker Comp, with the objective to try and catch a decent Snap each to hopefully make the top three in the Snap section and defend my last years win With 8's showing all day on Saturday on Swellmap we got an early start but a cold one! First up we fished for bait for an hour like normal and secured about fifteen Kahawai-see photo, then of to our spot. Very slow going first three hours, small ones only then as the incoming tide started getting good current, wasn't long before a good one sniffed out one of my big fillets. I called it a 20lb da to Mick as playing it in and went 9.20 kg. This is when we start cutting up the Kahawai bodies into big hunks that will sink in the current to were your straylines sit to keep them around boat. It worked a treat again and  in the next two hours we battled about a dozen good Snaps. anything under 9.20 went back and over we kept.  We managed one each in the 9.40's. We have a big barbless hook I quickly insert in snapper jaw dehook strayline hook all while still in water then scales through barbless eye lift out look at weight if going back a quick flick of the barbless and they rocket off 

Good score and impressive fish as always

They were some impressive looking fish Geoff, awesome effort!

Great effort Geoff and Mick. Looks like the weather was perfect everywhere. Congrats on taking the win and your definitely the man to beat. Catch up for a fish, not too far away
   

MacSkipper wrote: Good score and impressive fish as always

Hi John, good to here from you. We were pleased to get them in a Comp. 

smudge wrote: They were some impressive looking fish Geoff, awesome effort!

Thanks Smudge, I said to Mick before catching the 20's we had a couple around 7-8 kg I thought were not good enough to make the long drive to prize giving. Our patients paid off in the end, so up we came. 

kitno wrote: Great effort Geoff and Mick. Looks like the weather was perfect everywhere. Congrats on taking the win and your definitely the man to beat. Catch up for a fish, not too far away

Hi Craig, yep faultless conditions for winter fishing and the fish played ball as well! Look forward to you bringing the knew Mac boat down soon!

Nice work there Geoff, well done on the comp