shad wrote: Nice Geoff, don't know how we going settle Mick down to do his 8 hr shift ,with all this action off the mokau �£ |
Reel Deal wrote: I’ve had that a few times when your boat becomes the centre of a bait ball. Was having a quiet bottom bounce session in 25m off rags. When hundreds of skippys raced to boat and swirled around and around tightly underneath. We were flat out pulling up and changing rigs when a striped Marlin raced in in full colour just under the boat and the skippies where gone in a second and it was all over back to bottom bouncing |
tjm wrote: It happened to me at Raglan a few summers ago, albs etc swarming at 35m mark and next thing I hooked a marlin on one of my lures. Needles to say it didn't stay on long but gave the gear a hell of a work out. |
brmbrm wrote: Nice stuff Geoff: envious with my mere pannies :) |
Snappa Geoff wrote: ..having already caught three over 20lbs and a few others my bait supply was getting low |
Grunta wrote: That 86cm snapper was a chunky fish Geoff. Be good to see one hit the 1m mark one of these days and I'm picking it could come from down your way. |
waynorth wrote:
Couldn't help but shake my head in amazement at this casual comment. Reminds me of Zane Grey in one of his books complaining that they started fishing north towards the Cavallis and 'by lunchtime we hadn't caught a single marlin' |
waynorth wrote: Hmm. I see how my post may have been open to mis-interpretation Geoff. I stress that reading your report I shook my head in amazement, not disbelief. I did the same when John Gregory caught 4 broadbill solo in a day, and when Ultimate Lady caught some stupid number of marlin in one day at the Wanganellas. Standout efforts in all cases, and a reflection of both the fishery and the fishers involved. Don't change a thing. |
Snappa Geoff wrote: I kept one of the good Snaps for measure comps and also got a nice Kingi on a strayline bait which in turn will be Used for Straylining bait next time I'm Out. |
CrayZfish wrote:
Well done Geoff you're a legend with very few peers in your class. But I must say as soon as I read this I pictured you tossing out a whole Kingi rigged up with a couple hooks on your 7ft rod and Penn reel ready for a mammoth Snapper. That I would love to see... |
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