I learnt so much from your crew, boulder,dead ant, Boz, smudge,snap, I have come a long way in a short time thanks to some good cats on this site, cheers all

ps i simply won't freeze fish though so get your ample buttocks down again soon

Had a small hitch though when onto a good kingi one of the lugs on the gimble fitting broke.

Buggar.

Took it into Alicetown Hunting and Fishing and the guys were great one phone call and out I walked with a new rod.

Great rods and great service. what more can a a person ask for.

Thanks guys

 

these guys were introduced to jiggs only today, never tried it not even once, we slipped out of port a little after 0400, sea conditions were great, barring a nagging northerly chop of about a meter and a half, my tinny performs great into anything but a head sea, we dropped our first lot of gear a little after 0-600. bites were again immediate (funny that) the sgn looked more promising up high which is not unusual for bluenose. I was drifting 2 sets on baits and 2 on jiggs, the baits loaded immediately with bluenose to about 12k, then bang 40 meters up, the jigg got smoked and did this fish rip line, unbelievable !!

long  story short, the hen was large

 

These fat pigs are awesome on the jigg, this one was one of a nuber of good fish landd today, congrats to our punters  they did the tough yards s re good though

most of the bluenose grounds are around 270- 350 m deep, I have found a number of shallower spots that I hold close to my chest, and they all produce very big bluenose, the one in the picture is around 32-34k our biggest this season and caught on a jig 40 meters up, I also put down a 670g jig a green one that was getting hit but not hooking up, I am excited about the coming months as the season gets into full swing, bluenose are great fighting fish, and on the jig are even better , possibly because they are already higher in the water column. As I mentioned in the earlier post, the bait was going very well also so it will more than likely always be available on our boat, some people just prefer it. As for me I am thinking of having another prospect shot myself 2morro.

by the way the guy standing next to the fish, is around 6ft.2 and 130k makes me look small trying to hoist is fish up