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    Posted: 13 Aug 2012 at 1:51pm
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Caught this beauty on a Alive popper. Weight in at 70.5 lbs. Good way to blood my new Daiwa Demon Blood.Big smileBig smile
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Very nice fish.Well done.
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Yeah boy...thats a ripper.Wink...whereabout is this place?
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BOooo ya!! Where was it?
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Awesome GT there SK...any story to tell the class?Big smile
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that is an awesome fish!

how do you find the demon blood?also for stickbaiting (if you used any) 

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Cheers guys.
First time i use the Alive poppers. I am waiting for some REAL poppers. Any way i use 2 single Mustad Hoodlum Livebait hooks. Also first time i use singles. Not very happy with singles as i lost 3 fish in a row until my girlfriend took the rod and catch a very nice Red Snapper. I still lost a big GT after that and then i hook this one just before we go home. This fish have raw power as it tows a 17 ft boat with 4 adults aboard.
I will post some pics of the popper and hooks as i was very surprise to find the hooks bend. The rod performs very well with poppers and sticks baits but i fish poppers 95% of the time.Poppers no bigger than 80 grams is the king here. Oh yes it is Tarawa Kiribati Islands where i fish and work.
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Very nice fish mate! Raw power alright !
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Holy, thas a good fish.
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Nice fish Deon! Clap That's a solid GT! 

Don't get dismayed it's not the single hooks mate! GT's still manage to miss ST76 5/0's... Sent your poppers off also so they should arrive in your work mail at some stage. 
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Great way to save on gas Big smile. Holy that is a big fish.
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Very nice fish!  Congrats.  Sam is right, I have had clients with double st76 5/0s and the fish still miss the hooks.  Some times it is just not meant to be.
Tis better to have hooked and lost than never to have hooked at all.
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Originally posted by smudge smudge wrote:

Great way to save on gas Big smile. Holy that is a big fish.
Yes it is cheap here. The reef where we fish is about 15 min by boat from my mates house. At lunchtime we go to the wharf and buy lunch and back to the reef in 15-20 min. We use all about 20 litres of petrol.Big smile
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Very respectable fish it warms my mind to see there are some good ones still there well done, any more pics of where you are staying 
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Here's the popper and bend hooks. New one for comparison. I also use 80 lb braid(cheap trademe stuff) and a Finn Nor 5500 Offshore.
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shot saffayakker, well done!
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