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First timer!

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Forum Name: The Work-Up
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Printed Date: 21 Mar 2023 at 5:34am


Topic: First timer!
Posted By: jakepitsville
Subject: First timer!
Date Posted: 10 Jan 2023 at 12:23pm
A great weather window and a great report had A mate and colleague travel north in the middle of the night to try his hand at game fishing about the mighty Frewza "shes gonna sell me 2" 

A quick stop off for a feed first thing brought us a nice snapper on the jig before the sharks ate everything else we hooked - a real shame and loss of our fishery due to over population of sharks has been a hard pill to swallow.  We decided to move and set the lures.

Dredge, teaser, short corner, short rigger, long corner all popping nicely then BAM we were on with a healthy stripy putting on a show more likened to a blue, tail walking all over the ocean -  The fish over 180 degrees ahead of the line angle at times.  A dogged stubborn fish was subdued and brought aboard that went 99kg and enable Tom to feed his  wife and many many children, good looking man that he is!

I will note a fantastic hook up and as usual the Bonze lures doing the goods.



  





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Posted By: smudge
Date Posted: 10 Jan 2023 at 4:11pm
Nice catch and an entertaining story.

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Best gurnard fisherman in my street


Posted By: yknot
Date Posted: 10 Jan 2023 at 4:18pm
Nice one and congratulations Jake.. nice photo's

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Those that say it can't be done are being overtaken by those doing it.



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