56kg Bass & Epic Xmas and New Year action
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Topic: 56kg Bass & Epic Xmas and New Year action
Posted By: carlostairua
Subject: 56kg Bass & Epic Xmas and New Year action
Date Posted: 05 Jan 2012 at 12:41am
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Hi All Thought I'd share a few cool pics from the last few weeks. Been a sweet couple of weeks since I last managed to put something up. Finished up last multi day trip of the year with an epic snap for regular Mark from Oz, taken out wide and went 27pd  Mark is a keen as fly fisherman and with kings still up high in the water column we nabbed a nice 15kg fish on fly for him, smoked off 100m of fly line and backing but all held together for Mark and a new PB on fly  Got to kick back with the family on xmas day...a bit of fishing on the agenda on the way out to Xmas day on the beach on slipper, loads of bait on the coast at the moment, oscar did the honours...  And the boss did the honours with a solid 18kg king from 8m on the 120 JM spin  Was a sober one New Years Eve with a keen crew of Japanese jiggers on the following day and some very lumpy seas forecast. The kings were smashing jigs though....safety goggles please  Fat kings loving the new offerings from Japan....  Not all went to plan....  Oh dear  The last few days livies have been the ticket with some solid fish on the chew, incl this donkey for Hunty from Singapore  Today was one out of the bag though. Tony and I snuck out early to get bait before pick up as we had to pick a crew up from Slipper and Tony couldn't resist a cast of the new CBONE Zorro ....nice one bro  The team of four from Oz got stuck into a crazy bite of kings for three hours straight railed....Sylvia taking out king of the morning  Gave the guys the option of trying for a puka a bit further north and they were up for it....Mike who fishes with us a bit had lent us his JM PE 10 and Tony and I had a bit of practice the night before over a few beers strapped into a harness in the boat with someone on the other end pretending to be a marlin.....time to put it to the test..... We went up to a series of marks I'd pinged during game season trolling and after a few fruitless drifts Hobbie got slammed up against the rail big time BOOM......Tony called it for a big bass and pushed the lever past the 15 kg of drag we had been playing with the day before up to 30kg, the Amberjack Sniper was up to the task. It was a beast of a fish and still needed thumbing at 30kg of drag. Hobbie went to task on the fish all strapped in...very cool reel  We thought it was big but then this popped up  Don't know who was more stoked....decky or angler!  Love it when a plan comes together...  Time to put on the lie detector, back at the wharf.....doh maxed out the 50k scales  Back at the club on the scales she went 56kg, I think biggest bass to be weighed at the club  Plenty more pics up on our site. With water out there getting very good and loads of bait......plenty more Coro goodness and suprises in store to come we hope. Choice Carl ------------- http://theprovider.co.nz" rel="nofollow - theprovider.co.nz |
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Posted By: OffTheHook
Date Posted: 05 Jan 2012 at 1:07am
| Awesome carl exciting stuff |
Posted By: SufixRockMan
Date Posted: 05 Jan 2012 at 4:25am
you guys are ****en awesome! 
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Posted By: kaveman
Date Posted: 05 Jan 2012 at 6:46am
yehaaaaaa, love your workmate btw, the drought has broken
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Posted By: Tiger Fish
Date Posted: 05 Jan 2012 at 7:15am
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Well done man, thats a Bass of note!!!!!!! ------------- I only fish with Jigstar rods!!! |
Posted By: green guy
Date Posted: 05 Jan 2012 at 7:17am
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The man Wicked bro good start to the new year Churrr ------------- http://www.facebook.com/hauraki.hillbillys |
Posted By: Kezza
Date Posted: 05 Jan 2012 at 7:24am
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Team Epic does it again........legends the both of you.....what a combo!!! Enjoying the text updates too fullas....keep 'em coming! PS: Carl - we are currently running a Junior Anglers photo comp on our FB page - you might like to enter that sweet shot of Oscar.... ------------- http://www.legasea.co.nz" rel="nofollow"> 
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Posted By: C A
Date Posted: 05 Jan 2012 at 7:35am
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meannnnn ------------- http://www.legasea.co.nz" rel="nofollow">
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Posted By: Rat Catcher
Date Posted: 05 Jan 2012 at 8:18am
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Nice work Carl, that bass is almost as ugly as your deckie. |
Posted By: skidoggg
Date Posted: 05 Jan 2012 at 8:27am
| shotssssss!! |
Posted By: harry mike
Date Posted: 05 Jan 2012 at 9:31am
| sweet as bro |
Posted By: Catchelot
Date Posted: 05 Jan 2012 at 9:34am
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Love that Bass, awesome stuff ------------- "The sea, once it casts its spell, holds one in its net of wonder forever." - Jacques Cousteau |
Posted By: Fissure
Date Posted: 05 Jan 2012 at 10:08am
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holy crap look at the gob on that huge bass! nice tube matting marks too.
wow!
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Posted By: Double Shot
Date Posted: 05 Jan 2012 at 10:09am
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Yep plan came together alright, well done Carl and team... ------------- 70ml of 90deg C water pressurised through 13g of roasted finely ground tamped coffee for 25sec's to make a distinguishing sensory hit called a Double Shot |
Posted By: Damo
Date Posted: 05 Jan 2012 at 12:00pm
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nice bass! and cool pics. Love the anguish shots you might see us down here again soon if your 'fin show at all...I'll give yas a ring before we go though ------------- http://www.legasea.co.nz" rel="nofollow"> www.charterconnection.co.nz Facebook: Diversity-Fishing |
Posted By: YeeHaa
Date Posted: 05 Jan 2012 at 1:14pm
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Fantastic! well done fellas -------------   WWW.YEEHAA.CO.NZ (09)5705058 30 Jellicoe Road Panmure |
Posted By: tightlines2
Date Posted: 05 Jan 2012 at 1:28pm
 Some great pics. The broken rod is great after seeing the previous shots of how much the angler was demanding of his gear ------------- Remember it's not the number of breaths you take that is important in life, but rather the number of times that life takes your breath away. |
Posted By: livebait
Date Posted: 05 Jan 2012 at 2:34pm
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top stuff bro
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Posted By: Corokingi
Date Posted: 05 Jan 2012 at 6:34pm
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awesome bass!!! cant wait to book a trip and have a go myself!!!! |
Posted By: harry mike
Date Posted: 05 Jan 2012 at 7:56pm
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[QUOTE=Rat Catcher]
Nice work Carl, that bass is almost as ugly as your deckie.  jokes bro
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Posted By: brown
Date Posted: 05 Jan 2012 at 8:51pm
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way to go Team Epic -------------  |
Posted By: Whizz
Date Posted: 05 Jan 2012 at 9:17pm
| Good as gets,,, pretty sweet as allround really |
Posted By: skidder
Date Posted: 05 Jan 2012 at 9:33pm
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You guys rock.....ever thought about filming a TV series.......I'd watch ------------- Knockers - need I say more..... |
Posted By: Grunta
Date Posted: 05 Jan 2012 at 9:36pm
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Nice work Carl and Tony - that's a mighty fine bass and a bunch of great pix to tell the story. Brilliant. ------------- Online... |
Posted By: worksux
Date Posted: 06 Jan 2012 at 6:04pm
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One Hell of a fish that bass, Top effort fellas. ------------- http://www.legasea.co.nz" rel="nofollow"> 
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Posted By: shad
Date Posted: 06 Jan 2012 at 6:21pm
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Awesome stuff guys ------------- LOVE THE FREEDOM SHAD |
Posted By: carlostairua
Date Posted: 06 Jan 2012 at 11:56pm
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sweet cheers fellas F###, that hua is good eating crumbed up with parmesan basil Fogdog panko crumb, bit of chilli butter Paua spud fry on the side, ....mmmmmmm.....coro goodness 
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