An Epic day yesterday!
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Topic: An Epic day yesterday!
Posted By: Grunta
Subject: An Epic day yesterday!
Date Posted: 01 Feb 2012 at 9:05pm
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Jimmy nail, Boulder and I headed out for a day on the Briney with Carl and Tony at Epic yesterday and after some lumpy weather a day or two prior, a mighty fine day it was too. The plan was to smash a few kings early then tow a few teasers around and then see if we could switch one on 10kg or on a stickbait. Part A went absolutely to plan with Jimmy and Boulder landing a couple of fish in quick succession that were called in the +20kg bracket and a few smaller fish too but all good scrappers and serious tussles. Jimmy had a Canyon reel or two to try out and they certainly looked and did the business. Heaps of drag and solid kit. So then it was out with a teaser or two and off we trolled. And towed. And trolled some more. We heard Bruce Ellwood’s daughter hooked and boated a nice stripey at the Hook on their 6.1 centre console Extreme (sounded like it went 131kg – nice work for a junior angler) and John Neighbours on infinity tagged and released one just south of the hook. And we continued to tow our teasers around for quite some time. We did get one random shot but it didn’t stay so will forever be an identified beast that didn’t like the look of a very sharp looking crew on Epic maybe…. Back to the spot for a few more kings and the bite was still pretty hot with mostly large aggressive string pullers scoffing livies like kids with jelly beans. More bent arms and it was all on. We landed a very healthy king that had been previously tagged which was a first for me. On our way in, a couple of hook-ups http://www.fishing.net.nz/asp_forums/gamefishing-update-2012-mercury-bay_topic70539_post1072493.html#1072493 - and one to Sea-Cruiser with John from Yeeha on it about half a dozen stones’ throw from us. Isn’t that always the way? Anyhow, it was a day of great company, an awesome crew and another bloody top day out Carl and Tony. Thanks heaps and looking forward to catching up again soon. And a few pix to really tell the story....         ------------- Online... |
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Posted By: carlostairua
Date Posted: 01 Feb 2012 at 9:22pm
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Cheers Grunta.....not sure i will be in a rush to leave the hooks out of the marlin lures, that being said we missed another shot today, Jimmy was back for round two today, same plan - this time with hooks in the marlin lures..... shots from Day Two, Jimmy with a 23kegger on Canyon, kings went off and we made the most of it til the boys were rooted  His mate Gracey with a similar sized model  Jimmy NAIL  Gracey with another  double on canyons  After devouring all the baits, we trolled inside the pins and had a marlin shot similar spot to JP yesterday, Jimmy spotting a stripey coming in from the side which bit Tony's Azure Mirage again, peeling a bit of line before another dropsie ......even with hooks in....yesterdays shot in short on the Azure Gaza Skippy . ------------- http://theprovider.co.nz" rel="nofollow - theprovider.co.nz |
Posted By: C A
Date Posted: 01 Feb 2012 at 9:33pm
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those are solid kings! ------------- http://www.legasea.co.nz" rel="nofollow"> 
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Posted By: Grunta
Date Posted: 01 Feb 2012 at 9:43pm
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Great pix there Carl.
CG - that is a sensational fishery down there and Carl/Tobes/Tony really are doing a brilliant job of treating people to an unforgettable day of getting your arms stretched! Great to see a tagged one recaptured in such fine condition too so will be good to get the info on it's original capture. ------------- Online... |
Posted By: carlostairua
Date Posted: 01 Feb 2012 at 9:46pm
| Your king was originally tagged by Tobes last year in June m8 up at the pins |
Posted By: Grunta
Date Posted: 01 Feb 2012 at 9:58pm
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Interesting. What was the weight est at last year Carl as he certainly was quite a fat healthy chap when he paid us a visit? ------------- Online... |
Posted By: carlostairua
Date Posted: 01 Feb 2012 at 10:10pm
| we got three tag results back in the last week, most had put on about 5 kegs in 2/3 years. with your one there might have been a mix up between cards in a flurry when tobes measured originally as it went backwards, good result seeing it come back in good nick tho |
Posted By: YeeHaa
Date Posted: 01 Feb 2012 at 10:38pm
mint bro, as usual EPIC stuff  love those big fat kingi
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Posted By: Damo
Date Posted: 01 Feb 2012 at 10:40pm
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GruntaPosted By: JIMMY NAIL
Date Posted: 02 Feb 2012 at 9:28am
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An Epic two days!!!!
Great crew, great banter, great fishing and great weather!!! And a great way to test out the new Canyon reels i'm importing.
The first day was with Grunta and Boulder catching kingies and trolling teasers for marlin and the second day was with a few mates doing the same but the kings went off.
A big thanks to Carl, Epic Adventures is the best charter i've done in NZ. and i've done alomst all of them. Its close to home, affordable, good boat, professional crew and big fish!! I highly recomend them!
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Posted By: Espresso
Date Posted: 02 Feb 2012 at 9:51am
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Now that's fishing! great pics, cheers guys |
Posted By: JIMMY NAIL
Date Posted: 02 Feb 2012 at 10:02am
 Dave from Rayglass boats looking pretty happy with his first fish of the day.
 Gracey getting owned!!  nice double   fish of the day  Dave with another goodie  Skip   Gimbo looking pretty happy!   this tested out the canyon!      Dave getting railed |
Posted By: Catchelot
Date Posted: 02 Feb 2012 at 10:19am
Great Pics, nice one James way to blood those new Canyons ------------- "The sea, once it casts its spell, holds one in its net of wonder forever." - Jacques Cousteau |
Posted By: JIMMY NAIL
Date Posted: 02 Feb 2012 at 11:46am
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I'm giving away 2 spots on an Epic charter I have booked for later this year.
If you want to go into the draw to win this click on the canyon advert on the right hand side column. or visit http://www.canyonreels.co.nz - www.canyonreels.co.nz
Its an awesome day out!!
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Posted By: Double Shot
Date Posted: 02 Feb 2012 at 12:25pm
Nicely done as always Carl, some great fishing to be had, the place is just magic for sure...Shame the Marlin didn't bite like the Kingies on Sunday James..... ------------- 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: JIMMY NAIL
Date Posted: 02 Feb 2012 at 2:12pm
| yeah craig, sunday was along day for nothing but the epic trip made up for it big time!! |
Posted By: petethemeat
Date Posted: 02 Feb 2012 at 3:44pm
Awesome! I'd love to hear the audio that would go with that last pic  . Probably not for the ears of the faint hearted!
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Posted By: Demo_Fish
Date Posted: 02 Feb 2012 at 4:34pm
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mean jimmy. i was wondering where dave was
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Posted By: worksux
Date Posted: 02 Feb 2012 at 6:24pm
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Nicely done Guys and by the look of it, some great fishing. Any caught with Jigs?. How did that hs15 perform Jimmy? ------------- http://www.legasea.co.nz" rel="nofollow"> 
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Posted By: JIMMY NAIL
Date Posted: 02 Feb 2012 at 6:32pm
| All fish on baits they were a bit jig shy. The hs-18 performed well, they got a bashing and fished at max drag most of the time and did very well. The hs-30 would be even better it's got a bigger drag and lower ratio good for kings over 20kg. |
Posted By: Rob Optimist
Date Posted: 02 Feb 2012 at 8:29pm
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Great couple of days there guys, pretty hard place to beat when the weathers good and the fish are biteing........envious
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Posted By: JIMMY NAIL
Date Posted: 04 Feb 2012 at 10:37am
| I cooked up some of the kingy on the BBQ japanese style last night it was awesome! |