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  1. Farout Mike, that's a monster!!! So what were u 2 really doing in the cabin? Lol And don't you mean "thanks Pete for putting ME onto the really really big ones" think that's a 84cm and 80cm now. I'd happily take 3 weeks off to get an 80 hehe.

  2. Marty!

    Well done on the squid mate! the first few are always the hardest, once you gain some confidence, it's like the squid are attracted to it or something, and that's when they just start jumping into the bait tank :D.

    That's a shame about the king, spooled on a Sphereos 10000, now that would have been quite a decent size! If you ever find yourself in that situation again, stay calm and palm the spool, better the king try and bust you off, than it taking all your line and who knows, it might even stop.

    The kings are starting to show up in big numbers now, and will probably be here for another month or so. You better get back out there quick and give them kings some payback! hehe. Let me know next time you're up this way, I'll try and save you a spot on the boat and hopefully put you onto a king or 2.

    Take care bud!

  3. Congrats again buddy! Maybe next time I'll follow you out wide instead of being so hung up on trying to getting big kings! =)

    Congrats Tony, it's not illegal to take a marlin home especially your first one. You're not out there every day. I'll be doing the same if I have that chance. So well done!!

    gonfishing

    Well said mate!

    My family was one of those 7 families that had some of that marlin. I was there when Tony was sharing the fish, and I kid you not, every single bit was shared around, not a bit went to waste.

  4. Hey Quintrex480... told you we would get a marlin this summer :P !!

    How does marlin taste like? Very dry and course flesh... even when lightly grill... heaps better fish out there to chew on!

    How is your barcrusher purchase going? There is a great looking, fully decked out apache barcrusher going around for ATM - might be good for you?

    See you out there soon

    Trung

    and so you did tell me too! great call! I did a half arse attempt in game fishing last week, put 2 skirts out and man! so hard out of a small boat, and even tougher being solo LOL. but managed a few kings, so that was ok.

    so marlin or the salmon? which one is worse?

    yeah saw that apache listed, awesome looking boat! first I need to sell my one and then convince the mrs that 60K+ for a boat is worth it ehhe

  5. It's a confidence thing. Know your boat, be safe have the safety gear nearby. It's actually calmer out wide to where I usually fish.

    very true! yes having waves bounce you around from both sides when downrigging those cliffs gets a bit hairy at times hehe

  6. Hey mate,

    I've got a poly 445. 4.45 meters it's pretty solid.

    I was drifting a big slimey near some structure. I recon slow trolling big slimeys would be lethal though.

    I've got a mate who has a 480 poly brumby who would be delighted to hear that a poly of that size can handle it out wide.

    yeah the last time I was out for dollies at the fad, was just throwing plastics, but will give the livies on the downrigger a more serious go next time.

  7. well done mate! was out around the same area as you earlier this week, water temp was a low 19. Heaps of fish showing on the sounder but for some reason they didn't want to play, put it down to the temp, what do you reckon?

  8. Ended up getting a quintrex 560 quinine classic, needed the extra room for the kids.

    I will be in the bay more often, See you guys on the water. Nice work on the Dollies.

    Nice one buddy! Took the kayaks out with a bunch of mates late yesterday and landed 15 flatties between us. Dropped a few big ones as well. Good to see the bay starting to fire up, hopefully the bigger kings will follow suit.

    P.S. Go the quintrex!!! Hehe

  9. Good read mate and also sorry about the phone. The go pro is a good idea. You can just set it up recording video, hold your fish up and sort some still shots from the video when you get home.

    Don't want to sound like a know it all but use your go pro to take video as normal then change it to photo mode to take photos (now you might be saying, who clicks the shutter button when you're out solo right? :D )

    Put it in photo mode and time lapse it to say every 2-3 seconds (so what this means, is that it will take a photo every 2-3 seconds until you go and turn it off), so just stand in front of the go pro, do 101 poses with it for 30 seconds, and you'll have at approx 60 photos to choose from when you get home, and hopefully a few doesn't have your head or fish cut out LOL.

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