LostNearBribie
06-04-2009, 11:30 PM
Hey all,
Firstly I would just like to thank Mac1952 for giving me a call to let me know he had a spare spot on his boat.
Then he wouldn't accept any payment from either of the drop in "Deckies" he took out that day. Great bloke.
We headed out from Mooloolaba on day break, travelled up towards Noosa and some cleaner water. It was chocolate milk heading out the bar.
We then got a lesson from Justin on how to rig a tailor for trolling.
Bloody amazing to watch someone who knows what they are doing.
He lowered it in next to the boat and it "came alive" the moment it was in the water!
You wouldn't know it had about 5 8/0 hooks in it!
We trolled two tailor and two lures for a while with no luck.
Plenty of chat on the boat and a lot of questions for Justin.
Then Dennis gave me the nod towards my rod, a few nice taps and it was on.
Not a long fight, but lots of fun. I had a few troubles near the boat, the fish didn't go hard till it saw us!
A top gaff shot from Dennis and my first tuna was landed!
Unfortunaltley it was the only fish we got onto that morning and the weather drove us home around midday.
Fish was caught on a Halco Laser Pro crazy deep, 80lb leader, 30lb braid, Sustain 8000 and a custom NV9 15kg rod. (Thanks Pistol P!!!)
I don't have weights or even measurements. I was just stoked to have caught it.
I guess it was about 90cm-1m long from the pics I have.
Again I would just like to thank Dennis for taking me out for the day.
The generosity on this site is just awesome at times.
Was also really impressed with the way the Cat handled a pretty ugly day.
I didn't see another fishing boat out there...
Firstly I would just like to thank Mac1952 for giving me a call to let me know he had a spare spot on his boat.
Then he wouldn't accept any payment from either of the drop in "Deckies" he took out that day. Great bloke.
We headed out from Mooloolaba on day break, travelled up towards Noosa and some cleaner water. It was chocolate milk heading out the bar.
We then got a lesson from Justin on how to rig a tailor for trolling.
Bloody amazing to watch someone who knows what they are doing.
He lowered it in next to the boat and it "came alive" the moment it was in the water!
You wouldn't know it had about 5 8/0 hooks in it!
We trolled two tailor and two lures for a while with no luck.
Plenty of chat on the boat and a lot of questions for Justin.
Then Dennis gave me the nod towards my rod, a few nice taps and it was on.
Not a long fight, but lots of fun. I had a few troubles near the boat, the fish didn't go hard till it saw us!
A top gaff shot from Dennis and my first tuna was landed!
Unfortunaltley it was the only fish we got onto that morning and the weather drove us home around midday.
Fish was caught on a Halco Laser Pro crazy deep, 80lb leader, 30lb braid, Sustain 8000 and a custom NV9 15kg rod. (Thanks Pistol P!!!)
I don't have weights or even measurements. I was just stoked to have caught it.
I guess it was about 90cm-1m long from the pics I have.
Again I would just like to thank Dennis for taking me out for the day.
The generosity on this site is just awesome at times.
Was also really impressed with the way the Cat handled a pretty ugly day.
I didn't see another fishing boat out there...