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08-01-2010, 08:55 AM
Gidday All
Went out to Hutchies to get amongst the hoo action yesterday with Sam "The Salmon" Morley and John Mu [Haines620Mu].The conditions were typical although overcast.Set up with Rapala Magnums first up and got a couple of strikes but no hookup.Was a decent pack working the area and had to be on the ball,bait wasn't balled up anywhere and but was plenty of it.We decided to troll down to The Cape and get away from the traffic for awhile.Pulled a Striped Tuna at Smiths around the 1.5kg size and returned.A few flying fish but no action so we trolled back to Hutchies after an hour or so.On the way back up got another Striped Tuna at Flinders.We changed the Magnum out to Skirt and redeployed the lures.Sam went off for a kip while John and I kept things together.Got back up to Hutchies and we notice line coming off the TLD 20 with the Magnum on,no ratchet set,they are smooooth and you just can't hear them.John picks up while I clear the skirt.Meanwhile Sam is back on deck and I make mention of no ratchet set,he says' he didn't want to be disturbed::) .Anyhow John is pulling in 150m or so of line with something connected and is coming in without to much resistance.Finally see some colour and looks to be a Hoo or Mack,pulls it too the surface and it takes one look at Sam and say's I'm outa here.It's a good Hoo and John is in for a fight on 10kg.The critter didn't know it was hooked until it saw us.Got a gaff shot 15-20mins later after it kept me busy on the wheel and wanted to swim around the boat.Took 2 of us to lift over the side was very impressive,gotta love those teeth.Johns first Wahoo and might take awhile to beat,well done mate.We decided to wrap it up and head home early from that moment after a cleanup and some photo's.Some stats on the economy 84nm travelled 93ltrs used 8hrs non stop. 135 OPti 5.8 Haines Sig. PS Next time Josh.Photo's coming.Jim
Went out to Hutchies to get amongst the hoo action yesterday with Sam "The Salmon" Morley and John Mu [Haines620Mu].The conditions were typical although overcast.Set up with Rapala Magnums first up and got a couple of strikes but no hookup.Was a decent pack working the area and had to be on the ball,bait wasn't balled up anywhere and but was plenty of it.We decided to troll down to The Cape and get away from the traffic for awhile.Pulled a Striped Tuna at Smiths around the 1.5kg size and returned.A few flying fish but no action so we trolled back to Hutchies after an hour or so.On the way back up got another Striped Tuna at Flinders.We changed the Magnum out to Skirt and redeployed the lures.Sam went off for a kip while John and I kept things together.Got back up to Hutchies and we notice line coming off the TLD 20 with the Magnum on,no ratchet set,they are smooooth and you just can't hear them.John picks up while I clear the skirt.Meanwhile Sam is back on deck and I make mention of no ratchet set,he says' he didn't want to be disturbed::) .Anyhow John is pulling in 150m or so of line with something connected and is coming in without to much resistance.Finally see some colour and looks to be a Hoo or Mack,pulls it too the surface and it takes one look at Sam and say's I'm outa here.It's a good Hoo and John is in for a fight on 10kg.The critter didn't know it was hooked until it saw us.Got a gaff shot 15-20mins later after it kept me busy on the wheel and wanted to swim around the boat.Took 2 of us to lift over the side was very impressive,gotta love those teeth.Johns first Wahoo and might take awhile to beat,well done mate.We decided to wrap it up and head home early from that moment after a cleanup and some photo's.Some stats on the economy 84nm travelled 93ltrs used 8hrs non stop. 135 OPti 5.8 Haines Sig. PS Next time Josh.Photo's coming.Jim