First Spanish in Style

[snapperbug]

Hi all,

Haven't posted in a couple of years but pretty excited by this one so had to share!;D

I landed my first spaniard this morning, it was 1.5m long and weighed 24kg. I've been trying to land one, with varying levels of dedication, for about 10 years.

Needless to say, I'm pretty stoked!

Pete

[robersl]

very nice fish well done

[Agrav8_and_Lulu]

Congratulations Pete, how long did it take to bring on deck?

[snapperbug]

Surprisingly quick. Only about 15mins.
Fishing 50lb braid and stout rod though. Still took a couple of nice fast runs.

[Horse]

Not a bad fish for a Spaniard virgin. It may take a bit to top your current PB. What area were you fishing?

[murf]

well done :) thats inspiration to get my boat finished and get amongst them and my PB is only 22kg

cheers Murf

[snapperbug]

Horse,
Out from Mooloolaba. I think it probably will stand as my PB for a while.

[cobiaman]

What a cracker of a spaniard! Well done, beats my pb of 73cm...

[bustastu]

It looked like a nice morning out there... congrats..... you would of nearly hit the bottom of the mouth on low tide coming back in with all that weight... lol

[cuzzamundi]

Ripper Spano, mate. What pound trace did you use? Bait, or lure? Awesome stuff.

Cuzza

[Funchy]

Top stuff Pete. Gotta be happy with that

[BLOOEY]

Bloody ripper mate. You certainly earned that big bugger! Ben

[Vitamin Sea]

Yep, cracker, good on you

As others have said, how did you get him?

Cheers

VS

[snapperbug]

Cuzza & Vitamin Sea, Fishing on my own using 60lb multistrand trace trolling a dead squid. Had a bit of trouble find anything decent to troll so thought I would give a squid a go. After about 45mins trolling I thought 'this is a bit of a waste of time', so I was going to try and catch some livies. Started cranking my bait in and the fish struck, gave it a couple of sharp stabs to set the hook and off it went. Pretty cool having the fish hit while I was holding the rod.

I don't know how those kayak guys land big Spaniards, I was a little hesitant about bringing that beast into my 4.5m tinny. Gave it quite a few good whacks on the head before it was invited aboard.

Pete

[thelump]

Thats a great fish mate. well done.

[blue fin]

Nice Fish!

[Apollo]

Top Spano. Love fishing for and eating them.

[TimD]

Nice Spaniard mate, it would of been a rush slowly winding the squid in and next minute the rod nearly ripping out of your arms :thumbsup:



cheers tim :)

[pegasus]

Pete,

Awesome- very nice fish. We were in the same area probably- picked up a smaller model - 1.13m - left the scales at home :(. It was my lads first spaniard also.

You ve set a high PB on the first fish- might have to put in some extra time to crack that one :)

Congrats

[waterbouy]

Well done, great fish. Im sure u've still gotta smile on ur dial now! Is a good fish!

[carnster]

Awesome work! Enjoy.

[snapperbug]

Tim D, It was a surprisingly gentle take. It didn't really do much until I set the hook.

Pegasus, Wish I was catching spaniards at that age!!! How old is your young fella? Can't wait to get one of my boys onto some macks or something else big. My oldest is four, thinking I've probably got another year before taking him offshore.

[smclaren]

top catch mate. The bigguns are on the Sunny Coast for sure.