Calm day, deep water and big fish

[Marlin01]

Good weather yesterday so shot out wide of Swansea (60kms) and had a bottom bash. No luck at all (even managed a little rain) until an hour before high tide when Nicho got a couple of gurnards and I got a nice bite and hooked up, held my fish just above the deck (460m below) until I got the second fish. They didnt fight very well so was surprised to see two nice hapuka float up next to the boat

Bled the fish and headed up for another drift to get another couple. The plan worked and we got another five in two drifts. Time to go but I sneak my gear over for one quick drop, get him on lift up a couple of meters and manage the second fish. But when they hit the surface, like the sub from Red October, surprise its a triple header

When they hit the deck my little boat looks even smaller, we could only fit 6 in the evakool so the others stayed on the deck under wet towels for the long ride home.

A mammoth 2 hr cleaning session and another vacuum packing session this morning

All in all a great day, perfect weather, saw sunfish, seals sunbaking on a ships rudder (until the prop started turning), dolphins and a few striped tuna in 100m on the way home, burnt 47lts for 140kms and got home on time to take the family for chinese and a couple of coldies :beer

Cheers Marlin

[Basil D]

unreal, Im so enviose congrats

[Pongrass18ft]

Thats a 5 star feed

Awsome conditions and fish co-operating

Your trips offshore from swansea seem to always produce the goods well worth the journey

AWSOME

Chris.

[Marlin01]

Nice job beautiful fish. How long did it take to get the fish up, were u using electric reel?

Yes electric reels, too old and unfit for winding

Marlin

[Spooooled]

great work

[Plumb]

Great work what electric set up are you running of you don't mind ??

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[Marlin01]

Great work what electric set up are you running of you don't mind ??

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Using one Miya Epoch 900 series with 130lb (1200m) spiderwire and a 30m 130lb nylon shock leader and a little tanacom 750 with 80lb (600m) The Tanacom was bought second hand with a rod for $300 and does the job well. So far no probs with either set up. Had a set of bent butts rolled with long parobolic glass blanks (7ft) which are excellent for shock and wave absorbtion.

Certainly earned their keep:-)

Marlin

[Plumb]

Using one Miya Epoch 900 series with 130lb (1200m) spiderwire and a 30m 130lb nylon shock leader and a little tanacom 750 with 80lb (600m) The Tanacom was bought second hand with a rod for $300 and does the job well. So far no probs with either set up. Had a set of bent butts rolled with long parobolic glass blanks (7ft) which are excellent for shock and wave absorbtion.

Certainly earned their keep:-)

Marlin

cheers I'll get on the google machine and have a look.

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[out n about]

great catch mate. well done

[J Hooked]

Great conditions!

Great catch!

Great I'm stuck at work!