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Title: sat; fish 11/8 /12
Post by: wallacewt on August 13, 2012, 01:25:13 AM
fished saturday,no wind,2m swell,no white caps,magic day.plenty fish.
5 mile offshore the motor alarm went off.
wasnt oil or water,still dont know.
decided not to go wide,so only went 30 k's.
5ft bronze whaler,3 samson fish,black arse
queen snapper,pink snapper nannygai
and 2 dhu fish.
they grow max; 1.22 m ours went 1.1m biggest ive been involved with
nick (the ink)who likes to look in the eyes of squid, hooked him on a
metal 130gm jig.i just serviced his new daiwa seascape 20 star drag
loaded with 40lb braid and it performed perfectly.
he kept putting his thumb on the spool instead of letting the drag
do its job.old habits!"dont want it to brick me".
after much abuse from me and 20 min; later it surfaced    
popped up like a collins submarine.it was 12 noon.
after high 5's all round and pics  we couldnt bring ourselves
to fish on.we had a good feed and we were fished out.
doesnt happen often,like 20lb bonefish,or 25lb snapper,1000lb marlin
it was a great day!
Title: Re: sat; fish 11/8 /12
Post by: redsetta on August 13, 2012, 01:29:11 AM
Awesome report Wallace - stoked for ya.
A great day indeed!
Cheers, Justin
PS Any pics?
Title: Re: sat; fish 11/8 /12
Post by: Dave Bentley on August 13, 2012, 03:34:03 AM
Well Done, sounds like good day
Title: Re: sat; fish 11/8 /12
Post by: wallacewt on August 13, 2012, 04:51:20 AM
yeah redsetta,took some pics,still cant post em,you got time if i email you.just say no if you're busy.
Title: Re: sat; fish 11/8 /12
Post by: redsetta on August 13, 2012, 06:19:54 AM
No worries mate - send 'em through...
Title: Re: sat; fish 11/8 /12
Post by: redsetta on August 13, 2012, 11:54:06 AM
Pics from Wallace...

The boat:

(http://alantani.com/gallery/20/3590_06_08_17_3_07_47_20315454.jpeg)

Nick and a Queen Snapper:

(http://alantani.com/gallery/20/3590_06_08_17_3_18_29_20424123.jpeg)

The big Dhu (1.1m):

(http://alantani.com/gallery/20/3590_06_08_17_3_13_36_203691076.jpeg)

(http://alantani.com/gallery/20/3590_06_08_17_3_13_37_203701233.jpeg)

Breaksea Cod:

(http://alantani.com/gallery/20/3590_04_08_17_7_27_08_202362361.jpeg)

Also known as a black arse:

(http://alantani.com/gallery/20/3590_04_08_17_7_27_08_20237715.jpeg)
Title: Re: sat; fish 11/8 /12
Post by: Bryan Young on August 13, 2012, 03:59:06 PM
They all look pretty tasty.
Title: Re: sat; fish 11/8 /12
Post by: Danhans on August 13, 2012, 07:57:57 PM
great trip Wallace...i really interested on the big Dhu fish..never heard before..
thanks!
Title: Re: sat; fish 11/8 /12
Post by: Alto Mare on August 13, 2012, 11:32:31 PM
Nice fish Wallace, I'm glad you had a great day.
Title: Re: sat; fish 11/8 /12
Post by: wallacewt on August 14, 2012, 01:24:29 AM
thank you justin for posting photos.
you are going to have to teach me
and i will do a tutorial
"posting pics for dummies"
Title: Re: sat; fish 11/8 /12
Post by: redsetta on November 21, 2012, 02:43:31 AM
Hey Wallace,
I saw this pic and thought of your mate 'Nick the ink' ;) ;D
Don't know who it is, but the caption was: "Bloke fishing for Humboldt squid on a San Diego charter boat forgets you must never look them in the eyes!"
PS Looks like a Calstar and 113H - nice...
Title: Re: sat; fish 11/8 /12
Post by: Dominick on November 21, 2012, 04:40:48 AM
Quote from: wallacewt on August 13, 2012, 04:51:20 AM
yeah redsetta,took some pics,still cant post em,you got time if i email you.just say no if you're busy.
Wallace:  after you upload your photos to a photo hosting site like photobucket copy the Image code and paste it in the body of your post.  I am going to post an image code but I am purposely going to corrupt it so the picture won't show but you'll be able to see an example.  Dominick
[img]1220.photobucket.com/albums/dd459/lmdl4law/WON%20TUNA%20TOURNAMENT%NOVEMBER%202012/PB080631.jpg[/img

Sorry Dominick, I cannot seem to get it to work.
Title: Re: sat; fish 11/8 /12
Post by: wallacewt on November 21, 2012, 08:17:27 AM
omg,a gallon of ink
Title: Re: sat; fish 11/8 /12
Post by: Dr. Jekyll - AKA MeL B on November 22, 2012, 02:11:46 PM
Quote from: Bryan Young on August 13, 2012, 03:59:06 PM
They all look pretty tasty.
x2
Title: Re: sat; fish 11/8 /12
Post by: Keta on November 22, 2012, 04:30:52 PM
Nice.
Title: Re: sat; fish 11/8 /12
Post by: Dominick on November 22, 2012, 05:23:09 PM
Wallace:  Go back and look at my post above.  I changed it slightly to give a better example.  If you copy the image code from the photo hosting site and paste it in the text portion of the post it will show the photo.  Dominick
Title: Re: sat; fish 11/8 /12
Post by: wallacewt on November 22, 2012, 11:20:01 PM
ok dom,ill give it another try.if it dont work 1st go i start swearing and the minister for everything attacks me.ha!