Reel Repair by Alan Tani

Well it came time to bite the bullet and leave my wheelchair at home and go fishing for a few hours and put a few of my tricked up reels through a bit of a work out - Using pilchards cut in half and gang hooked with a 5/0 bottom and a 4/0 at the top & lobed it out with a 5oz breakaway sinker a good 60 -70 meters without too much effort for the 200 Surf master - I had a couple of dry casts with the 500 jig master - double dogged and magged - I had to remove one magnet and move the three remaining closer to the center or the reel and threw out another bait - Had three good takes but no hook ups until fifteen minutes before my ride was due to turn up - the Surf master's clicker made the sound we fish'os all like to hear with a solid hook up this Kahawai straight from the sea was full of beans - after ten minutes he was tired enough to land - weighed 5 1/2 pounds and fat condition - Ill be eating well tonight . - Pic of the 500l next to the Kahawai .
Enjoy
Matt...
the Surf master & jig master earning their keep.
 
View of the wharf looking west.

End result= one fat Kahawai.

My favourite fish for smoking.

Rgds

Mark

Good Stuff Matt! I can't wait to see the beach. I am tired of looking at snow!

Quote from: MFB on March 03, 2015, 03:21:48 AM
My favourite fish for smoking.

Rgds

Mark

Thanks Mark - Me too but also like it battered between two bits of bread with a big dollop of mayonnaise or lemon juice .
Thanks Shark Hunter - I haven't seen snow for over seven years but it looks pretty bad in places over your way and hope the weather fines up for you guys-gal's soon .
All the best
Matt...

Looks like a cool place to fish 

Marc..

Quote from: Marcq on March 03, 2015, 06:28:06 AM
Looks like a cool place to fish 

Marc..

X 2.  I'd sure like to park my boat in my back yard.  My aunt lives in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida in a condo on a canal about a block from the ocean.  As part of the ownership of the condo she can park a boat 75 feet from her front door.  Well she is 103 years old and never owned a boat.  God bless her.  Dominick

Quote from: Dominick on March 04, 2015, 01:59:15 AM

Quote from: Marcq on March 03, 2015, 06:28:06 AM
Looks like a cool place to fish 

Marc..

X 2.  I'd sure like to park my boat in my back yard.  My aunt lives in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida in a condo on a canal about a block from the ocean.  As part of the ownership of the condo she can park a boat 75 feet from her front door.  Well she is 103 years old and never owned a boat.  God bless her.  Dominick

That was always a dream of mine, getting the newspaper with my boat  

Marc..