well not quite true , busy morning with the misses off to work and the weather looking good it was an hour drive to the mother inlaws to drop the kids off , arrive back home just as my brother and he's mate get there , hook up the boat and get on the water around 9:30- 10am much later than i'ld hoped . did the usual headed for the decided spot and have a drop on the way if something shows up so half way there a school shows so do a drop but no bites so carry on , arrive around 11-11:30 first drop and it was my brothers mate who hooks up first , up comes a 60cm dhuie . whilst i was down the back of the boat gaffing and bleeding the fish i had my rod up the front with next to no drag and just the ratchet on before i couldn't get the first in the eskie my rod takes some line, knowing there's no drag on i wasn't to concerned and carried on , then another at this stage starting to think i should get up to it , then a blitering run i'm fumbling around trying to get up there as fast as i can by the time i get there it had dropped it so i let out about 2m of line whilst quietly saying every expletive under the sun once the line comes tight i feel alittle weight so give it a pull and it's on . called it for a big one then start back tracking  and saying it ok after the fight slows alittle but once it gets closer bang of like a rocket so it was to and fro for a while by this stage my arms and back are feeling worse for wear and try to give the rod to my brother who blantly told me to suck it up princess evently get a glimpse and a huge white figure starts to get closer and closer any way up comes my PB dhuie are 2 pic's and a try at getting her onto the scales without doing to much damage as we'ld alredy decided she was too big and going back so we dumped the weigh in .release weight with a 24 oz sinker didn't really do much she bsiclly powered her way back down hoping to christ the release weight would let go when required which it did . 2nd drift accounted for a undersized dhuie and that was the last fish in the boat ( plenty showing on the sounder but nothing biting ) around 12:30 the action died sounded around tried a few new spots had a whale (not sure on species) come and sussed us out for 20min or so  then moved in to my pinkie spot and nothing biting there calling it a day around 5pm by this stage it had glassed off and full noise back to the ramp and home for a trip i won't forget and a few cold ones

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