Big Landbased Sambo from today
Submitted by Chris fish on Fri, 2017-11-24 16:56
Another early start and a different dirrection from Albany today. Picked up this horse of a sambo at a new ledge we where scoping out in the low swell. Managed a little blue and a good harlequin also. Let everything go today so they are back out cruising the reefs.
First real big fish for my new heavy setup and it handles it well. The sambo had the Stella singing under nearly 18kg odd of drag but was much easier to control it that the shorter or lighter gear we have used in the past. Stella 18K with 80lb Tasline Hollow braid on my Maven Coast 10ft 37-45kg rod. The best LBG combo ever and I can't imagine going back to what we used to use!!
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Faulkner Family
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your doing too well. give
your doing too well. give them fish a chance. well done on another great haul
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Dale
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Nice fish again, aside from the dirty rotten farken sambo, great colours on the Harley
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Chris fish
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We love them. Great hard
We love them. Great hard fighting fish that are a challenge from the rocks. Can understand why some boat fishers get annoyed with them though.
always looking for a new challenge!!
meglodon
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What a variety from the stones
You guys are certainly dialled in on how to catch good fish from the stones great job.
Did you release the sambo to fight another day, if you don't eat the fish I think it is a shame to catch them only once and by being released in good nick they are given the chance to let another angler experience a great fighting fish. Just my view.
Chris fish
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We release everything where
We release everything where possible. This sambo went back and was kicking strong. We try and leader up most fish and let them go healthy. We only gaff fish we want to eat or real big big fish we can't control and at worse if not eaten we use as bait and burley.
always looking for a new challenge!!
meglodon
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May good Karma come to you
Great attitude you have and your fish for the future outlook
Chris fish
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Thanks
We always hope our good karma favours us. We don't leave a single bit of rubbish down to picking up off cuts of leader after tying knots and the spots look as if we have never been there. Wish others had the same outlook as us sometimes
always looking for a new challenge!!
Boyce
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Amazing fish there manStill
Amazing fish there man
Still trying to crack the elusive lb sambo myself
Awesome looking setup there as well