The plan was simple, pop for GTs on the morning incoming and then head wide for a jig. We headed out to our GT spot and on the way we noticed a nice break over an exposed reef shoal. We decided to have a crack at some GTs in this spot we'd never fished before. We started blind casting in the first area and had no results so we moved along the back of the reef break further. Glenn noticed some scared baitfish so I bombed out a cast in the direction. It didn't take long before a good sized GT smashed my popper. Unfortunately, when I was rigging up I got a bit too eager with the drag. The result was pinged 100lb braid due to the shock load the fish put on the line. Damn. We moved on in the hope to find some more baitfish but it went quiet so we moved on the the spot we were originally headed for.

It didn't take long before we got into some fish. Just a baby but a good start.

Glenn with his first for the day.

We moved along the island a little bit. On my next cast I had a GT so big follow my popper it made me squeal like a little kid in excitement. It just shadowed it without striking, damn. Meanwhile Glenns popper get's annihalated, close to some reef.

This time it was a better fish. I had to back the boat out into deeper water as it pulled line in some dangerously looking ground. It didn't manage to bust him off and as he got it boatside I tail grabbed it.

Glenns second for the day

I threw out another cast into the same area and was rewarded straight away, this time, only a small GT.

It went quiet so we moved along the island some more. I decided to change lures. Before I even got a cast out, Glenn hooked up to another good sized fish, a PB for him off Dampier. It seemed Glenns fisherman popper was the flavour of the day.

Glenns 3rd for the day, PB for Dampier

We kept popping for most of the run in but it went quiet, most of our action occuring on the first half of the tide. It was nice and calm so we started to head out wide for a jig, stay tuned for Part II.