deep drop
Been a bit slack getting this one up. took advanatge of the good weather pre the blow. been out a couple of times on mine and mates boat, getting the sounder to read well finally. both have airmar 1kw transducers but reading significantly better on the furono than my lowrance. always thought transducer made most the difference but clearly not. found some new ground about 1nm in closer to the ground have fished for years. same structure, being a veru steep rise from @ 200m to 220m. interestingly fish held on top of this rise, rather then theo other ground where they are at the bottom. the school is massive, made up of grey band, pinks (XL), a deep water tusky (XL), and nannies (okay size). biggest GB went close to 40kg and the range from 5kg+.
sea-kem
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Just wow! Hoe good is that
Just wow! Hoe good is that sounder shot.
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Jsmolly
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Indeed, would love to know
Indeed, would love to know how many fish on it. about 30-40m long, 4-7m high and width 10m+.
paul d
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Thats awesome What
Thats awesome
What transducer are you running ?
COASTALJOY
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its
Hi Paul, this is not a playboy magazine you have to read the words aswell
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paul d
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Sorry mate , but where does
Sorry mate , but where does it say in the post that it's a "tm 260" ?
Faulkner Family
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Well done . Some huge banded
Well done . Some huge banded there. Some great meals on the way for sure.
We're you running electrics or toughening it out using regular reels.
Fished 200 before with regular reels and it's a long way to wind
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Jsmolly
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did manual for first 10
did manual for first 10 years deep dropping, last 10 been electrics. cheating but they pull hard!!
just an airmar tm260 1KW, as mentioned the new furuno unit on mates boat makes huge difference to my hds carbon.
West Coast
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Killed it.
Love your work. Don't know how you hit a target in 230m. I struggle in 40m.
Jsmolly
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always drfit north south WC
always drfit north south WC due to current out there irrespective of wind so make starting point little easier!
Adam Gallash
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Yep
Yep that sounder shot would have had me frothing
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oz74
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Back breakers for sure!
Nothing to do with the sounder jsmolly, it's all the skipper ;)
sea-kem
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Hey Brett, How are you mate?
Hey Brett, How are you mate? I thought that was you. Winners are certainly grinners.
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oz74
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Recovered
G'day Andy.
yeah all good mate. I haven't broken anything lately so havent seen you for a while :)
and now just recovered after this trip- back feels it after pulling a few of these up from 200+
hope you're all well.
cheers
sea-kem
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Ha ha that's gotta be a good
Ha ha that's gotta be a good thing right. Yeah all good here, have just re booked Gnaraloo trip for the 9th can't wait!
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snappermiles
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furuno
cant beat those 295 furunos great bit of kit!! nice fish too
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Rick
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Very nice
sounder porn right there
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meglodon
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Great catch
Now they are some great grey band and what a sounder pic
harro
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wheres the beast
i wanna see that 40kg gb
well done lads
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