FW Member Accident Prone wins NZ Jigging Comp!
Submitted by till on Mon, 2010-07-12 15:55
WINNER of this years TopCatch jigging tournament Josh the "Accident Prone" Morrison;
Reel: Shimano Stella 20000SW
Rod: The Prototype Synit DeepShot 450
Line: PE5
Jig: 300g Anderman by Fisherman colour was all black
Leader: 130lb Varias tied with 4 turn Uni
Swivel: 5/0 NT
Hook: 13/0 Fisherman
Assist Cord: #40 Varias Kevlar
Fight Time: just enough to win the comp.
Breakfast: RedBull
Fish Weight: 30.1kg
Fish Length: 1.380mtrs
Special Thanks: Biggear for putting the boat on the spot
You can read a little about the comp here; TGFC
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crasny1
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Well done Mate
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dodgy
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That rod looks the
That rod looks the business.
Congrats mate.
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till
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Its a Synit, not sure anyone
Its a Synit, not sure anyone does them here.
Faulkner Family
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well done , gotta be stoked
well done , gotta be stoked beating all the rest.thats one hooter of a fish too. by the looks of the rod it gave you a bit of curry
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schecky
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Nice king!
Nice king!
DazSamFishing
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very nice king there. well
very nice king there. well done.
carnarvonite
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Ball Tearer
Congrats on the win. Its one ball tearer of a kingfish.
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Alan James
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Well done that man
By NZ standards that fish was considered to be out of condition. An in condition fish of similar length is expected to be in the 38 - 42kg range.
Adam Gallash
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congrats
Congrats also goes out to member 'The Smudge' (Richo) for taking out the Broome billfish comp.
Well done to accident prone as well, monster kingy.
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deepwater
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Well Done ,more member
Well Done ,more member getting out there and giving it a go well done mate well done
jeff
Accident Prone
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Thanks
Thanks for the comments lads, it was certainly tough fishing! With around 120 anglers there were only about 22 kingfish weighed in i think the total was. Right place and right time and the faithful black Andaman = a lucky combination
My mates wife who was fishing with us also won the biggest kingfish for a female angler in the comp to caught at the same spot in 220m. It was 17kg I think.
Cheers,
Josh
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Colin Hay
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Congrats Josh
That is awesome.
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Well done! What a horse!
Well done! What a horse!
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Lucky Tim
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yep nice work Josh, lack of
yep nice work Josh, lack of fish would've made for hard jigging, especially heading out to those depths. Was Stu fishing as well or just skipper?
What was the prize?
Accident Prone
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Hi Tim
Thanks Tim, yeah mate Steve and Stu were both fishing. Once I landed my fish I drove the boat so Stu could fish for the rest of the day.
Prize was a 4 rack Bradley Smoker, a voucher for 75% off any model of Maui Jim sunglasses, a Stella 20000SW and a Shimano Blue Rose S4810F.
Cheers,
Josh
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