Just a couple of Sambos

Caught these guys whilst cubing for Snapper at Garden Island in 12m.

Was fun indeedy.

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 Brutes!! In 12m, thats a

Wed, 2014-10-08 15:16

 Brutes!! In 12m, thats a great effort.

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Cheers...

Wed, 2014-10-08 15:21

 ... and 12m is the sandbank we were anchored on but the whole way around us was reef up to 4m deep.

I have no idea how we didn't get bricked!

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 Hey Groveepants they are

Wed, 2014-10-08 15:54

 Hey Groveepants they are grovee fish. Do you eat those ones???

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Went back in

Wed, 2014-10-08 18:15

to fight another day. 

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 Friggen freight trains ,

Wed, 2014-10-08 15:57

 Friggen freight trains , well done getting them in .. 

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Nice Work

Wed, 2014-10-08 16:50

Nice work boys.
Peter looks pretty happy with his efforts.

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Yeh he was stoked

Wed, 2014-10-08 18:17

I'm sure he'll tell you about the one that pulled him over the side of the boat. If it was for the bait board and the line eventually snapping I would have been using the bogas to fish him out too :-) 

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Haha

Wed, 2014-10-08 18:32

Where's the go-pro when you need it.
Should have tried a couple of those on mono fopr a bit of fun

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 Ha ha bloody hell, they are

Wed, 2014-10-08 16:54

 Ha ha bloody hell, they are true horses.

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Very solid Sambos there mate

Wed, 2014-10-08 17:50

would have been fun for sure.. Well done.  

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Nice!! Would of been great

Wed, 2014-10-08 18:10

Nice!!
Would of been great fun pulling in those bad boys in 12m of water!!
What set up were you running mate?

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Gear

Wed, 2014-10-08 18:21

My mate was running a new model Saltiga 4500 which I think is his Rompin Sailfish set up and I was just using a Deep Jig 200 with an old Penn 750s. I got my hand pulled in between the bail arm and the spool sevaral times whilst trying to palm the spool to slow them down. It was a painful experience!! 

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Cool, thanks mate. Hanging

Thu, 2014-10-09 08:56

Cool, thanks mate.
Hanging to get amongst some sambo action again, so much fun!

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  Shallow water horses, top

Wed, 2014-10-08 18:20

  Shallow water horses, top effort to get them in

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Nothing like a shallow water sambo

Wed, 2014-10-08 20:08

There's nothing like hooking a big sambo in shallow water to let you know you are alive.

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 HELL YEAHH nice sambos mate,

Wed, 2014-10-08 21:29

 HELL YEAHH nice sambos mate, very good effort is bringing in those fish in such shallow water and reefy surroundings. Seeing these photos gets me very excited, going sambo jigging with a charter after my uni exams are done, cant wait.

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Huge

Wed, 2014-10-08 21:54

Awesome work alright

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 You guys have the best

Thu, 2014-10-09 08:19

 You guys have the best jigging fishery down there, good sized fish too .... need another road trip