Metro Tinnie Sambo
So...
After a couple of hours of trailling some lures out the back for a Mackie without success...
We pulled up at a random location (with no sounder) and dropped a couple of smaller rods to fossick up some wrasse....
They were most obliging, as wrasse in this location usually are, and quickly hooked a couple onto our larger gear to try our luck...
Only about 15 minutes in, and something took drag... Before vanishing into the great blue yonder... Its sudden departure, also leaving my somewhat ill tempered mate , with a nasty tangle in his line...
Fortunatley it did not take long to sort out... and there was no need to raise the wee wrasse from the depths... And just as well... Cause bang something struck again about 5 minutes later...
What followed immediatley after that was a mad scramble to raise both the smaller lines and my own rig... As well a good 40-50m of anchor rope...
The whole time the spool is running, and getting awfull shallow in what was left on the reel with the action.
The motor kicked straight into gear, as it should, as so began the chase to recover some line.... None too soon, as the report from the arm wrestle going on was that a little bit of the spool's center was just visible...
30 minutes later and after much maneouvering to keep the action on the one side, up goes the exclamtion from the bow... I see silver...
Promptly followed by a loud expletive and "look at the size of that thing"
Sneaking a peek over the side, and so I saw that my mate had hooked a damn good size amber or sambo...
Not exactly prepared to take aboard something of that calibre, down went the net, and a quick calculation was made that I would need to lean out the side why he tried lifting it...
The 1st attempt to left it didnt go so well, and the fish went back in and very nearly the rod too, as well as nearly being snapped in half as it bent over the side of the boat...
The 2nd attempt went better, and on the deck it went...
Couple of happy snaps later and straight back into the release process... Took a good 20-25 mins to get it moving, and finally away it went back down into the deep, nice n strong...
Measured up at 1.52m nose to tail tip, (had a tape measure 
and no scales onboard, but estimates would be upwards of 25kg+ considering how heavy it was to lift, maybe heavier, who knows what adrenline does....
Fish broke the pair of snells on the leader and on inspection just the one hook had held... Thankyou Owner....
Anyway here is a pic of one happy camper...
All that I know...Is that my gut says.....Maybe...
big john
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Top effort
Big fish in little boats, doesnt get much more fun than that.
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scottland
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Very nice
Well done for perservering and getting a release
i support two teams eagles and whoever is playing the dockers
cuthbad
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thats a thumper. Great fish
thats a thumper. Great fish and good write up as well.
Cheers
Batty
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Date Joined: 24/11/10
Good fish there
Good fish and a really good write up, could feel the excitement on the boat !!!!
Lifes a game but fishing is serious !!!
grayzeee
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Date Joined: 09/07/09
great work . the smile says
great work . the smile says it all
If I spent half as long fishing , as I do reading this bloody forum , I'd be twice the fisherman I am.
fisherking
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Date Joined: 29/05/08
Awesome.
Awesome.
"Some cause happiness wherever they go; others, whenever they go." - Oscar Wilde
southcity104
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Date Joined: 27/01/09
Love it!
Chasing down a big fish is always rush!
Great write up too!
"Its a life style job"
meglodon
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great write up
thanks for sharing the story great to see people not giving up easily and taking time to get the fish going again
aalfred
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Date Joined: 13/06/09
Nice report and a awesome
Nice report and a awesome sambo! Well done
Fraser 5.25
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Date Joined: 25/07/11
Gotta be happy with that.
Gotta be happy with that. Looks like that seat could get a little hot.
lawndered
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Date Joined: 27/10/11
what a great catch
what a great catch, lucky bugger.
Righteo
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Date Joined: 23/12/11
epic catch mate, ever
epic catch mate, ever considered having a large fluoro painted cray float at the end of your anchor rope so you can just un hitch and come back and get it later? always crossed my mind when i fished a smaller tinny but i usually got bricked before the thought of an anchor rope being pulled happend so never bothered.
Here we go again.
dkonig82
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Date Joined: 06/07/10
Horse sambo mate
Horse sambo mate
When asked by a non-fisherman 'how many fishing rods do you really need?' the correct answer is either:
n+1 (where n is the number of fishing rods you currently own); or
n-1 (where n is the number of fishing rods which would cause your significant other to dump you.
Gaffatron
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Date Joined: 07/07/11
what a monster!
what a monster!