My first ever GT!!
Just got back from an awesome week fishing and diving at the Montebello Islands! Will do up a full report with pics and some vids later but thought I would just quickly share a quick pic of my first ever GT as it was a pretty special catch for me!
I spent days throwing big poppers around on the heavy gear till my arms felt like they where going to drop off hoping for a big GT. Got a few good follows and one good hookup that was quickly reefed and lost. A couple of the other guys got onto some smaller model GT's but despite putting in the effort it just didn't look like it was gonna be my time...
We headed back to the anchorage and decided to put out a little bait on some lighter gear to grab a spango or trout for dinner before the sun went down. We used a small circle hook with a little strip of bonito on a Stradic 8k on a Terez rod.
Suddenly the rod buckled over and line started screaming off the reel, I picked it up and held on! Initial calls where shark or some sort of big cod / grouper as I could feel big tail thumps through the rod and was barely able to slow it down. Whatever it was, I knew I was definitely a bit under gunned on the lighter gear!
After a solid half hour of climbing and scrambling all over the boat doing my best to keep it out of the reef and away from the anchor rope we finally got some colour and up came a big G! We couldnt believe it!!
Snapped a couple of quick pics and sent him back just as the sun was setting. Couldn't have scripted it better!!
Was an amazing trip, stay tuned for full report soon!! :)
makai
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Cracker fish
Great fish for a first GT!
Walfootrot
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And a bloody great
And a bloody great photo!
congrats on getting your GT and on the light gear too!
More drum lines, kill the bloody sharks!
dkonig82
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nice work mate - would have
nice work mate - would have been great fun!
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n+1 (where n is the number of fishing rods you currently own); or
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Camo.W
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What a by-catch
Gotta be happy with that champ! Top pic too
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Wahoo
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well done
congrats mate.
Fishin for a feed and fun.
Paul H
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Very Nice!! Bet your stoked
Very Nice!! Bet your stoked with that.
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Super peg
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POTM potential? Great fish
POTM potential? Great fish mate love the grin it's says it all! Very jealous
The art of fishing consists of casting, winding, trolling and jigging
while freezing, sweating, swatting and swearing.
catch.fish
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Thanks man, still got that
Thanks man, still got that grin going almost a week later haha! Do you know how I go about entering it in POTM?
Super peg
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Believe you just upload it
Believe you just upload it as another post but label it POTM entry so Adam can find it easily
The art of fishing consists of casting, winding, trolling and jigging
while freezing, sweating, swatting and swearing.
scottnofish
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just has to submitated
as an image not a forum topic as adam will just scan through latest images when checking for entries
petermac
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top top GT
how were the arms after woods
catch.fish
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Cheers
Thanks guys, ended up finally landing a solid GT on a popper the next day but this one was really memorable as it was just so unexpected!!
Ya gotta love fishing hey... you never know whats coming next literally anything can happen and it usually does when you least expect it!!
TGMitchell
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NICE!!
NICE!!
The Black Baron
chrisd
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Nice GT
Nice
Rusty Balls
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Great fish buddy , well done
Great fish buddy , well done !!
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FISH-ON
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definitaly has a chance in
definitaly has a chance in POTM. IMO
Be patient and calm - for no one can catch fish in anger
fingermark
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Awesome fish
Awesome fish!!...Amazing photo!!!
What size line was on the Stradic?
Any estimates on weight?
Well done...Will be there in 5 days time.....woooohooo!!!
Diesel80
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Put a saddle on it....
Nice capture.
Isn't that just the way it goes, can't buy one all week so you stop trying and then they start jumping onto your hooks!
looking forward to the report.
Cheers,
D80
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SKREW-LOOSE
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yeah brother!
yeah brother!
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meglodon
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What a stonker
That is one bloody great trevor well done indeed