Pete D's First Deepwater Fish
With the forecast for yesterday looking reasonable (especialy in the arvo) and my mate Pete D one very keen angler to tangle with his first deepwater fish I didnt need much arm twisting!
Gentlemans hour launch and off to the deep it was. Fish located and down went 2 baited up circle hooks with the wind just hinting it was going to back off!
Pete was using my new Jigging Master Titanium Evolution 400 overhead rod and my Daiwa Electric reel which was put into action on the first drop with a solid hook up that pulled some line!
Pete hooked up!
Hows it going Pete........are ya winning?
The result, Pete D's first deepwater fish and a cracker at that................Bass Groper (weighed 33.5kg)
I had a few drops after that but zip..........mission was to get Pete onto his first deepwater fish and that he did...........well done mate 
Plenty of whales around that surrounded us 
and a sun fish that cruised up to my boat which was cool!
Coming back in with calm waters and a lazy 40knots all the way in.........great day on the water 
Taffy
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Nice fish boys
nice fish boys , sure was a sweet arvo
Goodz
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Great fish there Pete, well
Great fish there Pete, well done getting him onto it too Ryan. Not such a long trip comin back in at 40knots!
deepwater
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great work there pete nice
great work there pete nice fish
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hlokk
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Can't beleive it took you
Can't beleive it took you that long Pete, but what a fish to pop your deep cherry. Assume it wont be the last either ;)
MattMiller
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Nice one
good stuff Pete. There's been a bit of Cherry popping goin on this weekend.
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Pete D
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Awesome!
Cheers Pete
alfred
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Woohoo! Top fish Pete and
Woohoo! Top fish Pete and great stuff Ryan for putting him on top of them.
southcity104
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Biggg Basss!!
Great work pete!! Top day! And yes we all want a patriot!!
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Great first fish Pete, even
Great first fish Pete, even that one may take a bit of topping!! Nice work.
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well done guystop fish.
well done guys
top fish. bloody good effort
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Adam Gallash
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nice work
Nice work fellas, I suppose 240m isn't really deep these days - 300+ is the new benchmark. :) Solid fish.
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damo6230
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Solid fish Pete
And excellent skipper skills from Ryan as usual.
Looks like you guys are starting to get some decent weather.......next it will be stinking hot and diving aplenty during the ban.
For us it is warming up so that means the Barra are firing but so are the handbags....
5m plus.....
Lucky Tim
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quality stuff guys but I was
quality stuff guys but I was going to say doesn't 250m cound as deep anymore?
Nice way to spend your days off, pity it was the only one but it's gonna keep you both fed for a while.
Frank F
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Well done Pete, an awesome
Well done Pete, an awesome fish to start the deep water affair, sounds like you had an wicked day out on the big blue. Congrate to Ryan for putting you on the fish. Well done.
Can't wait to get back from Esperance working to get into those awesome fish.
soupster51
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Congrats
Nice work Pete and Ryan. Quality fish once again. Deep water is all the rage right now. Lucky you had it sussed years ago Ryan, makes finding/catching quality deepwater fish a little easier.
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till
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Nice fish there Pete, Ryan
Nice fish there Pete, Ryan has them sorted!
Ringy35
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Congrats
Nice fish mate.
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Awsome fish Pete they don't
Awsome fish Pete they don't come much better than that ,im glad it hurt hope your still suffering.
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Pete D
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haha, I'm on red wine therapy
haha, I'm on red wine therapy right now Paul!
Yeah, spoilt going with Ryan. Ffirst drop, bang on. Might retire now.
Cheers Pete
ps get a bit closer Damo - only looks 4m. I can show you a 5+ on vid one day, filmed from 1m away!
fisho-ron
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nice pete, well done matepm
nice pete, well done mate
pm sent mate
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Tony Halliday
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man Pete you know how to pop
man Pete you know how to pop a cherry in style!
well done
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blitzed
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Awesome fish mate, keep u fed
Awesome fish mate, keep u fed for a while, what type of whales did u have around the boat out in the deeps?
Ryan C
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well done boys
nice one to open the account Pete and well done on the skippering Ryan!! cheers
Pete D
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Humpies
Pain in the arse whales - they kept coming to the boat once a drift was set.
Humpback calf wanted to interact and of course mum would follow. Mum did jump out of the water about 50 m away - that was a site!
Cheers Pete
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