Sambo
Thought I might share a tale about how I learnt my place in the heirachy of the fishing world.
The boyfriend and I headed out for a fish, bit of bottom bouncing. Got to about halfway to Rottnest and set ourselves up. After a fair amount of time of nothing but wrasse I mentioned headin back in for some hot chips. Bzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz! My line tore away from the reel!
"Tighten the drag! Tighten the drag!" The boyfriend squealed. I did as I was told and twisted as hard as I could, line was still spinning off at a rate of knots.
In a desperate attempt I tried to wind, be lucky if I bought in a centimetre. I knew I had to dig deep. I started the technique I was taught by my old man at a young age. Pull her up wind in the slack. This continued for 20 minutes the burning in the arms was like nothing I had ever expirenced, on the point of agonising!
"Keep winding babe" came the support. Which was returned with swearing and complaining and that if he knew so much he should do it.
Another 5 minutes passed...
Thinking the pain was getting to the point of unbearable I reluctantly told the mister, I can't do this anymore. Being the supportive type he is, he urged me on.
After what felt like an eternity I saw colour! The adernaline surged!! "It's close! It's close!!" Came the support crew and FINALLY, FINALLY he broke the surface!
It was unbelievable! The biggest fish I've ever seen in real life! In between gasping for air I said to the mister, "So I guess I have the new boat record yeah?" (To which there was no audible response 
)
Exausted after the epic battle, the mammoth samson lay on the surface, "Help me get him in" came the boyfriend who had already attempted twice without success. "Grab the line and lift the head. I'll grab the body"
So being the obidient girlfriend I am I oblidged. The ineviable happened. He slipped dropping the fish causing the line to run through my fingers. Sharp pain ran into my finger. Yup. The bastard hooked me. After a short struggle he got the fish in the boat. After a few happy snaps still connected to the fish he cut me loose. After a bit of reviving time we headed back into shore.
I got to tell me story to a few fellow fishermen and witness Carl Langdon fall off the jetty into the icy waters while waiting for the old man to take me to the emergency ward to have it removed.
A few cracks were made, Nurse: Are you a professional fisher woman or anything? Old Man: If she were a professional, we wouldn't be here.
But the moral to the story here is, never take a woman on you're boat unless you're prepared to lose your boat record. Or if you're sneaky enough to make life lessons look like an accident 
The aftermath...
Bodie
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great read, and well done on
great read, and well done on the fish!!! its a monster!!
Bummer about the finger, altho not that bad.:) i did manage to get a hook through my lip once which i had to go to the docs to get removed....long story!! but i know weird place to get a hook stuck!
NavyGirl
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In the lip?! That's mad! My
In the lip?! That's mad! My old man copped one in the back when he was younger, said it wasn't pretty... I was expecting a better scar but it's just a tiny dot that if you squint just right, in the right lighting you can see
dagree
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Great read
Great read, good fish but "OUCH" for the last pic.
Cheers,
David
PS.. Welcome to the site
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alfred
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That is a nicely tied snell
That is a nicely tied snell and a nice sambo.
Lamby
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Reminds me of the missus
Reminds me of the missus with a treble embedded in her calf on a Monties trip, giver her props though she didn't give in to our taunting of taking her into the Pearl Farm for a laugh. I failed miserably in the kahuna's after successfully wielding the pliers pulling a treble out of a mate's thumb the previous trip I just couldn't repeat the effort for her. She bit down hard swore at me plenty as the same mate whom I operated on the previous year ripped it out on the second attempt. Lesson learnt crush those barbs
Andy Mac
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Ouch
Past the barb is always painful.
Well done on the boat record. Many more to come I'm sure.
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poddyfish
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nice sambo
very nice sambo there navy girl....
copping a hook for your trouble is always painful
bout the only thing of note i got from the exxie comp... a 7/0 dead bang in centre of me heel... now that friggin hurt
Fear The Spear............!
Brucesta
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Nice sambo and that hook in
Nice sambo and that hook in the finger is bringing back some painful memories from my treble in the shin.
That baot record is going to take some beating now i bet!
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carps
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good fish.
he would of gone hard.
nice pic with the hook in your finger i can imagine there was a few domestic issues bout that one!!
well done
southcity104
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Steam Train!!!
Awesome power in those xxxl sambos!! Well done
"Its a life style job"
Tony Halliday
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Ouchhhhhhhhhhhh I have had
Ouchhhhhhhhhhhh
I have had me few in the fingers and they still hurt like a hot coal,
then again, top fish and well done
cheers
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It takes a strong fish to swim against the current. Even a dead one can float with it
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Timmo
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Memory
At least if your left with a small scar you can point the finger at your boyfriend when he annoys you and he can remember that you got the biggest fish lol 2 BIRDS with one stone if you get the drift.
Nice sambo by the way
Reefmonkey
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Time to come forward
I guess i should admit i'm the boyfriend in question, yes many a domestic had over this boat record. The way i see it any deckie that keeps the deck that cluttered deserves a hook in the finger :)
Alfred honestly all i notice wen i look at that pic is dam that IS a good looking snell :)
Dave J.
deepfried
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Well done on the big catch
Well done on the big catch and bad luck about the finger never a good thing to happen.
"...a voice in my head told me I had to go fishing..."
Colin Hay
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NIce yarn there Navy and a great capture
Sambos sure get your pulse racing when they take off.
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