Well with the full moon on Saturday we decided to go and have a GT pop. The weather forecast didn't look that flash but since it'd been ages since we'd been out we went for it.

It wasn't too bad in the morning and it didn't take long to get out there. We stopped off at a spot on the way to our regular spot where we've had some good hits/hookups in the past.

First bait school we passed and Glenn bombed a cast into the direction. Bang! A good size GT walloped his popper but no hookup. It went quiet and we couldn't find more bait so we headed off to our usual spot.

Couldn't really find any bait so we just threw poppers around randomly for a while before moving on a little further. Glenn smashed out a cast just after moving and was instantly rewarded with a SOLID hit. No hookup unfortunately, but the massive GT followed the popper all the way to the boat and then had a second go just meters from the boat.

This thing was HUGE, possibly the biggest I've seen so far and would have gone 30+ easily. Anyway, it managed to hook up on the second go. Glenns rod loaded up and then after a loud crack the 80lb braid popped on the spool. Damn it, 80lb braid, heavy drag and a HUGE shock load don't mix.

We cast around for a bit longer but still couldn't find any bait so it was difficult to find the GTs. I had a hit from a GT around the 20kg mark but he missed the popper completely, silly fish. We opted for a little bit of light tackle fishing to fill in time while we waited to pop a later stage of the tide.

Picked up several small coral trout, cods and other bits and pieces on plastics and then it was time to get back in the popping. Second cast and I was on. It hit the popper on about the second bloop, right next to a huge bommie. After a couple of short runs I had him out in deep water and Glenn landed him. At around 15kg he wasn't a bad fish.

After that, we popped for a little bit longer but the tide slowed and so did any sort of action. We started to head home and stopped off at a nice area sheltered from the easterly. We trolled around with 8m divers and picked up around half a dozen coral trout, most undersize, and kept of couple of size fish for dinner. Not a bad way to end the day.