Tick
Submitted by JohnF on Mon, 2015-06-01 18:04
Finally ticked the last deep drop species off this list, Blue Eye. Thank Bodie for the help, great to meet you and sorry we did not get into the Bass.....they are quite elusive unfortunately but at least we got into a few other fish as well with a few radiants and pinks.
Brilliant ride out.
Brilliant day.
Bagged out with a mix of blue eye, radiant cod, pinkie and dhu.
Brilliant ride home.
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big john
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Excellent
Well done John, and crew.
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Good work boys!
Good work boys!
Ryan C
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Nice work
well done John , I didn't fish at all this weekend so I hope next weekend is good weather too!!
sea-kem
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Well done John! Good to tick
Well done John! Good to tick the boxes off. Shitfull conditions eh ;)
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meglodon
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Good conditions
Having a smooth sea certainly helps when you are traveling long distances.
Fisheagle
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Magic!!!!
Cant wait to get out there and hook a Blue Eye. Well done guys!!!!
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lefty1975
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good effort
great conditions by the looks
soupster51
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Top Day
Nice fish John. Was a great day for it.
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terboz123
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great work mate
great work mate
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Doing it tough mate! Looks
Doing it tough mate! Looks awesome. Courier me some fillets?
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Good to meet you mate, no
Good to meet you mate, no worries on the fish, you did well on the blue eye! We tried for the bass, and as the last pic of the sounder I sent you showed, they were likely there just didn't want to play ball unfortunately.
Conditions really were pretty bad, I mean coming home at 35 knots from being out 30 odd mile and back in an hour!
Again, nice work on the fish!!
battjn
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Good Effort
Good Effort on the blue eye. Always enjoy reading your reports John. I noticed your using the SS264 50hz from your install thread. Are you using the narrow or wide and how do you find this out deep? Obviously working well for you.
JohnF
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The SS264 50 kHz is only
The SS264 50 kHz is only available in one beam width, 25 degrees. Its only the 200 kHz that changes between wide and narrow, I have the narrow but its not installed, another story.
Can sound to 500m although deeper than 400m is a bit sketchy unless going slow.
Bodie has the B164 (combined 50/200 in one housing), which has a narrower beam at 21 degrees (better) but slightly less sensitivity than the SS264, but it appears to get as good a sounding as mine.
I would go a B164 as it is cheaper than the SS264 and only needs one hole.
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battjn
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Thanks John
Thanks John. I must have been confused with he narrow / wide beam option of the 200hz. It’s good to hear from someone who's used the gear before you fork out the big bucks! Thanks for sharing your info