My first Red
Submitted by Simon C on Tue, 2009-02-10 19:07
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Caught of tantabiddi last week in the middle of a session that saw a heap of Pearlies and Gold Bands come in off one drift. Big thanks to a few people for pointing us in the right direction. That and a good sounder and I had my first ever Red Emperor at 18lb. Suffice to say there was a heap of yahooing and handshaking as it was a boat goal to land a big red and something we have not come close to in 4 trips up north.
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mako magic
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red
nice one simon, a cracking red
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Excellent
Well done Simon. Excellent fish.
Would have looked great materialising out of the depths under the boat.
Did you drop any jigs down up there?
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Big show off
Ya big show off, I'm going to have to work hard to beat that one!
Absolute corker mate.
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well done on the first a
well done on the first
a nice one at that
what does 18lb mean in kg? no good at converting
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yeah john, very excited as I
yeah john, very excited as I had no idea what I was on to as it did not fight much but weighed a lot I was thinking cod, and then this came in with a gold band snapper on the other dropper and I was stoked. We did a bit of jigging and picked up some rankins, but the 20knot winds made it way too hard in 100m.
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hehe... nice red mate.. the
hehe... nice red mate..
the obsession with them continues to amaze me.
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nice Red mate, If its red
nice Red mate, If its red its dead.
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FUnny isn't it Jay. I think
FUnny isn't it Jay. I think for me it comes down to the old man who used to go on reef trips with mates when I was a young fella and would always talk about the big reds they caught and I have spent 20 years fishing just trying to catch a little one. Having said that we did one days bottom fishing in 10 days and that was purely to try and get a red, so now that I have done it it would take a lot to get me to drop in 100 meters again.
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Good to see the Exmouth trip came together mate, nice Red
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