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General => General Topwater & Jigging Discussion => Topic started by: Andre van Wyk on July 16, 2010, 09:26:08 PM
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No big GT pic, but I shot this on a recent trip to Hellsgate Lodge in Mozambique in June...
Thought I'd share it with you guys... perhaps Mods can set up a thread to post those "scenic" shots of all the amazing things we inevitably see during our fishing trips... goes to show being a fisherman isn't all about catching fish...
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Love your work mate 8)
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Awesome shot there Andre best time of the day to be on the water !
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Hi Andre ,
Nice shot !
Jon .
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Thanks for the comments guys...
Hi Jon,
Unfortunately the popping was a little slow, us being there at the slowest time of the year.... I did have one estimated 40 to 50 kilo fish push my Cubera 180 for about 10 metres before sinking out of sight without commiting... left me jelly legged for sure, thought it was a shark when I first saw it come up behind the popper!!!
Cubera 150 did the trick on this fat nasty Cuda for my buddy Greg though that morning...
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Hellsgate is an incredible place, the potential is amazing.... I can't wait to get back there in the summer, there is a 50 Kilo fish with my name on it just waiting for me!
A couple more scenic shots
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Livebaiting off the beach at the Hellsgate Gap at last light.....plenty 40 kilo plus fish taken this way here...
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Nice photo's bro. Good idea with the senic section, I've got a few sunset goodies.
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Nice shot Andre :)
keep them coming
Tight lines
Sami
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Tops Andre, looks inviting (http://i224.photobucket.com/albums/dd207/bunzo51/Smileys/thumbsup.gif)
Good luck this arvy ;)
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I divert a little bit here but it seems cudas have a really bad reputation in some parts.
Over here in Fiji they are highly regarded as table fare.
Any one care to share their opinions.
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Nice work Andre,love that first shot...
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No big GT pic, but I shot this on a recent trip to Hellsgate Lodge in Mozambique in June...
Thought I'd share it with you guys... perhaps Mods can set up a thread to post those "scenic" shots of all the amazing things we inevitably see during our fishing trips... goes to show being a fisherman isn't all about catching fish...
Nice shot mate - and a really good idea to have a "scenic section" on the forum. :)
Here are a few sunsets & sunrises from my travels -
Wolf Lake - Yukon
(http://i396.photobucket.com/albums/pp45/ColinP/GT%20Popping/midnighttrolling.jpg)
Musandam
(http://i396.photobucket.com/albums/pp45/ColinP/GT%20Popping/rodsatsunrise3.jpg)
Seychelles
(http://i396.photobucket.com/albums/pp45/ColinP/GT%20Popping/sunset3.jpg)
Saint Brandon
(http://i396.photobucket.com/albums/pp45/ColinP/GT%20Popping/sundown.jpg)
Hellsgate
(http://i396.photobucket.com/albums/pp45/ColinP/GT%20Popping/sunrise1.jpg)
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Cool pics.
Here for something different - a glass-out on the reef. Almost forgotten what one looks like...
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Here here Steve. My new GT Special is still waiting on its maiden voyage.
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Reef glass out,which one is the sky ??
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Awesome shots guys!
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Wow some great shots there guys, I certainly can't compete but this is one of my favourites, it's very plain but one of my favourite things to see...calm oceans and a beuatiful sunset
(http://i361.photobucket.com/albums/oo56/maybs79/Scenic/DSCN0864.jpg)
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Could you get a better name for a fishing spot than "hellsgate" I think not!
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Andre, mate i reckon you could frame and sell a couple of those shots, theyd look fantastic on one of those motivational calendars. I know they got me motivated. Great stuff.
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maldives...
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Swains, waiting for a weather change.
Benn
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Sunrise over Pulau Kambing, Alor Peninsula after a night of trying to tame the most ferocious Dogtooths.
(http://i903.photobucket.com/albums/ac239/markinbali/SunrisePK.jpg)
My local popping spot. A few members here have thrown poppers into those crazy currents.
(http://i903.photobucket.com/albums/ac239/markinbali/BatuAbah.jpg)
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Running to the AJ grouns off Wilmington, NC
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Awsome shot of the glassout. It's a rare day to see things that flat. I have only mmanaged 2 of those in the last 5 years.
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Sunset at Malolo Island - Fiji
(http://i340.photobucket.com/albums/o326/PeterMorris_Photo/Fiji119-02-08010.jpg)
Pete
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I have eaten cuda in thailand and it a great firm white flesh - but your dicing with death as you can get very seriously ill. forgotten what the condition is called but its based on the cuddas eating the smaller reef fish that feed on coral which is poisionous - over time this poison builds up in the cudda and the food chain and if you eat and old or large cudda or any other top feeding predator etc you risk poisioning and it aint nice. Eat the little fella's and you should be fine - but dont quote me -just what i have been told by various skippers. This can also be common in any predators who feast on coral/reef bait fish.
It's called Ciguetera
Some great shots here
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That is a brilliant pic Pete, well done. Those thinner upper clouds give this photo a sort of dreamy feel. All round awesome image.
The only sunset pic I have involving GT fishing is this one, a pic of my brother helping me land a writhing GT from the rocks late one arvo
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NICE!!!!!
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Great photos. I have lots of shots of sunrise, but not too many of sunset. Here are two looking across Moreton Bay to Nth Straddie Island.
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(http://s4.postimage.org/ighw5hr8/4_Reef_from_Ferry.jpg) (http://postimage.org/image/ighw5hr8/)
(http://s4.postimage.org/ihgmfs4k/Day_2.jpg) (http://postimage.org/image/ihgmfs4k/)
(http://s4.postimage.org/ii8qkois/Lava_Fields_1.jpg) (http://postimage.org/image/ii8qkois/)
(http://s4.postimage.org/ijarxnvo/William_Playing_Dogtooth_1.jpg) (http://postimage.org/image/ijarxnvo/)
(http://s4.postimage.org/ik9i7y90/Shore_casting_William_1.jpg) (http://postimage.org/image/ik9i7y90/)
(http://s4.postimage.org/il9w1l44/Tutukaka_ITM_Fishing_Comp_002.jpg) (http://postimage.org/image/il9w1l44/)
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those are excellent shots! some could become your avatar or maybe even some websites home page! and if the GTs aren't biting, now you know there's an additional hobby for you to indulge in.. cheers!
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Hi Guys,
Nice pics, Here are a few from the boat coming back just on dark at Volivoli in Fiji
The pic at the bottom is the same shot but during the day.
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Awesome colors in those pics Nick
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Cheers Andrew,
Hard to capture what the real deal but this time what you see is what you get.
Cheers
N
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Super sharp picts Andre. Almost every photo I have ever seen of yours is crystal clear. How was the fishing?
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A couple of sunset pics taken in New Caledonia just north of Bourail from a few weeks ago.
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some nice shots!
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Something quite special about being out on the flat calm water at sun set
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Nice. Sometimes very hard to know whether to shoot or fish when the light is changing and the fish become active......
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Yeah i hear that such a hard decision photo or fish
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Top pics guys........All i need to do now is catch some bloody GT's
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Great picture guys...fish or scenic ? Depends on the fish