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Title: Hot action in Cairns 23/02
Post by: Stephen Polzin on February 23, 2009, 03:38:23 PM

Well after a lot of umming and arring I hooked the boat on this morning to go and chase some GT's. The wind was light, but the sky looked pretty bad actually.

Fortunately though I dodged the storms and ended up having some awesome action on big GT's. Got about half a doz and then quit 'cause my arms were too sore and there were some nasty looking storms building.

Here's a few pics. Apologies for the quality as I was on my own.

cheers,

steve

Title: Re: Hot action in Cairns 23/02
Post by: Scott Maybury on February 23, 2009, 04:28:09 PM

Couple of really nice fish there Steve, what a top day well done

Title: Re: Hot action in Cairns 23/02
Post by: Jay Burgess on February 23, 2009, 06:13:31 PM

Good to see someone is getting amongst them. Been too long since I've been able to get out  >:(

Title: Re: Hot action in Cairns 23/02
Post by: Jordan Hack on February 23, 2009, 08:25:34 PM

Nice fish there Steve. All I got was a wet arse

Title: Re: Hot action in Cairns 23/02
Post by: John Campbell on February 23, 2009, 08:44:38 PM

    hey stephen  nice work there mate
 
    those clouds in the background look pretty ugly in a few of those pics

    like we have not already had enough rain up north this year  :-X

Title: Re: Hot action in Cairns 23/02
Post by: Damien Phillip on February 23, 2009, 08:50:22 PM

Nice work for solo mission. Wicked!

Title: Re: Hot action in Cairns 23/02
Post by: Peter Morris on February 23, 2009, 09:06:34 PM

NICE....The return of steve... :D :D

Thought you had been quiet for a while... :D

Pete

Title: Re: Hot action in Cairns 23/02
Post by: Warwick Joyce on February 24, 2009, 08:50:35 AM

Nice work steve! Great effort to do the solo pics! The east coast sure has had a hammering with the weather of late :(

Whats the deal with the leader in the 3rd pic down?

Title: Re: Hot action in Cairns 23/02
Post by: Stephen Polzin on February 24, 2009, 11:26:14 AM

Thanks guys, it was a pretty good day really.  Only fished for about two hours and was stuffed afterwards.  It's a bit tricky flying solo 'cause the fish pull the boat around a bit and if they really want to get to a rock it's hard to stop them without someone driving. 

John, yeah I was watching a few storms nearby.  Managed to stay dry somehow but it was touch and go. 

Warwick, that's just one of my dodgy twisted leaders.  Must put a few more twists in it next time!

cheers,

steve

Title: Re: Hot action in Cairns 23/02
Post by: Andrew Colefax on February 24, 2009, 04:10:03 PM

awesome stuff...not long now!

Title: Re: Hot action in Cairns 23/02
Post by: Tom Grubb on February 25, 2009, 08:27:32 PM

nice fish mate, musta been very tricky solo!! were you fishing off the islands or out at the reef?

Title: Re: Hot action in Cairns 23/02
Post by: Nathan Cefai on March 05, 2009, 04:48:21 PM

Nice work mate,great pics..

Title: Re: Hot action in Cairns 23/02
Post by: Jay Burgess on March 05, 2009, 05:46:28 PM

G'day Steve, do you know what the bigger fish there weighed? Did you take any measurements?

Title: Re: Hot action in Cairns 23/02
Post by: Stephen Polzin on March 05, 2009, 10:25:08 PM

Didn't weigh it Jay, but measured 112cm (total length).  Probably in the 20's at a guess.