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Topwater Caranx Ignobilis: Giant Trevally (GT) => Reports & Expeditions => Topic started by: Tom Grubb on October 03, 2009, 07:03:10 PM

Title: Townsville update
Post by: Tom Grubb on October 03, 2009, 07:03:10 PM

Blessed with great weather myself and my fishing partner took off from townsville for a short trip to the wrecks to do some jigging, lucky i packed my popper rod as we didnt have much luck jigging. we headed out to a well known reef drop, when we got there i saw bait as far as the eye could see. i knew we were in for a gt or two, 3rd cast i hooked up to my first fish, roughly 25kg going by previous catches as i didnt have scales. not bad to start the day, casts later i had a good follow and he struck the popper with no hook up. after about 15min later i found myself getting pulled against the sides of the boat again, this one wasnt as big as the first one, around the 20kg mark. As i blew a hole in my gloves on the casting finger and the avro winds were starting to come in we took off home.

Title: Re: Townsville update
Post by: Neale Bird on October 03, 2009, 08:58:31 PM

Glassy conditions mate well done

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Post by: Sam Conacher on October 03, 2009, 10:16:41 PM

nice work.


the conditions look unreal, it could not of been better then that and some nice GT'S to.

Title: Re: Townsville update
Post by: Nathan Cefai on October 04, 2009, 09:31:47 AM

Nice one mate,water looks flat enough to walk on..

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Post by: Stephen Polzin on October 04, 2009, 03:23:30 PM

nice one Tom, go the cyclone!

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Post by: Jay Burgess on October 05, 2009, 12:24:08 AM

Good report from a nice quickfire session  ;D
Gotta love those conditions.

Title: Re: Townsville update
Post by: Tom Grubb on October 05, 2009, 09:00:52 PM

thanks guys, yes the morning couldnt have been better, winds did pick up to 10-15knots on the way back home tho. it was just myself casting poppers, would have like to have more on board casting as i think alot more fish could have been caught that day with more poppers in the water and more time spent out there.

cant go past the cyclone for a small reef boat stephen

Title: Re: Townsville update
Post by: Brad.Bell on October 06, 2009, 10:43:59 AM

that weather looks mintox mate, hahha

yeah its pretty hard to take on days like that huh

awesome when things come together like that!!