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How long have you been GT Fishing
March 05, 2010, 07:33:06 PM
How long have you been GT Fishing ?

Aaron Concord

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Re: How long have you been GT Fishing
March 08, 2010, 07:54:33 AM
First trip was in 1995!

How time flies.......

At least the gear has improved dramatically!

Aaron.

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Re: How long have you been GT Fishing
March 08, 2010, 03:39:24 PM
10 years. Long way from the Ugly Stick and Spinfisher with 30lb mono days

Callan Wallace

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Re: How long have you been GT Fishing
March 08, 2010, 04:15:36 PM
About 10 years also. Started with 8lb braid and little surecatch type poppers up against the mangroves. Seems like a lifetime ago. But hooked more than ever now.

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Re: How long have you been GT Fishing
March 08, 2010, 04:48:09 PM
Caught my first one spinning the rocks in late 89-90.
Back then I made an FSU5120 spin stick and hung a Penn 850 spinfisher and 30lb mono off it. Used to throw fat rs and homemade broom stick pencils at them.
Then in 92 I had my first encounter with decent size fish at Bustard Head and 1770. Got smoked more often than not and lost a lot of gear :-[, but had to keep doing it didn't I ;D

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Re: How long have you been GT Fishing
March 08, 2010, 04:54:45 PM
Some nice Gt's at Bustard Chris.....good for LB spaniards also.

My first encounters with Big GT's were LB in the Whitsundays.....Frustrating was the word with many follows and shy aways.

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Re: How long have you been GT Fishing
March 08, 2010, 05:19:34 PM
Since April 2001 , 9 years passed in a blink !

Jon .
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Re: How long have you been GT Fishing
March 08, 2010, 05:26:57 PM
Funny you say that Peter because it all started while chasing spaniards from the stones. I remember I used to respool all the time because of line twist :'( Also used big singles because the trebles were $hit

Used to see the odd big fish down the Goldy too, never hooked one though.

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Re: How long have you been GT Fishing
March 08, 2010, 06:22:20 PM
1987 and still the biggest Ive been involved with, spent 7 years in the 90's casting poppers for kings as a commercial fisherman, now thats a dream job!!