New Cal report from last January

[Brad.Bell]

Wild Island











Our time on the first couple of days was spent inside the lagoon popping reefs rising from as deep as 55 meters to only a few meters or even dry on occasions.  The areas looked extremely fishy and although we did manage a fair amount of by catch it was really really really HARD slogging at times.








Jays toothy cuda


















Dinner












Fish of the trip I would say

[Angus Hulme]

Hi Brad, great report and marvelous photography. Thanks for sharing mate. That wahoo is a beast! Well done to Jay.

Are those Weezel poppers? They look quite a lot like Sea Frogs and Craftbaits, or is that the whole idea?

Anyway, looks like a sensational trip.

Cheers
Angus

[Brad Bell]

hahaha

prettyyyyyyyyyyyyy sure thats the whole idea

yeah photography is getting better, thanks..

[Andre van Wyk]

Superb report Brad, well done..

Fantastically written, with incredible imagery to back it all up...

Well done on those hard earned fish and your new PB, thats a beast!!

ALways enjoy your reports mate, go fish more so you can report more!

[Peter Morris]

Some excellent fish and pics.

Good variety too.

Jay.... did the wahoo do much on heavy drag settings..?

Pete

[Callan Wallace]

Great photos and a great report to go with it. Well done.
Cheers

[Cam Munro]

Thanks for a great report...can I ask which rod was matched to the dogfight in one of the earlier photos?
Cheers Cam

[Jay Burgess]

Some excellent fish and pics.

Good variety too.

Jay.... did the wahoo do much on heavy drag settings..?

Pete

He had a reasonable run at the start because I backed the drag off early as I was worried about pulling hooks, but after that he came in relatively easily on GT gear.

Thanks for a great report...can I ask which rod was matched to the dogfight in one of the earlier photos?
Cheers Cam

Hots Tide Lez GT77XXXH