Aarons new PB

[Duncan O'Connell]

For those of you wondering when the fish are going to start getting active in SE QLD this year... that time is now! We organised a jigging/popping trip with a few customers last Friday with Bill Corten on his 625 Cruisecraft. After a fairly rough day out wide in 3m swell catching kings, pearlies and snapper on jigs, they decided to throw a few poppers around pinnacles off Nth Stradbroke Island. Aaron Concord showed everyone how it was done, nailing this big GT off a bait ball in quick time. Matt Vinton was next up but not so lucky, getting comprehensively blown away on 90lb.
Bring on Summer!

[Mick Cunningham]

Cool   . it would be great to head out soon  .

i better get pumped up 

[Luke Wyrsta]

Hell yeah - what an awesome G. Congratulations Aaron

[Aaron Concord]

Thanks Fellas!!!
I'd have to say thanks to my Pilates instructor.....Sandy Clark.
My back was awful....4 months of Pilates sorted out the core strength issues!!!
Glad to be back out popping again...they are awesome fish.
Actually, it was great to actually catch one rather than film them....love doing both!!

Cheers
Aaron.

[Brandon Khoo]

Aaron - great to have you here! I don't know how you do it filming - it'd drive me mad watching people catch GTs!

[Aaron Concord]

Brandon,
Its about getting across to people less fortunate what the "GT"experience is all about!!
Also, it is pretty cool to get a complete fight scene from the explosion on the surface, the brutal first few minutes(if a bust up hasn't happened!) to seeing the GT landed....my most memorable was filming David Creffield standing on Kenn Reef....he had a bull shark try and take him off the coral while he was getting ready to fire a stick bait up the gutter where the GT's were hanging out...filmed the shark...filmed the GT smashing the stick bait, running up & down the gutter only to have Dave get busted off!!
Truly remarkable place....trying to get a house there!!!!
Cheers
Aaron.

[Mick Cunningham]

Welcome Aaron  to this  fourm

about time you joined up  

I,m a bit jeajous about what you caught but congratulation  ..... p.s. i hope your back is all OK

oh well i am STILL pumping up  

[Aaron Concord]

Mick,
It's a tad sore....though worth it!!!!!!!!!!
Bring on another I say !!!!!!
I want a "3 person GT".....they are the 60kg+ models that have toyed with me for years 

Aaron.

[Peter Lowe]

Yep, its a cracker Aaron- top fish- That is  soooo good, and damn well deserved - most people end up on their bum saying

"What was that?" 



Love the photo's -well done Gordo's but where is the "eye shot"

 

[Gordon Low]

Pete,

The better photos are being held awaiting the highest bidder  .... I gotta pay for that camera somehow

That GT was definitely a seasoned campaigner though as we were saying the other day. With his "wall eye" and the big healed scars he'd obviously got to the top of the food chain the hard way.

[Luke Wyrsta]

Welcome to the forum Aaron & Gordon - great to have you here.

Aaron - what do you estimate the weight of the fish to be?

[Ivan Verhage]

Hi

Aaron that is a sweet fish
I live around the aria and i would like to get some gt action like that
Does bill do charters around brisbane?

Cheers ivan

[Gordon Low]

Luke,

To be truthful we didn't spend much time guessing weight as we were all hyped for Aaron and more interested in getting a few pics and getting the bruiser back in the drink.

Consesus was that it is "at least 40kg" and being the one who got the job of lifting in and releasing the fish I must admit to grunting a little more that I used to slinging a couple of bags of cement 

Gordo

PS - sorry to butt in but I figure I could answer the question

[Aaron Concord]

Well Said Lowy!!
YOU DID GRUNT A LOT....even for a man mountain...
I reckon 40+....without a sling set up on board, I'm just going off the several hundred I've seen in the 30-60kg class over the last few years....I think it is conservative...though I'd rather just know it was big & CONSERVE the fish.
It had taken the hard way to reach the top of the food chain....that's for sure 

Crazy Pete.....You would be a man who has been connected to quite a few local "3 person GT's"....it's gotta be your season mate!!!

Luke, thank you for the warm welcome...I'm glad to be a part of it all!!

Ivan, I am doing an article on the trip with specifics on the charter side of things that Duncan O'Connell and Bill Corten have come up with as we speak actually.

Cheers

Aaron.

[Chris Young]

Aaron, Lowy was telling me you were running st66's on that lure , how did they hold up & how much drag did you have dialed up, just interested in how strong those (little )hooks are.
Cheers Chris