Epic October Fishing trip for Tom Duffy and crew
This was Tom's third time fishing with Epic Adventures, this time he dragged three good fishing mates back with him.
Report and pics from Capt Tobes on Sanity
First drop on the first day and whammo a solid double - the reels screem and the rods buckle...here nick drops strait into a 21kg kegger
on the other side of the boat Kenny is struggling a bit and the solid fish in the 25kg mark gets a tag and is sent on its way
a very nice double to start the trip indeed!
carrying on from the first drop kenny finds himself on anothe aldi king
Otto decides enough is enough and joins the party
more to kenny on his own gear this time...stella 20000/ ian miller custom
Big Tom (midge) has a moment on the rail as a solid king decides down is best
Ottos wife francis decides watching isint as much fun as doing and grabs a livie rig and whammo! (swap with toms fish)
tom with a nice fish
Francis's fish - she was a little camera shy - or was it she diddnt like kingi slime?
another nice double to the lads
kenny with his second over 20kgs for the day
otto creeps ever closer to the 20kg mark nailing this beauty
Nick gets a nice bend in his rodworks
and sends another one back with a tag
more fish grace the decks for tom
and keeny decides its time for a pillie - first drop, this lovely fish goes in the bin for the bbq
..and otto plays ball
and a nice triple sees the boys doing the last larger waltz..
some very beat up fish coming over the side - cookie cutter bites and big coral scrapes for very sharp objects down deep - these fish are doing something very strange down there as this is very fresh
kenny grabs another 19kg fish
as does otto
Kenny was super keen to try for a fish on the 15kg braid and whatta ya know...booyaa!...happy boy
Francis loads up on the PE5
...and makes light work of a very nice fish - this time wearing hubbies smelly polarfleece for the piccie
day 3
Louis joins the team as Otto and Francis head north to soak thier bones at the Lost Springs
First livie down and JigStar 350 makes short work of this little puppy
Nicks turn on the few livies we had for the day...
and this very nice fish plays ball
louis with his second and a very happy aussie
another fish badly scarred - looks like an old wound but healing well
more reef damage - what are these fish doing?
tom carries on the haul
and nails a PB snapp
nick has another
..of a nice double with tom to end the day
first drop - four hook up and 2 fall off - leaving two, otto cracks the 20kg plus mark and nick grans another beauty
..a big cookie cutter bite - the fish certainly diddnt fight any less
otto rounds off the trip on a slow day with a big smile
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