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shagnrelease

Sealiner
What a fantastic Report!! Well done to you and your team on a great effort and great result and not to mention the epic show of sportsmanship in choosing to release your very very special fish! Congrats guys and thanks for making the call to release her.

Also to mention and a special hats off to you for making the choice to DQ your fish from the comp by your admission and over the radio for all to hear, the fact that you did not comply with a very trivial IGFA rule was irrelevent, as I can only imagine how many fish are caught and claimed in the very same situation. You are gentleman and scholars with a touch of cad thrown in!! Great company and great ambassadors for our sport.

Well done to all and may there be many more!!
 
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Eric Cotton

Senior Member
Great report, A big up to you and Witchcraft teams. Nice to see Bennie and Nico in action, haven't seen them in a long while!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!:::S
 
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alipatrole

Senior Member
Critter wrote:
Guys, thanks for your patience (or not) while I did this report in sections. This was a childhood dream of mine that came true in the most spectacular way anyone can ever imagine or wish for, and I have truly been blessed. It is a memory I will cherish for the rest of my life!

I wish to extend an immeasurably big thank-you to my friend Bennie Jordaan in particular… Bud, thanks for not giving up on me joining you guys on this trip, even when I did! Without your generosity, I would not have been able to make the trip, or realise this dream in the way that I did. I appreciate it deeply!

To my crew-mates… Nico and Phyn, guys, I could not have asked for a better team to join me. Your support was awesome, and your happiness for me was priceless. Thanks for allowing me to take the fish, even after I basically duffed the first strike with a silent ratchet. I’ll share the confined space on a skiboat with you guys any day!

Then also to Greg(Shaggy), Reinhard (Tunaman) and the Big Van’s… it was great meeting all of you guys, and I have learned from all off you in one way or another (even if it was stealing with my eyes). You guys made a huge impact on the “gees” that I experienced at the comp! I have met a great many people at the comp, and it would be impossible to name them all, but I hope to meet you again soon!

Will I do this again…… VERSEKER!!!
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hallo

hoe vinnig sleep jy die 360 ek het 2 maar sukkel om aksie uit hulle te kry sleep hulle gewoonlik rappala spoed
 
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benniejordaan

Sealiner
alipatrole wrote:
Critter wrote:
Guys, thanks for your patience (or not) while I did this report in sections. This was a childhood dream of mine that came true in the most spectacular way anyone can ever imagine or wish for, and I have truly been blessed. It is a memory I will cherish for the rest of my life!

I wish to extend an immeasurably big thank-you to my friend Bennie Jordaan in particular… Bud, thanks for not giving up on me joining you guys on this trip, even when I did! Without your generosity, I would not have been able to make the trip, or realise this dream in the way that I did. I appreciate it deeply!

To my crew-mates… Nico and Phyn, guys, I could not have asked for a better team to join me. Your support was awesome, and your happiness for me was priceless. Thanks for allowing me to take the fish, even after I basically duffed the first strike with a silent ratchet. I’ll share the confined space on a skiboat with you guys any day!

Then also to Greg(Shaggy), Reinhard (Tunaman) and the Big Van’s… it was great meeting all of you guys, and I have learned from all off you in one way or another (even if it was stealing with my eyes). You guys made a huge impact on the “gees” that I experienced at the comp! I have met a great many people at the comp, and it would be impossible to name them all, but I hope to meet you again soon!

Will I do this again…… VERSEKER!!!
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hallo

hoe vinnig sleep jy die 360 ek het 2 maar sukkel om aksie uit hulle te kry sleep hulle gewoonlik rappala spoed
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Hi,
As explained via PM reply...

Hello,
They are not intended to swim like Rapalas. The have a slow snaking action intended to be more like squid and less like fish. Fish "flick" their tails, squid don't have tails, they propel.
 
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maaknlas

Sealiner
awesome report dankie.....

eendag glo ek gaan bennie my ook bel en se kom vis saam my!

whahahaha

Bennie kom vang 'n paar marlyne in struisbaai in januarie dan wys jy die manne 'n paar truuks
 
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Fishaholic

Member
Thanks for an awesome report and congrats on the first bill fish! You surely have set the bar high, also congrats for the team and release!
 
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benniejordaan

Sealiner
Video of the fish. I cant edit videos so you only get the "end".

[flash=425,344]http://www.youtube.com/v/l1sXFe7xAlo&hl=en&fs=1[/flash]
 
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Andre Laas

Sealiner
Thanks for posting the video Bennie. I also tried a little bit of editing, but I obviously suck at it... will practice a bit more when I am on leave!
 
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Bwana

New member
Excellent video clip there Bennie, nice to show the new guys how it should be done with minimal trauma to the fish - Textbook!
 
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