Bazaruto QueenFish and Serra (Couta) Pics
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Agreed Tony, the Scale at the weighpoint was buggered, so we had to make use of the lodge's kitchen scale (also not lekker)and Daniel (Ghillie) had called it as 15Kgs. It felt like 15Kgs, but the only "measurement" we had was from a not lekker scale - and the weight read in at 9.9Kgs.
Will have lots more pics to show you guys on Saturday at the Social
Will have lots more pics to show you guys on Saturday at the Social
True Fishton, now that bugger in your Avatar is VERY BIG!!!!
We also lost a serious Wahoo to a big Zambie. Now the hoo had run at a fantastic pace, and jokes aside the skipper called it as 20+. It was the most amazing experience watching line peel off a big TLD and slice through the water at an unbelievable speed......(The pink skirt ended up at the tip guide within 30 seconds) and we were having to up the RPM to keep tension on the line. About 10 minutes later Brendon (and he is a big lad) got the fish to 5 or 6 M below the transom so we could see it, and then this great big mother of a Zambie chowed it whole!!!!! We watched this happen!!!! As in swallowed whole! Like inhaled. Unbelievable stuff, but Linda was there and witnessed it so no exaggerations here
That is when all hell broke loose. Another 10 mins of trying to hold on to the Zambie and Daniel eventually took the rod from Brendon and broke off. The 200lb wire was mangled. A very enlightening experience.....this wasn't the taxman, more like a whale.
12 Mile Reef ROCKS!!!!!! and unfortunately we will not be in a position to go back in the near future due to the "investment" in a trip such as this.....(Please LOTTO please!) so for the foreseeable future it will have to be local.
This is like a drug.....it was refreshing to watch my other half move from being a magnificent professional business lady (who has more than 500 Dives behind her belt) to a Teeth-gritting, hard-core, fisher-person in the space of a few days. I enjoyed this at least as much as the fishing - possibly more!!!
Guys, get the missus on a few good fish and WOW - a shared experience that money can't buy.
We also lost a serious Wahoo to a big Zambie. Now the hoo had run at a fantastic pace, and jokes aside the skipper called it as 20+. It was the most amazing experience watching line peel off a big TLD and slice through the water at an unbelievable speed......(The pink skirt ended up at the tip guide within 30 seconds) and we were having to up the RPM to keep tension on the line. About 10 minutes later Brendon (and he is a big lad) got the fish to 5 or 6 M below the transom so we could see it, and then this great big mother of a Zambie chowed it whole!!!!! We watched this happen!!!! As in swallowed whole! Like inhaled. Unbelievable stuff, but Linda was there and witnessed it so no exaggerations here
That is when all hell broke loose. Another 10 mins of trying to hold on to the Zambie and Daniel eventually took the rod from Brendon and broke off. The 200lb wire was mangled. A very enlightening experience.....this wasn't the taxman, more like a whale.
12 Mile Reef ROCKS!!!!!! and unfortunately we will not be in a position to go back in the near future due to the "investment" in a trip such as this.....(Please LOTTO please!) so for the foreseeable future it will have to be local.
This is like a drug.....it was refreshing to watch my other half move from being a magnificent professional business lady (who has more than 500 Dives behind her belt) to a Teeth-gritting, hard-core, fisher-person in the space of a few days. I enjoyed this at least as much as the fishing - possibly more!!!
Guys, get the missus on a few good fish and WOW - a shared experience that money can't buy.
I get goosies just thinking about that Zambie 'inhaling' a 20kg Wahoo!!
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Honestly though, I think it's the long wait that makes these trips so special.
Just a word of advice, when it comes to the Missus and fishing, be careful what you wish for. It took me nearly 2 tears to beat my wife's PB Bass, 4.5kg's!
It is great to have them fish with you though. Below is my wife off Richards Bay.
ad:::ssswim:Honestly though, I think it's the long wait that makes these trips so special.
Just a word of advice, when it comes to the Missus and fishing, be careful what you wish for. It took me nearly 2 tears to beat my wife's PB Bass, 4.5kg's!
It is great to have them fish with you though. Below is my wife off Richards Bay.
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[color=#006600]royboy[/color] wrote:
What sort of dives might those be? Scuba dives...?
Yup - Scuba. She has dived some of the most exotic locations in the world - including on rebreathers. Chat to her on Saturday....places like the Coal Reef off Ozz, Barrier Reef, Christmas Island in the Pacific, all over the Carribean, Bahamas, T&C, BVI's etc. She's been diving for nearly 20 years....and if there is anything you need to know about Liveaboard dive boats, or exotic remote destinations, she's a wealth of info.
Hi dugongboy, well spotted. The bonnies (kawa kawa)were going ape on Flying Fish, so what we would do was to follow the shoals, get ahead of them and troll across their anticipated path. It's a wonderful experience when the sea looks like a washing machine, terns diving into the water, bonnies jumping out of the water, flying fish scattering - a total feeding frenzy.
Worked like a dream. Timing had to be good otherwise we would go double/triple up on Bonnies which is great fun, but after 15 Bonnies eventually you want other species.
On the periphery of the shoals would be the Razor gang (Serra, Wahoo, Barracuda) and these were what we were targeting. We also had a beady eye open for Sailies, but due to the prevailing conditions they weren't around. (1st 3 days was on a North Easterly, and then swung to SE which cleaned up the water, but also dropped the temperature by 2Deg C.)
The feeling was that Sailies would have made an appearance within 3 or so days after our departure.........so that adventure is saved for next time.
Worked like a dream. Timing had to be good otherwise we would go double/triple up on Bonnies which is great fun, but after 15 Bonnies eventually you want other species.
On the periphery of the shoals would be the Razor gang (Serra, Wahoo, Barracuda) and these were what we were targeting. We also had a beady eye open for Sailies, but due to the prevailing conditions they weren't around. (1st 3 days was on a North Easterly, and then swung to SE which cleaned up the water, but also dropped the temperature by 2Deg C.)
The feeling was that Sailies would have made an appearance within 3 or so days after our departure.........so that adventure is saved for next time.