Saturday afternoon i had to work .  I end up

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Saturday afternoon i had to work .

 I end up braaiing in the Pm  with the local spiedcops (pffft) .

All the While though , plans are being sms'd between myself allan and psy - we Must go fish tomorrow .

 windguru is predicting flat water at the spot .

But first , in case everyone Says we dont share anymore - here's a pic OF , the spot . The Exact spot , in Fact .

 
 

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Saturda evening was the year end function for our prize giving , were i watch everybody Like Uncle bob and co , walk away with all the trophies .

 sickening , yea , i Know .

So anyhoo , i decide to Make one Last dith attempt at finding myself a Nice Lil tussle , beofre winter sets in , official .

 After Last weeks mal trap all the way to Not catch foosh , i Wasn't too happy .

I get home at 12 - and pack .

small bait box becomes Medium - Medium becomes big , and before you Know it i have enough bait for a school of young dolphins .

we Leaving at 6 am . Believe you Me, that's as big enough of a challenge as I'll ever need .  being Ready by 6 a.m .

 eish , don't you guys Know what goes on so Early  on a weekend Morning ?

Me Neither .

 My lift arrives , and we climb in and head off . The Weather was a little too windy for My liking , but we decided to stick it out , and press on . 

Psy also Managed to Get up early , so it was almost the usual Suspects .

 Cool . 

I decide to ask a Pal Of Mine to come with Me .

 

Pity i didn't ask him to come and help Me carry .

 
 

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sorry guys . Madam medusa just walked in and tried to make me stare into her serpent hair .
No chance of me finishing off this report tonight.

Y'all remember though, how to kill her . . . From clash of the Titans . . .
 

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Another (better) picture of the 'SPOT'

so....gaan k..
 

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We son Arrive there at the crack Belonging to Dawn . surprsingly i am up early  . The pack Mule awaitith .........

Remember Kids - don't do this at home , and don't do drugs . You'll soon realize that when you do something as stupid as inviting someone along , to Any particular spot along our coast  that requires Walking - you'll be vloeking when the guy doesn't Pitch , after you offered to bring a whole extra rig with for The choot lahl to fish with ...

I head off to the Water ahead of allan . The man is chuckling all the way behind Me .

the water is pushing a little too close for My comfort , and I hesitate .This costs Me 40 bonus energy points and i Nearly trip Backwards from the weight of the boks .

That Mario just better Pitch .. Grumble %^&$%^....

We got down there at around 6.50 surprisingly , the wind saw i was in a bad mood and Dropped it's Act . good . now We're getting somewhere .

I usually Make a habit of preparing everything early , like the night before - so Even the bait was packed in at midnight - straight after i got back from the year end !

I can barely sleep the night before anyway .

 I got down , caught my breath , almost died  making the trip . Cheeeeeeeses .........

baits packed in were generally  bonnie , chokka , Mackeral fresh , and a bit of yellow Tail .

 nothing like a bit of shark fun to end off the season proper .

I put out a whole Mackeral on one of My favourite traces . The hooks are sharp as trevor noah , allan stuck out a Yellow , and we waited for simon to get along , to drop a rod in .  Three's company .

It was around  45 minutes when the first one's started Knocking .

I was off to a good start . The Rod dipped , went slack , and then i Felt  pressure building . On the rod that is .

I didn't even need to strike , and as i tightened up the Drag , it was game on .

My usual complaint with my sharks , is that they usually come in too hot - i basically get towed around  when fishing for them off bricks ( As in the transkei- damn things don't turn so good where i want em to ) , and this one took a bit of line  , let go , took some More i Thought i May as well see what it is  and hammered him with the trini .

As usual it came in wayyyy too hot and instead of being an easy beaching , the shark turned and came in close - Real close . Easing off on the drag just isn't an option , although for Me it is ! I eased off and let it gain some distance from me . Time to start Thnking . the spot we're fishing doesn't exactly Lend itself to being a practise ground , so if you duff the Landing the shark is off and so is your Leader , Slide , sinker , the Whole shebang .

It took me for a trip around , to the west . it was then that i looked up and saw the swells building up in front of us .  Mamma Mia .

And the more I'm telling allan to Leave the fish , the more he's trying to do his bit with comments like "must i grab the leader ???"  "NO !!" 

Please . Not another Macs , will ya ?!

Half hour had passed  , and i Was beginning to think It could be a .. Pylie .pfft.

What a Moron .

FInally , with a gap in the swell , allan Lunges at the trace , and  i get the first glimpse of My foosh .

Yes please . 

 

 

 

 

 
 

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I Couldn't believe a Bronzie had fought so bleeding hard .

34kg Odd , and it gave a sterling performance for it's size . I was Chuffed . Patience had finally Paid off . and We Landed it at a spot where a 13 foot Gaff Looks No longer than a toothpick .

Man i love Catching these things .
 

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The wimbledon cup , that morning ....!

It's been AGES , since we've Started catching , seeing , or hearing of , bronzie's This size , so i Was actually doubly happy On two counts . And obviously why i don't want to post up where , for fear of the dudes Who hang out there , to go back and slaughter the Rest .

 
 

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In the Meantime the throw bait rod stationed off the point had also gone off in unison with this One . DOuble up . Focussed on this One and left the other one to allan . Smoothhound .

Allan reels in and hooks on a tail Headbody thing .

 I decide to put out the extra reel rod Thing , with a geelbek head that Malcolm Gave Me . i chum the water with one head , and bait up with the other . I'm so hopelessly out-gunned there in any case , but I'd like to just see what happens in any case . Call Me optomistic ...

 

Sure enough - While I'm fighting the first bronzie - we get a Knock . It's a semi-violent pull -then nothing . Psy runs to the rod and i Ask him to Leave .

Well - it comes out - circle hook is clean . we wuz robbed .

Allans rod gets a shake , and Then i see him assume the position . ahhhh .       Vas .

"told you allan " "always produces ".

I can See him battling under the load . No head shakes like Mine , but then again mine fought funny to begin wth , so i casualy say it's another bronzie .

It lay Dead still . hmm ,that's no bronzie - Flatfoosh .

45 Minutes later , and allan would surprize the living heck out of Me with his catch .

 the More i tell him to get it to swim left the more he's insistent on virtually hauling it out off thefront . He drove me nuts ! it's like trying to pull a Fat version of yourself up the side of Mount everest - you not Really sure if it's gonna work !!

he heads down  with the gaff while i reach for Nsri's  hot line . If he goes in - I'll throw him a bait box and wait ....lol !!

After a Lengthy struggle ( it felt like ages - My arms were burning by the time i got the fish in close enough to Gaff , Trully back Breaking stuff .) he manages to make some purchase on the fish , and he shouts for help . Lemme just help this oke before he goes in ...ay yay - Holy mackeral - That's a really Mean ....
 

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..Spearnose .

My word .

 first time for everything , as they say ..

Damnit it weighed a ton , and if i didn't Grab the back of the gaff allan wouldvé given New meaning to catch and release .
 

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Measured 1.5 across the wings . 1.9 down the back .

and a first for any of us in the southern cape .

 Last time i saw These things i was fishing off shark platform , right enigma ?

The Day we did the kite thing there ?
 

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Bait was swallowed Deep , so we decided to instead of hunt the hook , simply to snip it off .

 He'd swallowed the bait in Real deep .
 

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it went pretty dead after That , and we basically decided to call it an Early day .

 considering how the moring session went - this wasn't a bad idea either .

 I think we got 5 sharks total , though i never bothered to photgraph all of them , and the spearnose . It had been a good Morning ,all in all .

It's very difficult to get me away from the water once we go down there , so i took a Mussel and tried for a bored galjoen . Just small fish  .

I'm trying to develop The habit of leaving Earlier , as i always Make promises and No Matter how hard i try - I always arrive home late !

Simon headed off home to go make lunch , while i reflected on how mad i Was going to Feel when i got back to the bakkie , after Dragging the extra tackle with for nothing . eish .

I was so Stoked with my bronzie if Medusa had to give Me all the cack in the world it would've bounced straight off me in any case !  Pb's all round and certainly an uncommon species Caught in our waters . How's that Mouth - looks so tempting to stick yer Vingers in there , but i Wasn't going to give it a bash  lol  lol !!

All in all though , a Damn Nice day's fishing  with mates .Now to Pull out the rod cover , and store the Light sabre , until summer arrives ...

:wfish 

 

 Oh and um - If you Think I was lying about being the pack mule - Then you need to see this . eish , i took some Seriiaaas strain , Boetie ....You can just see it by the expression in my face !
 

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