What is better than catching a pb yellow tail

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oomfaan

Senior Member
Catching it sight spinning on a spinner you made yourself.
I've been trying now for a while to land something on a spinner that I made myself and yesterday it happened. I was out with Rob south east of Robben and there was lots of bird activity and the tail went  berserk. We got a few follows, but no commitments. Then it happened. I was retrieving my spinner on top of the water when I saw this piece of white water following it and the next moment it was VAS. It gave me a real run for my money. Took some serious line until I realised my drag was too lose. Tightened the drag slightly and managed to turn the fish. But when it saw Rob with the gaff, it just turned down and ran again. All I could do was to hold on and watch the line peal off my reel. Eventually, after what felt like a lifetime, I got it next to the boat and Rob could gaff it. What a feeling. Much better then s...... Satisfaction.

I was quite impressed with my setup. 9' Elbe Force, Silstar HF60 with 25 pound braid and my own home made spinner, (very similar to the garfish, just much smaller).

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oomfaan

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My typical spinning rod pose. See the small spinner at my chin. Thanks Rob for taking me with you on Makaira.
 

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subaruseun

Sealiner
congrats mate! well done! now to patent and register your spinner!$$$$

i see you are biting your rod, that PB must have made you hungry?
 
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mundis

New member
Well done on your fish. Saw you guys out there we struggled and landed up with a mombak. Nice to catch tail on light tackle and your own spinner.
 
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oomfaan

Senior Member
subaruseun wrote:
congrats mate!

Thanks EB

well done! now to patent and register your spinner!$$$$

What? and let everybody else also catch yt? That would put the yt stocks under severe pressure.

i see you are biting your rod, that PB must have made you hungry?

Excitement makes you do strange things
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Fanie

Sealiner
oomfaan wrote:
My typical spinning rod pose. See the small spinner at my chin. Thanks Rob for taking me with you on Makaira.
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Al wat ek sien is die groot mond.  Die spinner raak skoon weg in die agtergrond... :-D

Uitstekend Oom Faan !  Ek is skoon trots op jou.

Visvang is darrem lekker ne' !

Kunsaas is koning.  Nou moet jy net die spinner verfyn sodat hy elke keer onweerstaanbaar vir die vis word.  Soms is diot net 'n gekleurde kolletjie of iets wat hulle trigger om eers te byt en daarna te wonder.

Hou so aan...

 
 
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Patrick

Sealiner
Nice one Oom. Was that poo brown water also around where you got your fish? The only clean water we found was on the eastern side, with baitfish, but no Mr yellow
 
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Fanie

Sealiner
Patrick wrote:
Nice one Oom. Was that poo brown water also around where you got your fish? The only clean water we found was on the eastern side, with baitfish, but no Mr yellow
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Patric the water was clear till he hooked that Yellowtail :-D
 
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G.I.JOE

Senior Member
Blik$em, oom Faan, ek is groen van jaloesie, toe ek die thread opskrif sien met Oom faan se naam by, dink ek toe mos nou dis van die kayak af gewees, wil sommer dadelik my spaan gryp vir Oom bel en se waar launch ons, maar al dan nie, dit moet n baie lekker gevoel wees.Baie, baie geluk.

:wfish

 

Wanneer gaan soek ons hulle met die kayakke? Dis my droom!
 
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