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Ok , so on Wed smoko i got a call from my old boss asking "you doing much tomoz ? Thinking of going on a fishing charter , would you like to come ?" . My instant reply "is a ducks a@#$ water tight" . It was predicted to be 41 deg anyway so i wasn't to keen to work doing some roofing , not that i needed an excuse like this to take the day of . Got a call a bit later saying it was on and to be ready by 4:15am . Mark was at my door on time and we headed of on an adventure . We were down at Cape Jervois to meet the charter on time and head out before the birds were chirping and wouldn't you know it , the charter fella was a tad late . Makes a change as Mark usually drives Miss Daisy and we are late ? On board and loaded up we headed out through Backstairs Passage towards the Pages and it wasn't long before we could see the birds bombing the water . Motored towards them and we got close enough to see the Tuna breaching out the surface smashing the bait . What a sensational sight . "To small" cries the skipper and we cruise past heading further out into the big blue . After what seems like an eternity , a few more to small cries and barely seeing land the skipper is telling us to put our line's out . Not to long into the trawl and my rod buckles over and i am onto my first Tuna . After a shortish battle and getting to see colour the hooks pulled with the fish about 5-10 meter's below the boat . Bugger . Off Trawling again and before i could turn the camera on there was a double hookup with one of the rods being mine . A bit of pandemonium and a little bit of underwater footage two Tuna are on board with me landing my first ever Tuna . A bit more of a trawl this time but again i couldn't get the camera on while i was onto another Tuna . Now by this time i hung my rod up to let other people on board to catch a Tuna them selves and be fair but then i was thinking of the other times i had been on charters and didn't even catch a fish because other people had got the boat limit before i really had even had a crack so this time i thought bugger it and after some one had been busted off a couple of times had landed one them selve and was still trying to catch a fish every time we did a pass i had a crack again . This time i got the hook up on camera but a minute or so in to the epic battle , the bloody battery went flat . This time tho the braid had some fray in it so the skipper told me not to put to much drag on this fish and take my time . 10-15 minutes later i had it on board ? This one was also my biggest fish for the day . Awesome stuff . Once the boat limit was reached we headed closer to shore to have a crack for some Snapper . Managed to get a few 45-50cm models but then we caught 3 eagle rays and the skipper decided to call it a day and we headed back to port . Cant thank Lands End Pro Charters enough for the epic adventure chasing Tuna and what an awesome and spectacular day . Cheers fellas .http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2J2AdEoJ8jwCouple of bits i need to re edit on this ?

With the weather being a bit milder yesterday I decided to try to get a couple of Redfin from some schools I have found in the deeper pools of water near my house. Armed with a box of Buggers and my 4wt I marched off to try and find the reddies......Problem is I had to find the water first! Boy has it dropped in the last couple weeks.....Finally found a pool with some water in it and I could see a school of 6-8 reddies milling around on the bottom.....Started flicking Woolly Buggers at the reddies and first cast I hooked up to a little rainbow that spat the hooks, I reckon the fly was almost as big as him! A few casts later and his bigger brother came out to play and after a quick pic was released....I continued to cast to the reddies, as I could see a couple of absolute STONKERS in there! The bloody rainbows kept getting in the way though- ended up getting five of them, which were released after quick pics. It's funny that now Im not specifically trying for trout I end up not being able to get past them to get to the Redfin! Unfortunately I am pretty sure that the few pools that remain in this area will almost totally dry out over the next few weeks, which is really bad news for these fishes.After an hour or so, after making the "one last cast" call, my olive Woolly Bugger was absolutely SMASHED by something in the depth of the pool, with only my leader length out of the rod tip! This fish had some serious weight to it and immediately pulled a length of line out of my hand. It screamed around the pool a couple of times and actually leapt out of the water on two occasions- my rod was bent right over, and the 4wt NRX is certainly no noodle. At first I though it was a decent trout, given the jumps, however after a couple of minutes slugging it out a HUGE Redfin broke the surface about 2m from my feet..... This fish was easily my PB Redfin and my heart leapt into my mouth as I reached for my net. It surged off again across the pool and buried itself under a large boulder on the opposite side- it felt as if it my line was snagged tight. Just after I decided to get wet and cross the pool to try and unsnag myself, the reddy swam out from under the rock and I managed to swim it to my feet..... Just as I reach out with the net my bugger shot out of its mouth, past my right ear, and the fish slowly decended back into the murky water. NOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!! The hook had actually bent open in the fight and the fish had just slid off. :-(Anyway, here's some trout pics....http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v669/4NICK8/photo-2298.jpghttp://img.photobucket.com/albums/v669/4NICK8/photo-259.jpg

Daiwas the shit man!! LOVE EM

ok try this Ctrl C this link and Ctrl v it in a new windowhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VI45W6YmCrs&feature=plcp

Me and my mates have made a new fishing channel on YouTube! https://www.youtube.com/user/PeopleWhoLoveFishing?feature=mheeWe only have one video so far which is a collection of clips on our fishing adventures.We will be uploading more fishing related videos soon.Thanks,PeopleWhoLoveFishing

Me and my mates have made a new fishing channel on YouTube! https://www.youtube.com/user/PeopleWhoLoveFishing?feature=mheeWe only have one video so far which is a collection of clips on our fishing adventures.We will be uploading more fishing related videos soon.Thanks,PeopleWhoLoveFishing

Wicked choice of music fella! Great vid too.

Me and my mates have made a new fishing channel on YouTube! https://www.youtube.com/user/PeopleWhoLoveFishing?feature=mheeWe only have one video so far which is a collection of clips on our fishing adventures.We will be uploading more fishing related videos soon.Thanks,PeopleWhoLoveFishing

Me and my mates have made a new fishing channel on YouTube! https://www.youtube.com/user/PeopleWhoLoveFishing?feature=mheeWe only have one video so far which is a collection of clips on our fishing adventures.We will be uploading more fishing related videos soon.Thanks,PeopleWhoLoveFishing