Finally broke the YFT hoodoo
am sure Samc will post a full report complete with professional quality pics but I would like to say WOOHOO to the Abrolhos Islands for turning on the surface action. Oracle, SamC, justin and myself hatched a very last minute plan to overnight at the islands last week. It has been on my to do list for 5 years but weather and work never seem to play ball. Anyway we got off to a very late start form Perth on wednesday which saw us leaving Port Denison at 4:30 for the 54mile run across. I must give a big shout out to Poddy for his assistance ond keen eye. When we hit the designated meeting spot neither boat could get radio contact, and luckilly poddy and his mates saw us and came to meet us in the dark to guide us in.
After a magic night on the boat in dead calm conditions we awoke to a very blustery 15-20 knot wind. Lucky for us this died down over the morning and let us get out. Justin and i stuck with jigs whilst Sam went the stick baits, I won't rain on his parade but the photos will tell the story when he posts them.. Anyway after 6 hours of shallow water fun we hit the back of Pelsart(sp) to find a rather large 4m swell pumping in close. What was also pumping was huge schools of Yellow fin. This has been on my bucket list species now for 5 years as well, and despite a few rat ones in Exmouth we have never looked like cracking them. To say we had a ball would be an understatement. the biggest to the boat was 30kg with a couple more breaking 100lb leader after prologned fights(we had no sleeves or crimps on the boat - schoolboy error). ON top of great tuna action we cracked some big yellow tail kings and some of the fattest spotted mackerel I have ever seen.
scotto
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BOOMSHAKALAKA!!!
nice yellowfins mate. they are a sick fish for sure.
alfred
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Top fish here Simon! Sounds
Top fish here Simon! Sounds like a great trip. Still on my To Do List.
till
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Great fish there guys, they
Great fish there guys, they would certainly make the trip!
Seaquest
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Solid YFT mate. You'll get a
Solid YFT mate. You'll get a lot of quality meals from those.
MattMiller
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Nice work
YFT are certainly great fun and very good on the chew, top stuff
mullows
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+1 Matt.Nicest fish I reckon
+1 Matt.
Nicest fish I reckon I have ever eaten fresh. It was so good sashimi and then very quickly pan fried later.
Well done mate.
Cheers
Mullows
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crasny1
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Sashimi dreamin
Great YFT. Just wish they consistently wonder up this way.
Neels
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soupster51
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Congrats
30kgs of fin goes very hard. You would have had a ball.
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dkonig82
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Great work on the YFT
Great work on the YFT guys!
Some added motivation to get my boat out there next month!
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n+1 (where n is the number of fishing rods you currently own); or
n-1 (where n is the number of fishing rods which would cause your significant other to dump you.
Goodz
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Awesome fish Simon! Got to be
Awesome fish Simon! Got to be great getting into the fish after all the effort to get over there. Well done!
poddyfish
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abrolhos
glad to hear you guys had a safe and enjoyable trip! told you it was a awesome place but i dont think it full sets in until you get to see it in all its glory! did those marks i gave you produce at all?????
tell you what i was a very worried man when we woke to that screaming sth easterly! didnt fancy punching straight back into 20 odd knots for 60clicks!!!
we ended up with 2 nice reefies each for the day but no more spanish sighted. Bought home a stella feed of fish tho and the lads loved it.....
Was great to meet up and glad i could help out
cheers poddy
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Lucky Tim
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Love it!Gay shorts though.
Love it!
Gay shorts though.
Adam Gallash
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nice work
Nice work fellas. +1 on the shorts comment though, lol!
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grayzeee
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great yft's and nice ytkyft
great yft's and nice ytk
yft still on my list
only had one onboard my boat , and it was the smallest one i've ever seen!
If I spent half as long fishing , as I do reading this bloody forum , I'd be twice the fisherman I am.
barneyboy
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Nice fish fellas
congrats. Loooove fin
Now I can go back to being jealous
FEEEISH ONNN!!!
bouttime
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Nice fish. Looks the weather
Nice fish. Looks the weather was good out there. Will be out there soon enough.
Pete D
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Love the fins...top fish. On
Love the fins...top fish. On the troll?
Good result for a short....long trip!
I'm sure those shorts assisted Poddy see you guys at night.
Cheers Pete
Simon C
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Andy Irons Signature Shorts
Where is the respect, these shorts have been in every FW photo I have posted in 4 years! lol
I even have a backup pair for when these eventually fade
SamC
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Those shorts are gayer than
Those shorts are gayer than my jeans Simo.
Nice fin mate! Will post up my pics a little later ;)
Cheers,
Sam