My first Red

My first Red

Caught of tantabiddi last week in the middle of a session that saw a heap of Pearlies and Gold Bands come in off one drift. Big thanks to a few people for pointing us in the right direction. That and a good sounder and I had my first ever Red Emperor at 18lb. Suffice to say there was a heap of yahooing and handshaking as it was a boat goal to land a big red and something we have not come close to in 4 trips up north.


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red

Tue, 2009-02-10 19:11

nice one simon, a  cracking red

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Excellent

Tue, 2009-02-10 19:24

Well done Simon. Excellent fish.

Would have looked great materialising out of the depths under the boat.

Did you drop any jigs down up there?

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Big show off

Tue, 2009-02-10 19:37

Ya big show off, I'm going to have to work hard to beat that one! Wink Laughing Absolute corker mate.

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well done on the first a

Tue, 2009-02-10 20:08

well done on the first

a nice one at that

what does 18lb mean in kg?   no good at converting

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8.18466kg russel The Tackle

Tue, 2009-02-10 20:12

8.18466kg russelTongue out

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yeah john, very excited as I

Tue, 2009-02-10 21:38

yeah john, very excited as I had no idea what I was on to as it did not fight much but weighed a lot I was thinking cod, and then this came in with a gold band snapper on the other dropper and I was stoked. We did a bit of jigging and picked up some rankins, but the 20knot winds made it way too hard in 100m.

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hehe... nice red mate.. the

Tue, 2009-02-10 21:44

hehe... nice red mate..

the obsession with them continues to amaze me.

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nice Red mate, If its red

Wed, 2009-02-11 05:13

nice Red mate, If its red its dead.

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FUnny isn't it Jay. I think

Wed, 2009-02-11 06:35

FUnny isn't it Jay. I think for me it comes down to the old man who used to go on reef trips with mates when I was a young fella and would always talk about the big reds they caught and I have spent 20 years fishing just trying to catch a little one. Having said that we did one days bottom fishing in 10 days and that was purely to try and get a red, so now that I have done it it would take a lot to get me to drop in 100 meters again.

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Exxy Trip!

Mon, 2009-02-16 09:27

Good to see the Exmouth trip came together mate, nice Red Tongue out

 

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