GT on light string : Pilbara-Kimberley Bluewater

Faulksy · Posted: Sat Dec 11, 2010 11:24 pm Post subject: GT on light string

Woke up this morning to one of the rarest things in the pilbara, No Wind!
With the cook away and no one else able to get there poop together in quick time I decided to go for a run by myself. By the time I got to the ramp there was a steady breeze that seemed to be building so I stayed close to home and decided to try jigging some gulps which is not some thing I do very often.
On my second drift I got hit and had a good tussle with what turned out to be a reef shark of reasonable size. It was a bit of fun on light gear.
(penn applause 4000 loaded with 20lb finns and a ATC 5'6" 8kg rod).

Twenty minutes or so passed with no joy so I moved a bit futher down the channel until I found some more bait. I was on again shorlty after and this time I was in big trouble, the fish took a screaming first run that left the reel seriously short on braid. It then continued to peel off any line that I reclaimed for the next ten minutes or so and had me thinking that I was on a bigger shark. With the drag pumped right up and some careful thumbing of the spool I slowly began to make some progress. I have a new found respect for my little ATC flick stick as I had it bent in half for a large part of the fight and it did not give up. I was eventually rewarded with color and was pretty happy to find that it was a GT.

Not big by GT standards but my biggest at this point (12kg) and it was a real battle on light gear, they really make you work.

By the time I had released the fish and re rigged the wind was starting to strengthen so I called it a day.

Cheers Pete

ponyplay · Posted: Sat Dec 11, 2010 11:31 pm Post subject: Re: GT on light string

solid fish faulksy :mrgreen:

RUM-A-MUNDI · Posted: Sun Dec 12, 2010 12:23 am Post subject: Re: GT on light string

Nice fish Faulksy

i bet that was a challange landing that on your own.

Pecheur · Posted: Sun Dec 12, 2010 7:43 am Post subject: Re: GT on light string

Hi Faulksy,

Very nice fish on the light gears!
:applause:

Congratulation.

Have a good day,
Pecheur

andrew.south · Posted: Sun Dec 12, 2010 10:30 am Post subject: Re: GT on light string

top fish on the spin gear faulksy...

2rods · Posted: Sun Dec 12, 2010 11:06 am Post subject: Re: GT on light string

Well done pete......and a great job on the pictures as well..must have been a bugger to have to do 2 things at once

Dick · Posted: Sun Dec 12, 2010 12:45 pm Post subject: Re: GT on light string

Yes nice fish on the light gear :bow:

Not sharked either, lucky or not many there?

Faulksy · Posted: Sun Dec 12, 2010 5:07 pm Post subject: Re: GT on light string

RUM-A-MUNDI wrote:

Nice fish Faulksy

i bet that was a challange landing that on your own.

Mate I had my hands full. The open boat helps heaps when you are fishing solo.

2rods wrote:

Well done pete......and a great job on the pictures as well..must have been a bugger to have to do 2 things at once

Yes mate it is hard being a man Paul! thank god for time delay on cameras.

Dick wrote:

Yes nice fish on the light gear :bow:

Not sharked either, lucky or not many there?

had just caught a shark not long before so I guess there must be a few around?

:cheers:

Pete

Dingo · Posted: Sun Dec 12, 2010 7:14 pm Post subject: Re: GT on light string

Nice Work Faulksy, good fun getting out for a solo sesh.

Those GTs are fun, and great on the light stuff.

Mud · Posted: Sun Dec 12, 2010 10:52 pm Post subject: Re: GT on light string

Great trev Faulksy.....yeah lucky not to get sharked on light tackle! Envious yeah.

Sheeby · Posted: Mon Dec 13, 2010 12:10 am Post subject: Re: GT on light string

Great stuff man. That GT is awesome.

The last big GT that I hooked was also on a 4000 penn applause, 20lb line. Didn't get a wind on it in 10min and then it cut me off.

Sheeby.

Faulksy · Posted: Mon Dec 13, 2010 1:18 am Post subject: Re: GT on light string

Sheeby wrote:

Great stuff man. That GT is awesome.

The last big GT that I hooked was also on a 4000 penn applause, 20lb line. Didn't get a wind on it in 10min and then it cut me off.

Sheeby.

Mate I feel your pain I have been bricked a couple of times recently. I would have been stuffed if I could not get a bit of line back with the boat. :cheers:

cuddlescooper · Posted: Mon Dec 13, 2010 4:22 am Post subject: Re: GT on light string

Top fish mate!

Stick with the gulps and you should load up on plenty more. :mrgreen:

I use them almost exclusively now and catch a lot better quility fish than in the past. :cheers:

muntzy · Posted: Mon Dec 13, 2010 8:59 am Post subject: Re: GT on light string

Well done Faulksy nice capture I reckon that GT would have had your reel singin!! Nice work landing it on your own.

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