First Sailfish for Rick!
Posted: Sun May 02, 2010 12:26 pm
My mate Rick Spangler came up for 2 weeks, with the plan of chasing sails. Unfortunately with my 5M boat KIA we reverted to fishing in the 12fter. We were sick of barra so we went out with another mate in his 4.8 top ender.
We trolled a selection of Williamson bellyho and dorodos and had a pitch bait ready, neither of us had ever raised, hooked or landed a sail before.
We raised 4, hooked and landed 1, it was Ricks first sail and he was very happy. The sea was terrible yesterday and there were waves breaking over the bow of the topender while we were trolling, but still a great day. Needless to say it was a great trip for Rick with over 100 barra landed in two weeks, a metre thready, goldies, macks and his first sail!
Check out the video I have made of the sailfish capture.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DnIkjVQWZLU
We trolled a selection of Williamson bellyho and dorodos and had a pitch bait ready, neither of us had ever raised, hooked or landed a sail before.
We raised 4, hooked and landed 1, it was Ricks first sail and he was very happy. The sea was terrible yesterday and there were waves breaking over the bow of the topender while we were trolling, but still a great day. Needless to say it was a great trip for Rick with over 100 barra landed in two weeks, a metre thready, goldies, macks and his first sail!
Check out the video I have made of the sailfish capture.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DnIkjVQWZLU