Sambo Sesh Saturday
Well, very late start after a heavy night on Friday night (thanks Daz, Chrisp and SamC for the hangover!!!!). It took a phone call from Daz at around 10.30am on Saturday morning, telling me that it was a millpond at the barges, to wake me up….3 panadol and a quick fill of the boat with go juice and me, my young bloke and my ex next door neighbour Cliff were off heading for the barges….12.14 by now.
Great run out, and along the side of Rotto it was a complete glass-off……very eerie crusing at 28 knots and only a gentle slap of water on the hull. Heaps of flying fish as well to keep us company.
Got to the North barge, was only one boat, and after a quick sound, the big shapes looked like sharks so we called Daz and told him we would meet him at the outer barge, I think he was further south, he said something about blokes falling off the side of boats and Shimano Stellas being used as sinkers…….hahaha……JEEZE!
Anyhow, the ex neighbour only had an old two piece snapper rod and Penn 950 and no jigs, so I handed him a cheapy Williamson Benthos to tie on to his outfit.....….by the time I had rigged up, he was on and complaining loudly….Cliff is a big bloke, but this sambo was getting the better of him and his meat grinder Penn 950 was getting a serious work-out.
I cracked out the Stella on PE5 and dropped down and was on pretty quick and it felt like a nice fish, looked over at Cliff and he was still loosing line………..the 950 spool was looking VERY low.
Got my fish in after a nice fight, only drama being the poxy JM knob almost fell off mid fight…..Daz had warned me this happens…………fish went 125 cm, or 25 kg using the scale provided by recfish. Nice, speared back in no dramas.
Back to Cliff…….still struggling, and not making much head way…..after another 15 minutes a big lump of a Sambo popped up……took two of us to lift it on board…..biggest Sambo I have seen……around 150cm and 40 kg….good fish. It took two spears top get back in but swam off well.
Daz and Kasey hooked up, but got busted off I think then went and checked out a sunfish that came over to check out the action.
Cliff took a spell (fishwrecked!) and I hooked up again, nice fish this one, but after a pretty good run busted me off……certainly took enough line to reach the wreck, but could have been a shark……so we headed to the North Barge to see if we could get a mid water amber to put on the BBQ that night.
Me and Daz were about 150 m apart sounding for the school……both of us found them, must have been a big school up high in the water…….jigged for quite a while with no hits, so we moved a bit, me and cliff both hooked up near surface and both got absolutely smoked…………I had the Stella seriously wound up (post fight I checked and cold not pull it off by hand) and line was leaving the spool faster than any fish I have ever hooked……and it kept going……Stella drag was seriously hot by the time the Collins class submarine or whatever it was reached the depths and the sharks took over…………………………….could only guess it was an XOS amberjack, as it went significantly harder than the 40 kg sambo earlier.
Very disappointed at having such a huge fish sharked, so we left and chased some squid at Rotto for the BBQ that night…….around 5.00 pm we got to the weed bank…..and it was on! Squid everywhere, and we had several double and one triple hook-up with other squid following them in. Got some really big squid, and all 3 of us got totally inked by the biggest squid of the day, much to the amusement of the chardonnay set on the 60 ft ship parked next to us…..we pulled the pin once we had more than enough at 5.45pm and headed home to a dream run in with a few whales breaching right the way to 3 mile.
Top day, just need to find a patch with no sharks.
Also went out for a quick run this morning, first time fish for my youngest bloke (2 years old). Pic of him with his first fish……just as good as the 40kg Sambo!!!!!
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SamC
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Nice John, looks like a good
Nice John, looks like a good day out
Cheers,
Sam
Fozz
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Donkeys all round
That sambo is a beauty as well as those squidlies, friggin nice size. Thumbs up.
Fozz
schecky
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Ah buggered I couldnt come.
Ah buggered I couldnt come. Looked like a good day out man!
Hope I can fish hard after exams...
Just1morecast
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What a report! Sambos, squid
What a report! Sambos, squid and the lil ones first fish at 2. Gotta be happy with that John. 2 days of fun!
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till
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Nice few sambos, pity about
Nice few sambos, pity about losing the big one later on!
Markie
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hell yer well done johhhnny
hell yer well done johhhnny :) i went today and we got a few around 25 kilo mark and my cousin got sharked or line snap,, but i dunnno he never really goes fishin and his drag looked a bit tight to me for his 30 pound line so not sure if was a shark or that :) So not really any sharks for us today which was good. Tried for tuna after with no luck. Hopefully try some sambo jiggin soon with you john :) good fun (hoookt)
Goodz
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Nice one John!!! I wish I
Nice one John!!! I wish I had of gone out yesterday arvo! Some nice fish out there, and great work on the squid, I bet rob loved gettin those!
petervb
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nice report john those
nice report john those sambo's are tanks!
If you are doing another session soon & there is room on board I'll be keen
pete
flangies
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Sweet day out! And at least
Sweet day out! And at least it wasn't a scorcher too.
grayzeee
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nice report john i just
nice report john
i just ordered my JM knob, so i'd better order some loktite by the sounds.
If I spent half as long fishing , as I do reading this bloody forum , I'd be twice the fisherman I am.
Lucky Tim
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nice report and good to see
nice report and good to see a big sambo for a change. I agree those JM knobs are a pain in the rump, do it up too tight and it doesn't spin, too loose and it comes off mid fight. Last reel I bling up I think.
Did you discount a shark as the fish that busted you off? It'd be sweet if it was XOS AJ, I wanted to get out this week but I think Huey has other ideas.
DazSamFishing
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Good report John. It was
Good report John. It was good to catch up with Kasey over a jig session. Unfortunately for us, we didn't do too much jigging. We did a lot of sounding at about 6 wrecks/barges & plenty of spectating. There are some solid schools holding up at the northern barge. In the afternoon, we registered a soild school 10m under the boat... we had a squiz under the boat for confirmation... there they were.
JohnF
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JM knob was nice......but
JM knob was nice......but having to hold it on to the spindle mid fight was pretty average!!!!Loktite here we come! I think I might leave the standard knob on the 20,000.....not sure if I will bling it as the standard knob probably has more purchase for bigger fish, but the JM knob on the 10,000 is nice for retrieve speed, so should be good for popping and spinning, so will leave it on.
We certainly got sharked, but I think one on the outer barge bricked me on the wreck, but cant be sure....we moved straight away anyhow.
Basically, as soon as you get knocked off, you just have to move. Will be looking at shallower water and pinacles to get away from the sharks....I see Saltwater charter were in 40 m north of Rotto when I was heading out, not sure if they got any? Tried a few spots on the way in that had a few marks on them but no luck.
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DazSamFishing
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SOM handle kit or Carbon
SOM handle kit or Carbon knob... you know you want to!
till
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Hah, Daz the tackle pimp!
Hah, Daz the tackle pimp!
JohnF
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Leave me alone
Leave me alone Daz...............
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schecky
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Interesting that, I have
Interesting that, I have never had a single problem with the 30mm one on my luvias, love it!
And I have not by any stretch of the imagination been gentle with that reel lol
Have another coming for my twinny SW so will have to see how that goes.
Could always get a Fisherman knob for the 20k John....
I am considering it for when I get mine
fisho-ron
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well done john. looks like
well done john.
looks like you got some rippers,.
and the conditions were awesome on sat, hope for the same next weak.
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Looks like you guys had a
Looks like you guys had a ball some good fish and the little ones first fist now that is priceless.well done
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sounds like a great day out.
sounds like a great day out. your mate wont be able to match that fish for a while but you gotta feel sorry for him as the monster was taken on lightish gear, at least it was boated and not sharked. them squid are huge, gotta be happy with that lot and your young bloke getting his first fish would have made you smile. he looked quite happy with himself
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Indiana
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Kitchen Reno
Good one John !
Sounds like the conditions were great ....... I started our kitchen reno Saturday .
So was stuck at home all weekend .
Going out with Craig on a charter next Sunday ............will be nice to just be able to fish ,without skippering.
" IF YOUR NOT GOING TO EAT IT ......PUT IT BACK WHERE YOU CAUGHT IT"
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And the salt and pepper
And the salt and pepper squid was deliceous...
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Indiana
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Looks Good
Food looks really good John .......but what are you drinking ?
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Hahaha....was still hungover
Hahaha....was still hungover from too many beers the night before so had a glass of cheap sparling red sheilas wine the missus was drinking...........................quaffed down nicely!
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bungeye
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lol
did ya see the dude that had a very close look at the sunfish hahahahaa
DazSamFishing
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you mean, the guy that
you mean, the guy that jumped on top of it...
bungeye
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yeah thats the guy
yeah mate he jumped straight in and grabbed it ,, pissed it off too he came up with blood all over him hahahah
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I hope it was his blood and
I hope it was his blood and not the sunfish's........
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Tony Halliday
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sounds like an awsome day
sounds like an awsome day mate.
nothing like the little tackers getting into their first fish to make your day to.
well done
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