Catch of the day [Fishing]
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I missed out on this long weekend’s motorcycle fishing trip due to unfinished work on my bike. Four of my bike buddies made it and just sent back these pics. Probably ok to share on this thread even if I wasn’t there…
This spot is about an 8 hour drive from town. Distance and tricky roads keep fishing habitat in good shape and they camped for two nights.
This 4 kg beauty, called dorado (Salminus brasiliensis) locally, was the prized reward.One fishing option if we ever organize an IH trip!
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Looks great. Where was it?
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@Giles those fish look hella fast with their big tail and sleek body. The Silver dart.
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I had another yesterday. The fishing is hard this year, it is extremely hot, so I think the fish are reluctant to push onto the flats with the flood tide, the sand is so hot that when the tide comes in, the water heats up very quickly, which the fish don't particularly like, so the fishing window is very short…I found a few in the bay outside the lodge yesterday where the water is a little deeper, so I will likely concentrate there for a couple of days....
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Such a sweet set up–- good fishing !
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That's a serious reel Giles. Wouldn't be fair for the bass and walleye i catch.
Meanwhile in Jeff-land, I brought my car in for repairs on Monday, and just got the call today they will have it till next Monday or Tuesday at least. Let's check if the rental has a trailer hitch…... nope. Let's ask Allie if she will skip horseback riding and give me her truck. on second thought, no fishing this weekend.
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Smallmouth are my favorite fish to catch. They fight like they are 3x that size.
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Fun day. Drift boat and a 7wt fly rod. He’s 14 and had his work cut out for him.
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I hope you catch 1 at least @Giles. Tell me about the technique to wrap around the crank and back to the eyelet when storing.? When you have time of course
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Attack !!!!
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I hope you catch 1 at least @Giles. Tell me about the technique to wrap around the crank and back to the eyelet when storing.? When you have time of course
To keep the braid to leader knot (FGKnot) outside the tip ring, we just take the leader down to the crank and then hook the rear hook off the foot of the bottom ring.
FG knot, not pretty but amazing strength….
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Come here fuckers…...
@steelworker You took delivery of these for me a few years ago and handed them to me when we met up for lunch, I'm hoping to christen it this week. I upgraded the hook…...The Tuna coming out here at the moment are averaging 140lb :o
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Fishless today, saw plenty hitting bait (flying fish being their preferred delicay here), and one of about 30 or 40kg went airborne after my stick bait, but it missed…..
But a magnificent day with nature out on the water.
I'll post a few pics tomorrow.
But we are out with the commercial tuna fishermen at 04:00 in the morning to do some live-baiting before it gets light at 06:00 and start popping, and I need some shut-eye...
Well, OK, just the one. As we left tonight and the sea was boiling and the birds were bombing, but we needed to get home.....You can't see that in my amateur-hour iPhone photo, but it was truly majestic - nature well and truly being nature....
