First Forum Trolling Fishing Competition - 12th July

[The_Gaffer]

The all clubs is on Sunday.  a decision whether or not to go ahead will be taken sometime on Saturday evening.  If its F3-4, then it gets postponed again

[skip]

Report Update from the two boats that are out DJS and The Gaffer:

DJS has managed to land a whopping 12 Alungi ranging from 5kgs up to around 9-10kgs and is proving to be a real Alungi killer lately. DJS is fishing on a 5.8m boat with a total crew of 2 and I believe 3 rods deployed.

The Gaffer and his crew have managed 7, sizes unknown but they are continuing to fish, bites were a bit slow this morning but have picked up in the last hour and half. DJS is likely to be returning shortly as his large box is full! The Gaffer is planning to stay out a bit longer.

Further details I hope will be provided by the respective boats in their catch reports.

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[Gazzetta]

Well Done to both !!!   

Chris 

[skip]

Midday Update:

DJS is up to 13 fish!

The Gaffer on 8.

Keep it up, I'm very envious!

[benri]

wish my boat grows up a bit.... we would have been there Skip! Keep it up The Gaffer and DJS.

[shanook]

Well done I was at B'Bugia at 11.00 am and the sea wasnt that bad. At 1pm it picked up a bit.
So we have two fisherman, the gaffer and DJS the others me included are chat material LOL.
PROSIT

[Gazzetta]

Any idea regarding tomorrow ?   

Chris 

[skip]

I very much doubt they will do the all clubs as the fishing window is probably a couple of hours in the morning. Perfect if your base is B'Bugia like Shanook. you can nip out get some fish on and nip back!

[shanook]

na skip I prefare to go out to enjoy myself hate to go out fast and back in fast not my thing....

[skip]

You just like fast trolling :p

Out of curiousity, what are your typical fuel burn rates with those engines. Any ideas at cruise/fast troll?

[benri]

Guys, yesterday did u see that guy who was trolling with eight rods? I kept staring and making sure I was counting correctly and even made my mate count them to confirm. How do they manage not to get them tangled and what happens when you hook one?

[skip]

ALERT ALERT ---- PAGING THE GAFFER --- ALERT! Benri has spotted someone running MORE rods that you and this just cannot be allowed!! Team Intimidator must always have the most amount of rods!! lol I know you're planning another one so that should even out the score!

On a more serious note, did that guy have outriggers benri? On larger out riggers you can run two lines off them, and basically that's what gives you the spread outwards, plus a nice wide boat always helps.

You have to be careful in turns as Joe will confirm but also the way you set your lengths makes a big difference. Will let Joe answer about the hooking issue, but I guess it depends which rod position is hit and the direction the fish goes.

[Jonathan]

We've returned from a great day of trolling, with full honours going to DJS, who not only hooked something like 14 alungi, but also managed to do so efficiently with a modest spread of 3 rods, as compared to our 7 rod spread on The Gaffer which yielded a bounty of 8 alungi (not to mention another fish lost at the platform and an unusual series of 4 or so lost strikes). Not only so, but DJS was also so kind as to hail us about the area where the biting was hot, with this area being quite a way off from where we had been trolling before, and until when our score stood at 2 compared to DJS's 5 or so.

Prosit and thanks DJS - today you definitely won the greatest sportsman honour in every sense of the word!

I will be posting some pics and another video clip of our trip today later on this week.

[benri]

Yes he had two wide outriggers. But what impressed me most were the two in the dead centre, one on top of the cabin and the other at the stern.

[benri]

Well done to all of you!