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This is a discussion on A Little Recce within the Brunei forums, part of the Asia category; I decided not to do my ultra long Catch Report this time, simply b'cos I'm knackered and mainly b'...
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29-07-2006, 11:43 AM
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My Mood:  Rep Power: 4   | A Little Recce I decided not to do my ultra long Catch Report this time, simply b'cos I'm knackered and mainly b'cos I want to reserve whats left of my brain cells for the CR on Mikeys trip over next week. For the moment, all I will say is that the spots we recced were definitely firing on all cyliders at dawn. This time round, the rubies did not make an appearance like the last time, but the Amberjacks and Kerisi Bali certainly kept us entertained. All spots were over 80km offshore, the weather made for fishable seas, but heading out we did have some spinal rearrangement therapy and coming back in, Ishak laid the smackdown on the throttles and we hit 72kmh in the smoother patches, but we did get a few airborne spells too. Highlights for me were; My new toys i.e. my 6500EXP and the PE8 Wrex were a dream to use, first drop on the outfit, 12kg Amberjack.... I got 4 Amberjacks altogether, 2 on jig and 2 on bait... was a ball of fun. All together a dozen Amberjacks in 3 hours, 10 big ones over 10kg and a mama one at 20kg. A heap of Kerisi Bali, and Durian Snapper.... Edy was it you that likes durian snapper?.... If so, I will send some fillets back with Mikey, 'cos I kept 3 fish for the freezer. Dodgy bits; The Scissors fish are out!!!!!!!!!!. I have a personal theory that the fish on the dropoff have contracted some Scissors fish to clear the dropoff of braided lines..... Ishak lost 3 ranggongs, but miraculously we recovered his 3rd ranggong with a 5 kg kerisi bali still attached to it..... I retrieved my line to find that everything was being held together by only 2 or 3 strands of braid at a bite area 5m above my apollo rig. Mikey, bring a spare spool of braid, 'cos the only line that survived unscathed was the 80lb Fireline being used by Kashah. I lost over 10m of line. Finally, I guess the trip was summed up by the feeling of quiet satisfaction and the smile I must have had on my face as we pulled anchor to head home with full coldboxes. As I looked out over the sea to watch the flying fish scattering at the approach of our boat and the lone huge albatross that hovered as if by magic over the boat the whole morning, I guess I thought to myself that having to cancel trips four times because of weather changes wasn't so bad after all, as long as we had sessions like yesterday mornings wide open bite at the end of the wait. Things look good Mikey, bring it on bro. Saimee
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29-07-2006, 11:47 AM
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My Mood: Rep Power: 4 | A few more pics... S.
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29-07-2006, 11:50 AM
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My Mood: Rep Power: 4 | Ze final installment... S.
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29-07-2006, 11:58 AM
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My Mood:  Rep Power: 6 | Awesome report DFM, really great Amberjacks !  Looks like Mikey's in for a Blast  |
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29-07-2006, 12:18 PM
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My Mood:  Rep Power: 7 | Keepin my fingers & toes crossed!!  With a bit of luck I should be able to put a decent bend in the CB-ONE  |
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29-07-2006, 01:50 PM
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My Mood:  Rep Power: 4 | If this is your recce trip I can't wait for the report of your actual assault. Awesome dude!
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29-07-2006, 01:57 PM
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My Mood:  Rep Power: 4 |  Great Catch DFM.. please bring along your fully charged and loaded viewcam on your next trip cos it would be real fun to see Mikey using a 8.4ft CB rod with a 20kg Amberjack at the end of his line.. lol.. so have you open up your EXP drag? popping was lousy on my trip hence i didn't get to see my newly replaced carbontex in action.. Cheers Mark
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29-07-2006, 02:46 PM
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My Mood: Rep Power: 4 | Quote:
We will work on the video, I will not open up the drags yet till they have been really abused a bit. If I can get a dozen or so decent fish on the reel, I guess that would suffice. I set the drags pretty light only 18lbs of drag and the 1st Amberjack managed to make 4 runs against that drag. The drags were ultra smooth dude, but its the performance at higher settings that will count against the bigger fish. Will keep you informed. Saimee
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29-07-2006, 10:32 PM
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My Mood: Rep Power: 7 | Pheeeew... thank goodness the video cam is mine... can edit/censor all the "less glamorous" bits before broadcasting |
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29-07-2006, 10:37 PM
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My Mood: Rep Power: 6 | Sanme jigs supposed to be no.1 for Amberjack and other seriolas...wonder who has one of these  |
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30-07-2006, 11:15 AM
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My Mood: Rep Power: 7 | la la la la la... pssst if the Sanme thing is true... you better keep next Saturday free |
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30-07-2006, 02:59 PM
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Rep Power: 4    |  good stuff saimee.. way to go!!! remember to film mikey doing the seven sea matsutani move!!! |
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30-07-2006, 04:42 PM
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My Mood:  Rep Power: 3 | WOW!!! Nice Catch Report... Great Photos !!
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30-07-2006, 04:49 PM
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Or maybe the bird could "smell" the boat's fantastic haul & was waiting for a handout by you guys!!! Great trip!!!!! | |
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30-07-2006, 07:04 PM
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My Mood: Rep Power: 4 | Mak, There could have been a bill or two, there were baitfish around. But since we were focused on the Amberjacks, I guess we never really gave the presence of the bird more thought. Mikey, keep your fingers crossed, the wind has picked up a bit.... see ya tomorrow dude.
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30-07-2006, 07:28 PM
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My Mood:  Rep Power: 0 | power catch lah brader DFM |
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30-07-2006, 10:04 PM
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Rep Power: 4 | pssssttt....... saimee.. bring ya own video cam n record every single scene mikey did  we all forumers wanna see mikey almighty in actioN!! |
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31-07-2006, 10:59 AM
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Rep Power: 4 | OMG ..recce can be so good ! |
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31-07-2006, 05:03 PM
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Rep Power: 4 | Saimee, Once again, impressive catch from your end. Hopefully Mikey san trip will be as good or even better. PS: How about bringing him to the spot which has the 400lbs tigers lurking below. Pretty sure he enjoy those on his stellas. Regards physlo |
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31-07-2006, 05:18 PM
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My Mood:  Rep Power: 5 | Hi Physlo Mike is now crippled without his stella...... No more Stella liao..... Hahhahahahaa....... Cheers' Jason
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31-07-2006, 05:43 PM
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Rep Power: 5 | Mikey don't need no Stella ....... His Penn 9500 RULZ!!!!  |
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31-07-2006, 07:08 PM
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Rep Power: 4 | yeah yeah.... 9500 lead the way!!!! Mikey go get em!!! MI>>KEY... MI>>KEY...MI>>KEY!!!! |
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01-08-2006, 12:40 AM
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My Mood: Rep Power: 4 | What Mikey REALLLLYYYYYYY needs to catch fish is the strongest Anti-Typhoon deodrant known to the world.... Weather has killed our first window of opportunity, we are waiting out Tropical Depression Henry at the moment... Saimee
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01-08-2006, 10:51 AM
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My Mood:  Rep Power: 10 | I bet Mikey is gonna enjoy the fishing when he is there!  Solid catches Saimee. Cheers, Edy |
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