Devastating when the donk got off. So often happens when we slightly slacken off to grab the landing net or something similar - particularly at the very end when the fish makes a last twist or two - rather than the straight line pulls earlier. There is certainly a moral dilemma with chasing PB snapper in the 20lb+ class. Some of the renowned big fish areas out of Houhora, for example, are 30+m depths, where barotrauma is almost inevitable. That's why some of the country's best big snap softbaiters stick to the shallows - but seldom end up on comp winner boards.
bunch of legends.
Awesome, very well done 🤙
Cheers Damo
awesome video and amazing effort boys!! Well done Skippy the man!!!
Cheers bruv 👍
Fantastic. We'll done Skippy! Amazing result.
good vid Lozza and congrats to all you guys.
Some good fish up there, have caught two one 82, one 87 further up the coast from Home Point
Definitely some great genetics along that stretch of coastline 👍
Unlucky on that bruiser mate
It’s haunting me boet 😢
Gutted mate!
Been one of those years mate, hooked some rippers and lost them all 😢
Devastating when the donk got off. So often happens when we slightly slacken off to grab the landing net or something similar - particularly at the very end when the fish makes a last twist or two - rather than the straight line pulls earlier.
There is certainly a moral dilemma with chasing PB snapper in the 20lb+ class. Some of the renowned big fish areas out of Houhora, for example, are 30+m depths, where barotrauma is almost inevitable. That's why some of the country's best big snap softbaiters stick to the shallows - but seldom end up on comp winner boards.
You’ve 100% nailed it, I enjoy fishing this comp but the death toll would be way lower if held in winter but the numbers entering would also be lower.
Hey Great work, what was skippy using for lures ??
Was he fishing along the coast or did he go out deep
He found a patch of fish in 28m, hopefully he will put a vid up so you can see what he was using 👍
I like Viking kayak. Very stable and fast. good fishing kayak
Epic Lozza.