BIG ALs BIG WINTER COMPETITION

[RedPhoenix]

Posted on behalf of AJD:
BIG WINTER COMPETITION

Struggling to find the motivation to get out on the water this winter?
Looking for an excuse to get out of the house and get onto a fish?
Or just looking for the right lie to cover the purchase of that latest rod and reel?

Here you go then - The BIG WINTER COMPETITION!
It will run for the 3 months of winter - June, July and August and will have 5 sections for you to enter -
1) BIGGEST fish - length
2) BIGGEST fish - girth
3) BIGGEST mouth on a fish
4) BIGGEST tooth on a fish
5) BIGGEST tale of woe

The rules are easy.
1) Catch a fish from a kayak (or not of it's a TOW entry)
2) Take a picture of the BIG fish being measured (or not if it's a TOW entry)
3) Post it in the comp thread with the appropriate section heading
4) You can enter 1 fish per section only (upgrades are allowable)
5) The BIGGEST entry in each section at the end of August will be awarded some cool prizes!

Section entered:
Name of Angler:
Date Caught:
State and Location Fish Caught In:
Type and Size/Weight of Fish:
Tackle/Line/Lure Used:
Conditions (optional):
Other Comments (optional):

You’ve got to be fishing to be in with a chance!!!!

[Samboman]

Section entered: Biggest fish length
Name of Angler: Rhett Gill/ samboman
Date Caught:3/6/2012
State and Location Fish Caught In: S.A. West Lakes, Adelaide
Type and Size/Weight of Fish: Mulloway/ 100cm / 18/20lbs
Tackle/Line/Lure Used: 2 to 4kg Daiwa Advantage, Daiwa Sol 2000 4lb braid/ 10lb leader on a Samaki blade
Conditions (optional):Overcast/showers
Other Comments (optional): Oh Yeah

[AJD]

Section entered: BIG Teeth
Name of Angler: AJD
Date Caught: 3/2/2012
State and Location Fish Caught In: NSW Hawkesbury river
Type and Size/Weight of Fish: Hairtail 90cm long - Teeth = 8mm long
Tackle/Line/Lure Used: 10lb braid with steel trace

[carnster]

Section entered: biggest length
Name of Angler:carnster
Date Caught:20/06/12
State and Location Fish Caught In:goldie qld
Type and Size/Weight of Fish:cobia 165cm 30kg
Tackle/Line/Lure Used:live yakka 80lb braid 100lb mono leader 2x 5/0 hoodlums
Conditions (optional): night time glass out new moon
Other Comments (optional): fantastic battle

[carnster]

Section entered: biggest mouth
Name of Angler:carnster
Date Caught:20/06/12
State and Location Fish Caught In:goldie qld
Type and Size/Weight of Fish:165cm 30kg
Tackle/Line/Lure Used:80lb braid....
Conditions (optional): awesome
Other Comments (optional): cavernous mouth

[scoman]

Ok well that's that comp sorted.........

I think we should ban all fish taken by teachers who work on the gold coast with a penchant for posing for pictures in inappropriate pants.

Seriously well done on another stonker Carnster

[Occy]

Nothing more to see here move along.

[nad97]

T.O.W Entry

So I went out at palmy with the drop in swell. Start setting up my Kayak and hang my PFD on the fence( misstake no.1). Paddle out to the reef on first light and once I'm out there and the sun starts to rise I look down and see no PFD, I think do I go back in and get it or just keep fishing. I decide that with me being the only kayaker out there and only one boat on the reef I should go back and get it (should have just kept fishing). So I paddel back in and with the change of tide the wave now are standing up an extra foot on where they had been before. Get back in grab my PFD put it on and get ready to try again. I make an atempt to get out get hit by a big wave and my rudder jams and hat comes off and drags me back to the beach. So I sort my rudder and think I will try further up the beach. Draging my Ski in the shallows(second misstake) and my ski gets hit by a wave side on and flicks my paddle into the water with the blade sticking in the sand. Before I an do any thing another wave comes along a my ski snaps my paddel. So I now have a three piece carbon paddel instead of a two piece and a third dount in a row. Now to fix the bloody thing. I feel a DIY thread coming on

[carnster]

tough break mate next time.

[nad97]

Yeh it sucks chris but thems the brakes

[AJD]

Well done Carnster - what a superb fish from the cold months of winter. Your cobia takes out the longest fish category as well as the biggest mouth category. Top effort. Some goodies are on their way to you in the post.

Nad97 - we've all had them. TOW's aren't things you want to rack up huge numbers of but every one is a learning experience. Thanks for sharing yours. It's earned you some goodies as well. They're on their way.

Thanks for participating and getting out amongst the fish in the cold months of winter folks.

Regards
Al

[carnster]

Thanks Al, and congrats Nick, i am excited about my goodies.