| Totals 1999 Sailfish: 16 White Marlin: 0 Blue Marlin 5 Yellowfin Tuna 0 | |
| 20th DECEMBER 1999 John Jensen & Dave McCarthy had rough seas but lots of fish! They released 3 sails in 2 hours plus lost another which took a bait as it was being reeled in. Several other strikes too many to count accurately - ended up just fishing with three rods to keep things simple. |
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| 15th DECEMBER 1999 Danny Pike hooked then lost a blue marlin when it straightened out the 9/0 hook after 5 mins. Another hit the purple/black widerange and came off after 30 secs whilst a sail tried to eat the short bait at the same time. Seas very rough. Then we hooked a 3rd blue on shotgun bait - eventually tagged and released - 250lb. client very happy, tired and feeling sick so came back in. |
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| 7th DECEMBER 1999 Mssrs Peel, Hallam and Smith had a slow trip but Charlotte Hallam did release a sailfish, we were 1 for 1 on them |
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| 2nd DECEMBER 1999 Tom Bankes tried again and released another sail just off the reef edge today - 1 for 1 |
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| 29th NOVEMBER 1999 Tom Bankes released a sail just off the reef edge today - 1 for 2 on them plus caught a kingmackerel. |
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| 12th NOVEMBER 1999 Sharky, Ann, Ashton et al had 4 sailfish strikes hooked 3 but 2 jumped off - released 1, so 1 for 4 |
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| 16th OCTOBER 1999 Tucker et al (6) US Navy - Lots of sailfish around - released 1 from 3 hook ups then went to reef and caught 2 king mackerel and a 31lb wahoo. |
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| 12th OCTOBER 2000 Guiliano & McCauthy were persuaded to go for big fish! - missed a sail first then a blue hit moldcraft widerange - tagged & released after 35mins estimated 225lb. |
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| 19th JULY 1999 McCarthy,Taylor,Young had a great trip down the edge catching a king mackerel and wahoo of 28 & 60lb, the latter being a new boat record |
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| 2nd JUNE 1999 D.Bowers,Lancaster,Piper caught a 212lb blue marlin which unfortunately came up dead after geting tail wrapped |
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| 21st APRIL 1999 Repeat customers -Terry & Elaine Field (+ Sarah) - Sailfish took shotgun bird combo - hooked up at 4th attempt & released 9.30am. 2 other sails seen as releasing fish. Later a marlin hit blue/white islander/hoo rig on left rigger - then charged across spread. tagged & released after 35 mins fight on 50lb est 250lb |
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| 13th APRIL 1999 David & Sue Wilkinson went 1 for 1 on sailfish along the reef edge. |
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| 15th MARCH 1999 C Horsley & Spencer risked going east, and were rewarded with a double header of 34 & 32lb dorado! Later they released a small sailfish and another was missed. Lots of small tuna and barracudas too,. |
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| 1st MARCH 1999 Rick Heidstra, Cable had calm seas down the edge and plenty of sailfish action going 1 for 3 on them plus caught a 17lb wahoo. |
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| 28th FEBRUARY 1999 Repeat clients Johnny & Vicky Turnbull had good action on the edge catching wahoo of 32 and 37lb plus missed a sailfish |
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| 27th FEBRUARY 1999 de Munck,Andrew,Johnstone - fished down the edge and missed 3 sailfish strikes but caught 2 nice dorado of 25lb each. |
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| 22nd FEBRUARY 1999 Neil & Nicky Morris,Johnson+1 had a frustrating start with 5 missed sail strikes on the edge. Went further down and hooked 1 but it came off after 3 minutes - hooked another straight away that we released. Circled around and had 2nd sail on same spot on sailure/bird combo shotgun rig - 2 for 8 in the end and all on the edge!. |
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| 9th FEBRUARY 1999 Derrick Cross & wife Lot of sails on the edge again - hooked & lost 1 then later in same spot caught 1 and lost another after 4 mins. 1 for 12! on sails inc 2 lost |
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| 27th - 30th JANUARY 1999 Vernon,Cleeve,Zara - last minute booking (at the event briefing the evening before the first days fishing!) for SIBT 1999! Clients used their own tackle which proved to be a mistake as their line was defective and broke on every big fish they hooked - a blue marlin on day 1 a white marlin on day 2 and another blue marlin at first light on day 3... |
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| 16th JANUARY 1999 Tony Deacon, Steve Nattrass started with a sailfish release off the edge and missed 3 other sail strikes in same area. Went deeper - small blue grabbed teaser plus all 4 baits without getting hooked. Later released a small (30lb) marlin (still not sure if it was a blue or a white). Also lost another sail back on the edge (1 for 6 on them lost 2)- Steve & Tony booked more trips after this trip and became regular clients. |
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| 1st JANUARY 1999 Gatti & Cassina got a 31lb wahoo down the edge |
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