EPIC report Part 2

Day 3:
The weather looks a bit shabby with heavy overcast, slight drizzle and some strong winds, but in search of the big ones we soldiered on. It turned out to be the day of big kingies. When we first started the day Carl indicated that he forgot to bring his camera and this will be day when we catch the big ones and he was absolutely right.

Rob buggered his left shoulder and had to take a few minutes rest. He refused to take the painkillers that Carl offered I borrowed his lighter setup and managed to get an average sized king on it. Shortly after I borrowed his heavier setup Smith AMJ52EX and the Stella 20000FA. On the way up I felt a hit but the fish didn't connect, so I dropped the jig down again about 5meters started jigging again and BANG !!! the stella started screaming !, I palmed the spool to slow the run and tightened the drags a few clicks. The fight took about 5 minutes and the fish ends up being a ~20kg my new PB. Taken on a cheap jig I bought from ebay.


Marinco then puts on my sydney angler jig in "mean green" colour and he hooked up to a monster that absolutely maxed out his Saltiga combo. I quickly retrieve my line to allow him to play the fish out. Holding him by his gimbal belt, we all gave him a bit of moral support. The fish was a stonker that Carl estimates to be ~30kg. It turns out to be our biggest fish of the trip. It was taken on the downriggershop jig in "mean green"

After we moved to another spot, Marinco hooked up to another monster of 25kg taken on the same jig.

Some Shots from Day 3:










Day 4

The mood was relaxed and the seas were quite lumpy, but at least the skies are clearing up. I spent the day trying out the new jigs that I bought yesterday and testing out some of gear that's available onboard. Allan and Rob hooked up a few decent kingies. We also went clubbing with a few Coutas which was quite entertaining. It was a slow day with the kingies with a few that were foul hooked on the belly. I guess the fish knew we're going back to Sydney and it was a good warm down from our first 3 days. Highlight of the day for me was tying the PR knot on boat in 5 minutes.

We ended the day with some snapper fishing. Marinco landed one that went in the mid 60s

Some pictures from day 4.