guard the bastard

[marcus]

if there is a deep drop off next to a rock ledge (like point perp or becroft) get a live squid and put it about 6-12ft below a baloon on two live bait hooks.
one hook in the top, one in a leg separated by some tube off a coathanger.
or two separate loop knots.
then wait with the drag undone and always hold on tho the rod while waiting.or tie the rod to the rocks with a rope or surfboard leash while sitting there.
i do that for kings, it should work in indo for GT

just dont let go of my fishing rod and tighten the drag asap after hookup.
get joey, glowy or tory (bbsince89) to help and say gday to them for me.

while your there can you look around for Al's lost Banana?
live squid can be carried in a bucket and keep seaweed in the bucket to relax them

[OddaP]

[quote="marcus"].
then wait with the drag undone and always hold on tho the rod while waiting.or tie the rod to the rocks with a rope or surfboard leash while sitting there.
i do that for kings, it should work in indo for GT

just dont let go of my fishing rod and tighten the drag asap after hookup.
get joey, glowy or tory (bbsince89) to help and say gday to them for me.

/quote]

Reckon he might lose more than he lands with the drag undone?
GTs not exactly fair players and not having a (relatively) precise drag setting might hurt when he wants to put the hurt back on them. I imagine in the hook up scenario its either tighten up too much and be busted up or not enough and wrapped around a coral head straight away.

[Donweather]

Guard.....mackin swell headed your way mid next week mate. We want pics!!!

[marcus]

Reckon he might lose more than he lands with the drag undone?
GTs not exactly fair players and not having a (relatively) precise drag setting might hurt when he wants to put the hurt back on them. I imagine in the hook up scenario its either tighten up too much and be busted up or not enough and wrapped around a coral head straight away.

good point

[alakaboo]

Have been going out on a dugout canoe fishing with a popper and two squid jigs. Caught a few squid but am worried if it was a good sized GT i'd just get pulled out to sea by the fish

guard, you've got no shot of landing a big GT out of a canoe, in fact it might not even be a good idea to try. i got towed around in a 4m tinny for an hour before the treble straightened, and that was only a little one, 25lbs or so.
you need to be able to stand up and put some serious arc into the rod, otherwise you've got buckley's. if you're seriously strong, you might manage it sitting down, but i dare say you wouldn't be able to surf for 3 days afterwards.
if you do manage to get one to take a popper, it'll be short lived, but one of the most exciting few seconds you've had. being pulled into the sea is much more likely.

[Lucky Al]

hey guard look out for my mate and say g'day he's a big american name of jaya gotta big belly and a regular foot plus lots of tatts and looks mean but really friendly lives in bali and heading over for this swell.

[marcus]

matty, you can catch GT from a kayak, check this out
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AkFs-92tIAw
if your going to do it, tie a leggie from the rod to the canoe

[alakaboo]

it's possible, for sure. if i remember correctly, there's some parts of Fiji where the initiation ceremony involves catching something big from a dugout.
you'll be sore though.

and not to take anything away from the bloke in the video, that wasn't a huge GT.
I was thinking more of something like this...
http://www.freedive.net/Ulua.html

[marcus]

I was thinking more of something like this...
http://www.freedive.net/Ulua.html

holy shhh

[marcus]

Guard in the tube
http://www.swellnet.com.au/galleries/76 ... ages/27063

[marcus]

ok youve been there since april and are booked to come home in october
any stories? updates?
weird shit happen?
where to for the end of your stay?

[Lucky Al]

unreal matt, barrels and adventures. just curious, did you get your hair cut at all in sumbawa? and what hair products you used during your stay there?

[Lucky Al]

what makes you think you might end up marrying the salon girl's sister?!