JIMBOB Posted September 7, 2005 Report Share Posted September 7, 2005 Hi all I set off yesterday afternoon from kimmerage for an all night trip. The plan was to do a bit of specimen hunting, no target speci as such, we just wanted to get a good bend in the rod. I anchored of St Albans on one of the reefs hopeing the larger fish would venture out from the deep water after dark It was rod bending stuff from the start with 16lb undulate to open the inings, then another of 12 lb soon after, Then it didnt stop ! I took 5 undulates by 2 am all doubles and a couple of small congers 20/25lb, and a 91/2lbs huss. mark had two congers 25/30lb , I this point tiredness was catching up and after we both lost a couple of fish and mark called it a nite and fell asleep, I Was also thinking along the same lines,except I had sneaked out a beast rod ,With 3/4 of a 2lb pout! on a 10/0 .........................4.20 am I was awoken to the zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz on the reel and while half asleep I found my self doing battle with a fair sized eel with one problem I couldnt wake mark so a solo netting job was the only way ..................Buy the time I next looked at the clock it was nearly light and 5.30am but with a smile on my face as I had a 52lb eel in the boat ........As I was awake, a re-cast on the rods was in order ,then back to the bed chair for some sleep ........10 mins laterzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz .At first light it went mad again and another 4 rays came to the boat, 3 undulates,2 going 15lb and one 14lb! and a spotted ray then a 1lb red gurnard . Once the sun was up We had a quick blast for the bass I had a 7lb 8oz and a 4lb and mark Had A 4lber too... what a day! Tight lines James Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JIMBOB Posted September 7, 2005 Author Report Share Posted September 7, 2005 Forgot to ad all the fish went back alive apart from a bass each Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Les L. Posted September 7, 2005 Report Share Posted September 7, 2005 Gotta ask...did the big eel manage to wake sleeping beauty when u got it aboard? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul J Posted September 7, 2005 Report Share Posted September 7, 2005 Wow Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Newboy Posted September 7, 2005 Report Share Posted September 7, 2005 Wow 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JIMBOB Posted September 7, 2005 Author Report Share Posted September 7, 2005 Mark "aka" sleeping beauty woke at about 6am,after much shouting to find 3 rays in the landing net awating photos!, a huss in the live well! and a very very angry eel on the deck ..........and we took a camcorder so weve got most of the fish on video, I will post some pics soon ,My digi camera died last fishing trip so im back to prints and a scanner James Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Newboy Posted September 7, 2005 Report Share Posted September 7, 2005 Is the camcorder digital? If it is, you can 'capture' the photo if you download the footage onto the computer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maverick Martin Posted September 7, 2005 Report Share Posted September 7, 2005 Wow 3 Welll done James, an excellent reoprt of a blistering nights sport A very envious Martin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sam Posted September 8, 2005 Report Share Posted September 8, 2005 well done james what a cracker i am so jealous will be out there sunday trying for one of those rays. sam Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob F Posted September 8, 2005 Report Share Posted September 8, 2005 Wow 4!!! Is this guy for real??? ...and then he woke up. Nice one James. BF Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
duncan Posted September 8, 2005 Report Share Posted September 8, 2005 wow 5 - I'm seriously impressed! great going with the eel - long fight. what depth were you fishing? Didn't you have a fair aount of tide to contend with as well? good report as well - nice going all round. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
great white Posted September 9, 2005 Report Share Posted September 9, 2005 Nice one james I have seen the old wake them up with a wet conger trick once, with a much smaller eel. the sleepy angler was so scared he nearly jumped off of the charter boat. Great catch mate and nice to hear that a lot went back [For Sunday?] Charlie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JIMBOB Posted September 9, 2005 Author Report Share Posted September 9, 2005 There was a fair bit of tide ,we held with 8oz to 1 1/2lb of lead for most of the night.As for the depth 50/60ft . Kam the camcorder is a digital, but not mine! I have the photos now but a dead scanner! Im having driver problems Any of you computer wizards have any advice on downloading a driver that actually works! James Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Newboy Posted September 9, 2005 Report Share Posted September 9, 2005 If you go to the scanner's manufacturer's website, they usually have drivers for download. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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