80KG catch on popper off Protea

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We launched this morning with the Tackle Box from Shelly Beach. With the weather and wind looking pretty hectic I was worried that we would be in for a rubbish day. Before we launched Brendan asked if we would mind hosting Lisa who is doing her thesis on the catch to tax ratio by sharks off protea. Of course we were happy to have her a long for the day. After a slow run out to the reef we popped to halcos out the back. Before we had even sat down again the first reel screamed off I let my mate take this fish and he landed a YFT of about 4kg. We started letting the lures out again and bang we were vas again the fish were coming thick and fast! We both landed a couple of fish around the 4-5kg mark and each landed a better fish around 8-9kg. I had a couple of chases on my LGF custom popper but didn't hook up our skipper was also throwing a Williamson popper that he hooked up on but dropped the fish in the confusion.

Part of Lisa's research was trying to film fish being taxed. Luckily we didn't lose too many fish to the sharks, I think us GP okes pull harder than the KZN boys hopefully some of Lisa's footage will be sent to me including one tuna that swam into the camera almost knocking it off the pole

While fighting a fish we had a small incident. Our skipper put in a cast with his popper and it seems that the braid wrapped around the eye and yanked the popper back into my arm ended up with a treble lodged deep in my forearm. Despite trying our best we couldn't remove it on the boat we couldn't cut through the split ring or hooks. Dam this good quality tackle! Ended up strapping the popper to my arm and running back in. Bouncing over waves and swells is veeeeery k*K with a treble in your arm! Ended up in the local doc's surgery and had it removed under anaesthetic apparently it had hooked around my tendon Im pretty sure that an 80kg homo sapien is our skippers best catch on popper

All credit to the guys from tackle box who not only gave us a great day out but offered to cover all my medical bills for the removal of the hook and only charged half price for the day because we only spent 3 hours out

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[Homie]

Sheeeesh Brad....
Glad you ok bud.

[REEFMAN]

Oh my sack! So sorry Brad!  Hope you feel better soon boet...

[Kumz]

Eeeeiiiissshhhh... Sowy Brad.... All the best for the rest of the holidays

[Half-Pint]

Ya not feeling too bad at the moment but it was a BIG reminder to ALWAYS wear glasses when hooks are flying around. A hook in the arm hurts but isn't life changing

[Lenny]

Hey , hey , EINA . Could have been your Eye ..


Not lekker at all Bradley . good luck with the recovery !!! PLENTY of FLUID.




I quess on a lighter note , new PB for the SKippie.

[Gregf]

That is hectic , bad luck, but well done on the tuna , did they let you keep the popper 

[isivuba]

Jeez what a shock I got when loging on to the forum and all I see is Brad with a big smile and a huge hook in his arm
Here I'm grinding my teeth at the pain you must of gone through.......Eina!!!!

[icstuff]

Jeez Brad what the hell! 
That must hurt, I do hope you have a better holiday from here on!

[Gregf]

Hey , hey , EINA . Could have been your Eye ..


Not lekker at all Bradley . good luck with the recovery !!! PLENTY of FLUID.




I quess on a lighter note , new PB for the SKippie.

ShaunH gave  me a good one with a spoon above the left eye a few months ago, lesson to me is when people are spooning, wear dark glasses for protection otherwise you may get hooked 

[Willie]

Ouch!!!! Brad hope the rest of your holiday go well.

[Lenny]

Hey , hey , EINA . Could have been your Eye ..


Not lekker at all Bradley . good luck with the recovery !!! PLENTY of FLUID.




I quess on a lighter note , new PB for the SKippie.

ShaunH gave  me a good one with a spoon above the left eye a few months ago, lesson to me is when people are spooning, wear dark glasses for protection otherwise you may get hooked 
I 've had one in the Ear , and a big Snoek hook in the Stomach . things like this is not fun , but Accidents do happen so fast .

[Gregf]

Hey , hey , EINA . Could have been your Eye ..


Not lekker at all Bradley . good luck with the recovery !!! PLENTY of FLUID.




I quess on a lighter note , new PB for the SKippie.

ShaunH gave  me a good one with a spoon above the left eye a few months ago, lesson to me is when people are spooning, wear dark glasses for protection otherwise you may get hooked 
I 've had one in the Ear , and a big Snoek hook in the Stomach . things like this is not fun , but Accidents do happen so fast .

  sir

[gavin erwin]

  that sucks brad!!!!

[Toppie]

That was a bad hook Brad, glad you are OK!

[MIKE PIKE]

  ... yikes Brad , that looked plenty eina, glad it got sorted with no damage to the nerves and tendon .

[LGF]

   Just hate when a hook like that cuts a fishing trip short, especially when the fish are eating! Glad you guys got fish prior and a great gesture by the crew with the payments, just happy that it wasn't "life-changing" but will make for a good story, bet it already has !


Hope the rest of your holiday is much much better HP!

[Gregf]

This has to be an Ultimate photo of note  We salute you 

[Ziggy]

Eina!!!!!!