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St. Lucia/Vidal fishing
« on: December 20, 2010, 10:13:24 AM »
Hi all we've been in St. Lucia the last 3 days and have launched twice so far from the St. Lucia beach. The surf has been prety mild although the sand banks are impossible to see with the brown water flowing out the umfolozi at full steam due to all the rain Zululand has been having.

The sea has been a bit lumpy but fishable for the bigger boats with lots of Dorado coming out but bugger all else strangely enough we are  only getting females (dorries) in the 6 - 8kg range with the bigger males proving a bit difficult although we have seen them.
tomorrow we're gonna launch at Vidal and head up to Oscars to chase Hoo's and Couta and with a bit of luck Sailfish.
The beach donkey has performed to expectations although the modifications aren't going to end soon (which is half the fun I suppose)


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Re: St. Lucia/Vidal fishing
« Reply #1 on: December 20, 2010, 10:15:29 AM »
THe youngest male Mundy Murray with a Dorado just shy of 8 Kg's

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Re: St. Lucia/Vidal fishing
« Reply #2 on: December 20, 2010, 10:17:18 AM »
keep us posted..

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Re: St. Lucia/Vidal fishing
« Reply #3 on: December 20, 2010, 10:30:53 AM »
Water looks good - good luck
A bad days fishing is better than sitting at home moping.

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Re: St. Lucia/Vidal fishing
« Reply #4 on: December 20, 2010, 03:02:15 PM »
The one thing I forgot to mention was I discovered a new technique for extracting hooks, when my little brother stepped on a treble while fighting a Dorrie. He sunk the hook quite nicely into his big toe all the way to the bend of the hook shank.
The actual technique involves waiting for the Dorrie to put on it's aerial display wait for the yells of excitement then yanking the sucker out wth a pair of long nose pliers while said patient is distracted.
The most important part is packing the offending tackle away so the victim doesn't know it was your rod and trace that caused the injury in the first place. w;k

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Re: St. Lucia/Vidal fishing
« Reply #5 on: December 21, 2010, 06:28:03 PM »
The one thing I forgot to mention was I discovered a new technique for extracting hooks, when my little brother stepped on a treble while fighting a Dorrie. He sunk the hook quite nicely into his big toe all the way to the bend of the hook shank.
The actual technique involves waiting for the Dorrie to put on it's aerial display wait for the yells of excitement then yanking the sucker out wth a pair of long nose pliers while said patient is distracted.
The most important part is packing the offending tackle away so the victim doesn't know it was your rod and trace that caused the injury in the first place. w;k

Your little brother being Rory or Murray?
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Re: St. Lucia/Vidal fishing
« Reply #6 on: December 21, 2010, 08:09:52 PM »
Murray the younger brother Rory is the Vernerable Elder

We launched at Vidal today after waiting for an hour + at the gate for the line of cars to get processed. The backline was pretty big but we had plenty of space to run as the bay is nice and deep again a word of warning though the pole that acts as the marker at the end of the ledge is a bit shaky and at about a serious angle making it very difficult to spot when returning on a high tide with big surf

Best fish of the day was a 10kg Hoo caught by yours truly

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Re: St. Lucia/Vidal fishing
« Reply #7 on: December 21, 2010, 09:52:05 PM »
Nice to see you getting some action, keep it coming and tight lines!

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Re: St. Lucia/Vidal fishing
« Reply #8 on: December 27, 2010, 03:34:16 PM »
Rory with the best Dorrie so far 12KG's

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Re: St. Lucia/Vidal fishing
« Reply #9 on: December 27, 2010, 03:35:38 PM »
nice view

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Re: St. Lucia/Vidal fishing
« Reply #10 on: December 27, 2010, 03:38:49 PM »
The beach donkey and fishing tub 

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Re: St. Lucia/Vidal fishing
« Reply #11 on: December 28, 2010, 11:17:37 AM »
Nice reports and photos...

Keep them coming...

 

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