Author Topic: 09/02/2014 First GT for 2014, and a Shad (Read 6365 times)

yakuza · « **on:** February 09, 2014, 09:02:54 PM »

Good day, Fisher folk

It is with great pleasure that I can share this day with fellow anglers and my experience with you's.

Well a quick weekend from Pretoors to St. Lucia turned out quit successful, more even than I had hoped for.

On this lovely Sunday morning, I decided its time to gooi a Rapala at the see for a few hours. So I got up at 04:00h drank a lekker "Boere troos" and packed the artificial lures I suspected would work.

Needless to say a 10Kg back pack was over kill, as I only intended to use 2 Lures aka those Shad rappies that work so good , seeing the bus Shad are coming out left right and center at the coast.

Went down to my pinultimate fishing spot, only to find the Umfolozi coming down full force with chocolate brown water. Now it was getting to light to fast to throw some lures in the ocean. So a quick run down to the "swem strand" and there it was beautiful blue see threw water, clear as it gets.

I looked around for some structure indicators on the beach and ran to the second best spot (second best is always the best, trust me) I saw. Waded in till my face was covered to feel the water temp and there it was a good all rounder moring with a light breeze just to help cast a 1 Oz Shad Rappie wit a 12 ft Waft Stallion, combined with the brand new Quantum PT60 (much better quality on the new reel than the previous Quantum) loaded with 40lb Tuff braid.

The water color started to change to turquoise which only meant one thing for me. That I must start casting right away. Made a few casts and moved up and down the beach, waded in till neck depth but the current started to pull to hard, so I retrieved to the shore and decided I need to cast parallel with the coast as there was a massive gully feeding a "pot blou gat".

One cast in that direction and a I started a slow but tensioned retrieve..... Shizamme there we was"vas soos in klip hard". Reel started screaming away like mad, rod bending almost 90 degrees. I set the drag to the O.K release/retrieve rate, and so the fight started. Eish, manne I now have goose bumps, this is what an epic experiance it was like for me second time around.

The reel was still screaming away after 4 minutes so I knew or suspected but I actually hoped it would be a Kingie. I saw the fish strip line like a mofo and decided to give it more drag, haha and it still went strong, till I got a chance to reel, but with no luck it just pulled. So I sundered, and fought this oukie on his own terms.

Fast forward 10m minutes of fighting and the first glimpse... Its a KING.. I started raving of joy. I just need to say, to fish alone is shaizer, because you don't have some one to take good photos and help with getting the bugger out of the ocean.

I struggled for another 10 minutes, slowly tiring the fish out. In and out of the water to try and grab the fish by the tail but it was a task far to hectic with the reel in your hands and the need to keep tension on the fish. Alas I got it and wow o wow!! The photos will speak a thousand words. (I eventually yelled for help to this on lady jogging up the beach and amazingly she heard me 1KM away and ran to take a picture for all you good folk).

So this Mnr was revived for more or less 5 minutes and swam off strong to fight another day, but before that I measured it, and it was confirmed by my dead arms that this fish was way bigger than my previous PB. So yup 103 CM translates into 20.7 Kg of pure fish. (I'm still stunned and amazed)

Oky, so the saying is that the proof is in the 'poeding' this seems fit! As I lost a complete lure due to the raw power of this fish ripping the wires out of the lure, resulting in only one hook that stayed on together with the clip swivel I attached to it.

So after this I quickly checked the tides and saw I can still fish before we leave for home at 11:00h. Haha and a few throws later and my new lure, exactly the same as the previous ones. Those duo tide minnows. was taking by another spectacular fish that also played like the King.

Keeping my cool and the drag loose, I decided to play it save and not pull the hooks again. A lekker 7 min fight resulted in my second BUS Shad for the year. A nifty 82 cm long, tipping the scales at 7.23 another PB for the day.

Amazing amazing fishing. I'm ecstatic about my results, the more you fish the better your fishing ability gets.

Photos to be posted after I figure this thing out again.

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yakuza · « **Reply #1 on:** February 09, 2014, 09:05:34 PM »

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MIKE PIKE · « **Reply #2 on:** February 09, 2014, 09:32:05 PM »

yakuza , thats a proper size

from the shore and a proper

as well ,

.... well done on the PB'S in one day .

Big B · « **Reply #3 on:** February 09, 2014, 09:46:08 PM »

Very nice! Congrats on some very nice fish!

carll · « **Reply #4 on:** February 09, 2014, 10:26:44 PM »

Thats a proper King from the shore

Charles · « **Reply #5 on:** February 09, 2014, 10:46:26 PM »

Awesome fish,! Well done!

Half-Pint · « **Reply #6 on:** February 10, 2014, 06:26:29 AM »

Absolutely brilliant fish! And thanks for sharing them with us

REEFMAN · « **Reply #7 on:** February 10, 2014, 06:45:24 AM »

oUTSTANDING Catches!

Werries · « **Reply #8 on:** February 10, 2014, 07:37:22 AM »

Great catches Yakuza!

SAfish · « **Reply #9 on:** February 10, 2014, 08:07:34 AM »

Great catches!!

Peter Gordon · « **Reply #10 on:** February 10, 2014, 08:11:20 AM »

Great catches

Bwana · « **Reply #11 on:** February 10, 2014, 08:38:39 AM »

What a lekker report and some great fish as well!

Spieks · « **Reply #12 on:** February 10, 2014, 08:59:52 AM »

nice fish my friend!

FFF · « **Reply #13 on:** February 10, 2014, 09:10:56 AM »

on 2 nice fish. Enjoyed the report.

Umpa Lumpa · « **Reply #14 on:** February 10, 2014, 10:08:33 AM »

Lekker report and even betters fish, well done.

Prego · « **Reply #15 on:** February 10, 2014, 10:19:19 AM »

That's a proper Geet from the side on that tackle

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for the release.

Debbie · « **Reply #16 on:** February 10, 2014, 10:37:05 AM »

Great report with a great result ...........

congrats on those super catches.

lebaka · « **Reply #17 on:** February 10, 2014, 10:39:19 AM »

awesome session resulting in two awesome fish tx for posting and

for the release

zach · « **Reply #18 on:** February 10, 2014, 12:21:21 PM »

Well done,great fishing.

kp11 · « **Reply #19 on:** February 10, 2014, 02:48:29 PM »

Well done Great fish