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Kyrle and his mate Phuong wrestled this monster cobia. Sean with a solid winter queen sh.
FPersisting through tough conditions
OR the most part anglers, bad weather, creased to the point fishing is so sim- inconsiderate boaters... where I left the angler ple and straight- you name it. to fish on their own,
Fraser Guided Fishing
by TRI TON
forward, but at other On one particular day, hoping to see them
times it can be frustrat- somehow, something ing and tiresome. will give, even on the
Paul enjoyed learning how to catch reef sh on lures. This beautiful maori cod was caught on a heavy skirted slow jig. He also caught trout with soft plastic on the same day.
slow is critical.
Mental fortitude will
I found myself on a patch that usually pro- duces for me and I had one angler on board.
snare a trophy.
Every time they came
I’m lucky with what toughest of bites.
I do, and as a guide Staying sharp and on I know somewhere, the ball when fishing is
allow you to make ob- jective decisions and making those simple decisions is key to suc- cess.
Conditions were not particularly difficult to fish in.
tight it was something smaller, but I could clearly see bigger mod- els on the Lowrance, so it was just a matter of time.
This may not mean you catch a trophy fish every time, but it does put you in the running at the very least.
On the first drift we hooked something decent, but the hooks pulled.
Then the crowds came.
Additionally, healthy eating and drinking on board pays off in these circumstances.
A common occur- rence recently, with fish not really committing and instead swiping tentatively at the lure.
Several vessels I knew and believe should have known better.
On the past few trips I’ve experienced a cou- ple of trying sessions.
The strike rates in-
They crowded me out from the fish I’d found and had been on all
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We’ve suffered through inexperienced
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The author loves catching grunter on Palms Slow Blatt jigs and managed to put John onto this speci-
men.
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