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caught another 3 before I questioned what I was throwing<br />
back! Frequent fi shing near Great Barrier can spoil one’s<br />
judgement. I remember one day throwing 3 or 4 back that<br />
I presumed were too small, then making a quick check on<br />
the next of similar size. It was at least 35cm! The next one I<br />
pulled up was at least 30cm, so it too was a keeper. But while<br />
I was taking it off the hook and putting it in the hatch behind<br />
me it twitched like Michael Cullen announcing a tax cut and<br />
it got away from me...........:( The next one was getting the<br />
big icky fi rst!)<br />
The work ups became more frequent and intense. I had a<br />
ball. One decent kahawai twice leapt out of the water and<br />
A perfect day!<br />
End of the day<br />
pulled me round before, under the yak. He threatened to broach<br />
me! By now adrenaline had kicked in and I wasn't worried about<br />
falling out! That fi sh escaped, but I quickly hooked up a second<br />
which didn’t fi ght quite so hard. I pulled him on board, bled and<br />
gutted him, left a nice berley trail for sharks, and dropped him in the<br />
day hatch. Sweet, the Torres had her fi rst fi sh! I got another couple<br />
of throwback snapper then two keepers, made two unsuccessful<br />
casts into the workup and paddled over to Warren. He had one<br />
kahawai in the bin and had thrown a couple of small snapper back.<br />
The soft plastic had won over bait! Not conclusive mind you, we will<br />
have to wait until we are both fi shing the same bit of water before<br />
the jury can decide.<br />
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