[Sandy Nelson]

Having been watching the goings on at home for a few days whilst getting sunburnt
I thought i'd say, believe it or not i'm actually jealous of the pending white christmas, just doesn't seem right being warm. Nice, but not right

Anyway we are just back from trying out a few flies in West Oz. Plenty of small puffer fish, but nothing else playing where we were staying.
It was a family hol not a fishing a trip so i don't expect miracles , nice to have some clear water though

After a week we decided to try something different and we went offshore Jigging for Samson fish. Great fun, though the burst vessels in my arm will take a couple of days to heal
Big fish at big depths and christ what hard work, still i got 3 and daniel 1 (with a little help) very different to my norm, using 400gram jigs on 25kg test equipment.

This is daniels fish at 12kgs, an amazing effort by him it almost took him over the side twice he slept most of the afternoon



This is my largest fish at about 20kg's



Must confess though, i'd still rather be chasing 10" brownies on a wee burn with a 3wt boo

Did some snorkeling for the first time while we were there and i got some great underwater shots, i'll post them later once i have them sorted out

Enjoy the snow

Sandy

[Mike Barrio]

Hi Sandy ....... or should I say "G-day"

Sounds like fun. What does a Samson fish look like then? I don't remember those.

Cheers
Mike

[Sandy Nelson]

Kinda looks like the photos above

A deep water kingfish, from what i can work out , hard fighting and big

[Mike Barrio]

OOPS, I guess I should've given you a bit of time to post the photos     

That looks like fun, no wonder young master Daniel needed a rest

Cheers
Mike

[paavo]

Wow!! Sandy and Daniel, nice catches. I´m looking forward to see the underwater shots.
 
//Harri

[Iain Goolager]

Nice one Sandy but is the pupil slowly becoming the master?

Also looking forward to the snorkelling shots, absolutely love it. Sadly haven't been abroad on holiday since the wee man was invented.

Iain

[Tam Greenock]

Im not long back from Perth, who did you go out fishing with, l tried to get booked out of Hillary's harbour with Mills Charters but they were always booked solid.

Fish look great

[Jim Eddie]

Looks great Sandy well done to Daniel 

 

Jim

[Irvine Ross]

Nice one Sandy.

You're jealous! I'm wondering whether we will get to Dunkeld for Christmas and how we will get back. 4" of snow and it's "traffic chaos". I could easily swop our roads for a bit of sunshine right now.

Have a great Christmas and a happy new year.

cheers
Irvine

[Rob Brownfield]

MMMM...some beastes there, jealous as hell

[Sandy Nelson]

Tam

We went out with Blue Juice Carters, they specialize in the samson's at this time of year.
It was a lot of fun but not something i'd rush out to do again, A long way out but then again you only get one or two chance to try something like that.
So it was a great experience.

Must confess, a white christmas would be nice now, honest.

Will get the snorkeling shots up soon

Sandy

[Graham Allan]

fantastic looking fish Sandy.Did they fight well in the deep water ? They look like they are built for speed .Did they fight all the way up to the boat.cheers  Graham

[Sandy Nelson]

fantastic looking fish Sandy.Did they fight well in the deep water ? They look like they are built for speed .Did they fight all the way up to the boat.cheers  Graham

Sure did graham
We were hooking up at about 120-130m depth, they fought all the way to the surface. I'd say 15-25mins of serious work depending on the fish.
The big one i thought was going to do my back good and proper. Damned hard work. The fish with syckle shaped tail tend to really go for it.
Some of the guys on the boat, likened them to GT's, but with the added effort for the depth
Really looking forward to getting a GT on the fly, more than ever. This is my goal for the next 4 years. Just one will do

Sandy

Happy new year

[Sandy Nelson]

Here's the wee (big ) man holding on for all he's worth



This one was the biggest of the day at an estimated 30kg's caught by the lady on the left



Sandy

[PeteD]

I'm green with envy here, looking at your sunshine and good fishing. We have 6-8" of snow here in Southern England. Still the good thing is that work have told me to stay put  for tonight.

Pete