another 40lb tope from the shore

Tue Jul 13, 2010 5:48 pm

People:myself and doit1983

Duration:5am till 9am

Tide:falling and low

Weather:dry calm and warm

Bait:mac

Rigs:pully

Results:doit1983 tope myself blank




Report: Myself and doit decided to get up early and try for the tope from are shore mark as it was meant to be a low tide this morning we set off around 4am and were fishing for 5am. We tryed for the mac first as we did not have much bait but there were none biting so with 2 whole frozen mac 2 mac fillets and 3 peeler crabs we set off in search of a tope. 2 weeks ago we 4 weeks ago i caught a 40lb tope from this mark, 2 weeks ago forest had a tope around 25lb so doit was the only one out of the three of us still to catch. we were fishing about 15 mins when doit got his first pick up but it droped it and left it about 10mins later i got a pull but same again it droped the bait we were beginning to think it was going to be a blank for us both when doit's rod started screaming he was into a good fish. after about 10 mins fighting it i managed to tail it for him unhooked weighed it took pic and returned her safely to fight another day. The fish was bouncing between 39 and 41 pound before settling on 40lb 8 ounce. Three trips 1 fish each two 40 pounders and a 25 pounder and a lot of missed fish not bad i think.
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Re: another 40lb tope from the shore

Tue Jul 13, 2010 5:52 pm

unreal tope, well done

Re: another 40lb tope from the shore

Tue Jul 13, 2010 5:53 pm

nice tope :D

Re: another 40lb tope from the shore

Tue Jul 13, 2010 6:01 pm

That's some fish from the shore.

Re: another 40lb tope from the shore

Tue Jul 13, 2010 6:02 pm

Very nice.Well done.

Re: another 40lb tope from the shore

Tue Jul 13, 2010 7:00 pm

Well done doit,,,,,,,,,,you did it :wink:

Re: another 40lb tope from the shore

Tue Jul 13, 2010 7:30 pm

Must have got some fight off that bugger! Nice fish 8)

Re: another 40lb tope from the shore

Tue Jul 13, 2010 7:46 pm

Very Jealous - 3 'red letter day trips' ....well done! :D

Re: another 40lb tope from the shore

Tue Jul 13, 2010 8:14 pm

well done great crac i,d say :mrgreen:

Re: another 40lb tope from the shore

Tue Jul 13, 2010 8:18 pm

That's a superb fish, well done Doit.

Re: another 40lb tope from the shore

Tue Jul 13, 2010 8:33 pm

Super specimen from the shore. 8)
Well done Doit.

Re: another 40lb tope from the shore

Tue Jul 13, 2010 10:07 pm

now thats a tope... well done sir

Re: another 40lb tope from the shore

Tue Jul 13, 2010 11:37 pm

great fish

Re: another 40lb tope from the shore

Thu Jul 15, 2010 1:17 am

great fish mate 8) holdin im upside down not great for the fish tho :!:

Re: another 40lb tope from the shore

Thu Jul 15, 2010 8:14 am

very well done two tope over 40lb thats some fishing from the shore. :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen:

Re: another 40lb tope from the shore

Thu Jul 15, 2010 4:01 pm

Savage fish .Fair play .

Re: another 40lb tope from the shore

Thu Jul 15, 2010 5:44 pm

wow, you lucky, lucky man ! that would keep a smile on my face for years. congratulations

Re: another 40lb tope from the shore

Thu Jul 15, 2010 10:11 pm

very nice indeed 8) well done doit :D

Re: another 40lb tope from the shore

Fri Jul 16, 2010 1:39 am

Savage fishing and what a super shore caught tope,
ya gota love it when a plan comes together :D

Re: another 40lb tope from the shore

Fri Jul 16, 2010 2:41 am

cracking report. beats 20 pin whiting anyday :)