News Life-time catch

DALE GILES

I had a message from a friend Tuesday night asking if I would like to join him for a night fish out in the Tasman Bay. Tides and weather were in our favour so I had no reason to pass on the opportunity and it paid off. I loaded up the truck with my fishing gear and headed for the Nelson ramp to meet Jeremy.

We set off and thought we would try for a trawl for a kingfish first but to our surprise it was like a highway along the Boulder Bank with boats trawling back and forth.

We waited for the slack tides to change to anchor up and go for a snapper.

It wasn’t long until Jeremy had his first fish hooked that put up a good fight. I was yet to land my first snapper and wondering if it would happen as all the action was happening on the opposite side of the boat.

Around 9:30pm I heard my reel start to scream and the line was peeling out I knew that it was a big fish and had to play it well to land it.

When I finally got it within two metres of the boat I thought it was a big snapper but to my delight I had caught one of the biggest trevally’s I have ever seen.

The excitement continued as the fish kept making runs as it got it closer to the boat.

I was able to land the fish and we celebrated with a high five. We are so lucky to have such amazing fishing on our doorstep in Tasman Bay.

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