Name: Jeff Tedmori
Location of fish caught: Hurricane Bank// Offshore Banks of Clarion Island
Gear used:Ex50 SDS and 30W
Date:6/4/08-6/11/08
The first day at hurricane bank held hungry wahoo. i trolled a 30W with 100lb test and a red and black marauder. this reel was on a super seeker 6463XXXh. their was a hookup thhat wasnt on my marauder, so i reeled in the jig right next to the boat as the boat was turning and a wahoo came up from underneath and attacked my marauder. as it ran i saw it jump straight up in the air like a torpeedo with my marauder in its mouth. he weighed out at 42.6 lbs at the dock scale. this wahoo cracked my brand new marauder.
the rest of the trip was at Clarion Island. the main setup i used was a SDS on a super seeker 6463xxxh. 135lb spectra with 150lb blackwater florercarbon topshot. i fished a 5/0 super mutu and a 1.5 ounce sliding sinker with a toothpick holding it up. i only fished sardine as bait.
i caught 8 yellowfin and 7 of the 8 were caught on this rig.
my first yellowwfin weighed 135lb hooked up at 6 am and it hit the deck at around 7. first fish of the morning he was my personal best.
couple days after i caught this 155lber on the same rig. this fish was my new personal best... for now. the fight last an hour 20. look in the right corner of the picture wher i am holding up the fish.. u can see the butt of the super seeker with the red foam stuff. haha beleive me that is the same setup as in the picture of me fighting the fish.
i hooked up a fish on the SDS and got spooled. their was no way of stopping this fish. they put the backup onto my reel and threw my rig right into the water. the reel was probably sumberged in the water for about 20 minutes. when i got the rig back in the skiff the line was slack and their was no fish. right when i got back onto the boat i was pissed! the next stop i was determined to catch a big fish. i used the same rig that was thrown in the water and hooked a tuna. the fight lasted an hour and 45 minutes. the drags were not jerky and i brought the fish in fine making it my new personal best at 185.6lbs. it worked the same way that it worked right when i bought it. this reel was by far my favorite reel to fish with.
this fish was also caught after it was thrown into the water and it worked absolutely perfect! the people who got the first and second place jackpot both hooked up with their jackpot fish right next to me! and i hooked up at the same time as them. my fish didnt turn out as big as their 284 and 286..
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