Month: October 2008

Happy Halloween from the GBR

By Shakeel Ahmad / October 31, 2008 / Comments Off on Happy Halloween from the GBR

Can it get any better? the sun is out, the wind is 15 knots , the seas are much nicer, oh, wait the conversion rate for us can definately improve!!! Been seeing them and getting them up the last couple of days, but are continuing to have the small fish entangle themselves in the leader […]

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Oct 29 2008

By Shakeel Ahmad / October 29, 2008 / Comments Off on Oct 29 2008

Donnie and Rob fished 3 days with us, and what a start to the trip, we found a small one tailing at the top of number 3 and did a few laps and raised a big fish that followed us for a while before committing itslef to the spanish mackeral skip bait. She just exploded, […]

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Fri 24th Oct 2008

By Shakeel Ahmad / October 24, 2008 / Comments Off on Fri 24th Oct 2008

Back in Cooktown this morning to resupply with Donnie and Rob for a few days. The last few days have seen a some good wind, some big fish and a few misses!!! On Sunday we jumped off a really big fish up at Day Reef, and went back on Monday and found a small one […]

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Oct 19 2008

By Shakeel Ahmad / October 19, 2008 / Comments Off on Oct 19 2008

Lizard Island Guess what? The wind is still blowing hard, solid 25-30 knots the last few days, with the 7 day forecast for the same. But the good news is that the fish have seemed to have returned after a few days on the quiet. We joined the Atlantic Princess on Friday night after our […]

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Lizard Island Tournament 2008 Wrap-Up

By Shakeel Ahmad / October 12, 2008 / Comments Off on Lizard Island Tournament 2008 Wrap-Up

Well Lydie did an amazing job on the last day to catch 1 from 1 in the comp, and we tagged another after cease fishing to bring her total number to 7 in 7 days!!! Lydie ended up Champion Female angler on 5 fish, and top male angler had 5 as well, but Lydie got […]

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Oct 10 2008

By Shakeel Ahmad / October 10, 2008 / Comments Off on Oct 10 2008

Well after another great breakfast and swim behind No:5 Ribbon Reef, and a good session on the big baits we fished up from the bottom of No: 5 to the top of No: 8 in the afternoon. There were 11 fish tagged today, with Kanahoee tagging 2 fish on No:7, while we caught Lydie her […]

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Oct 10 2008

By Shakeel Ahmad / October 10, 2008 / Comments Off on Oct 10 2008

Lizard Island Comp day 6 Well Lydie did it again, she is kicking the boys butts!!! After a great swim at Pixie Pinnicle at the bottom of No 10 Ribbon, we fished down 10 with Moana and Mauna Kea. The wind was no where near the strength forecast, and was just good fishing weather today. […]

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Oct 6 2008 :Lizard Island Comp Day 1

By Shakeel Ahmad / October 6, 2008 / Comments Off on Oct 6 2008 :Lizard Island Comp Day 1

We picked up Peter, Lydie and Claire up in Cooktown after we all had an incredible dinner at Shadows, which is now our go too place in Cooktown!!! We ran up to the top of No:8 Ribbon and fished down 9 for awhile, then went for a great snorkel and lunch, then just bait fished […]

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Oct 3 2008

By Shakeel Ahmad / October 3, 2008 / Comments Off on Oct 3 2008

Chugging into Cooktown this morning after a quick swim and leaving the boys on the mothership to head to Lizard Island to catch their flight home. We had some pretty good wind, and as a result found a few fish, we fished No: 10 again on the 1st but did not see a fish all […]

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Wed Oct 1st 2008

By Shakeel Ahmad / October 1, 2008 / Comments Off on Wed Oct 1st 2008

Well we have had good couple of days on No: 10 Ribbon Reef, on our way up we tagged another one about 300lbs, and yesterday with the boys from Christchurch in New Zealand, we tagged a really feisty one at Heartbreak that was about 250 for Graeme. Fished down to the middle/bottom of the Marks […]

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