Shakeel Ahmad

22nd May 2007

By Shakeel Ahmad / May 22, 2007 / Comments Off on 22nd May 2007

A big week here on the Gold Coast with the annual Sanctuary Cove Boat Show. This is our version of Miami or Ft Lauderdale and is also a pretty big social event as well. Fishing has continued to be consistant with the few boats fishing all tagging one or two blues a day out off […]

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April 23 2007

By Shakeel Ahmad / April 23, 2007 / Comments Off on April 23 2007

With a beautiful forcast for 3-8 knots of wind we headed north from the Gold Coast up towards the Cape Moreton Wide grounds off Brisbane. (About 50nm from Jumpinpin Bar to the bite) Fishing north thru the Point Lookout area, where the bite had been during the week, did not result in much bait or […]

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Fiji 2007 on Megumi with Capt Greg Edwards

By Shakeel Ahmad / March 30, 2007 / Comments Off on Fiji 2007 on Megumi with Capt Greg Edwards

Well it was back to the hard work of actually being a mate for a couple of weeks on my annual trip to Fiji to fish with my old captain Greg Edwards (from Assegai days and all over the world) on the Megumi. After a nice and easy 4 hour flight direct from Brisbane to […]

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19 March 2007

By Shakeel Ahmad / March 19, 2007 / Comments Off on 19 March 2007

After Some great reports from about 60 miles north of us, I headed up to Cape Moreton wide (about 40 nm form Brisbane) for a few days. Got there a bit late on Saturday and missed a couple, the other boats that were there tagged 3-6 fish each. We ran back to Bulwar at the […]

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Dec 11 2005

By Shakeel Ahmad / December 11, 2006 / Comments Off on Dec 11 2005

We just finished the trip from Cairns to the Gold Coast, joining Glenn and I were my mentors from previous years on the reef: Capt Greg “Muddy” Edwards from Assegai fame, and his uncle Capt Geoff Ferguson. Geoff is one of the first people I fished with, and is a retired legend of Lizard Island […]

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Dec 5 2006

By Shakeel Ahmad / December 5, 2006 / Comments Off on Dec 5 2006

Well it has been a pretty incredible season. Sitting here looking back at what will go down as one of the best seasons for BIG fish I can remember. “TRADITION” with my crew of Glenn Hillier, Brett Chain, Bennett Griffin, Frankie Marion and Paul Sharpe experienced some of the roughest weather and finest fishing imaginable!!! […]

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Dec 1 2005

By Shakeel Ahmad / December 1, 2006 / Comments Off on Dec 1 2005

Our season ended up with half our fish under 400 and the other half over 500lbs, including many 800lb fish and 4 tagged over 900lbs, as well as missing quite a few big fish, and having a few fall off close to the boat. With most of 2006 already booked, it is looking to be […]

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November 17 2005

By Shakeel Ahmad / November 17, 2006 / Comments Off on November 17 2005

Well I finally have a day to catch my breath and get back online with an update from the past couple of weeks. Oct 28- Nov 3 we had some clients from the US staying onboard the mothership “The Boss” for 7 days. After a late start and bait fishing the first day from Cooktown. […]

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November 3 2006

By Shakeel Ahmad / November 3, 2006 / Comments Off on November 3 2006

Well, I dont know where to begin!!! Other than the delay for the update can be blamed on Telstras absolutely crappy service!! Last report was Kens first day with a real nice one up on Hicks Reef of 1050 lbs !!!! His week got even better!!! Next day we went back to the same area […]

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Lizard Island Tournament 2006

By Shakeel Ahmad / October 29, 2006 / Comments Off on Lizard Island Tournament 2006

We fished 3 guys from South Africa, who were here with 2 other teams fishing on different boats. The week was over all slow, with flashes of brilliance!!. Fishing for us was a little different to the last few weeks, with only a few fish being seen, in periods of days. Many great captains did […]

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