my MBC 2010 report

[nadders]

Hi all,

Rocked up to the sign in at manly on sat. morning at 11:30am :blush: couldn't find a soul haha so called tugger and asked where to go, still nobody around. had almost given up hope when i eyeballed gus's car, then saw gus walkin towards me so just snuck in.

Registered and left the area prepping for the night session.

Headed out to the northern bay after dark and started peppering a number of spots. First fish didn't come on board for a while and I was stoked to eventually land a yellowtail king just nudging the metre. I didn't push him hard and went pretty easy as I didn't want to get bricked and eventually he came boatside, was my first kingfish and a very nice start to the classic even if ineligible species

nothing happening though on the snapper front so far so moved around a bit and tried some more areas, many casts later I finally felt the sharp whack of a snapper hit and the solid weight and big headshakes told me it was a good one :cheer: turned out to be 66cm to the tip so finally had a contender for the snapper category. Fished a bit more through the night, putting up with the increasing wind and chop landing a smaller snapper before anchoring up out of the elements for a bit of kip.

Woke up bright and early and tried a bit more fishing (half hearted at best) and also tried to get some squid in the shallows, but I was so chilled to the bone from the night that I felt i needed a hot shower and to get off the water. went home had another hr of sleep then off to manly, satisfied with the 66cm.

Turns out I won the snapper category by 3cm which i'm also stoked about :cheer:

piccies:

just like to say congrats to everyone that contended and there were some nice fish caught over the weekend througout the 40 odd entrants. look forward to doing it again soon!

cheers

Dan

[RyanG45]

nice fish there mate well done

[jeff f]

nice fish dan well done

[fishingnut]

congrats on the king Dan, great colours on the snap too

[tugger]

2 good fish dan the kingie nearly got you smiling lol.

mark

[nadders]

ahah yes hten i remembered the seriousness of the situation and reverted back to angry face in 2nd shot

def smiling in the snappa shot though. just so frigging cold in the bay :S

cheers

Dan

[Davo_Dinkum]

nice fish dan .

they look like some nice dinner .

[yoyo]

great kingie !

[Angus]

Well done mate!

3cm is not much but enough

Some great snapper landed all around!

Mate for a weekends fishing, regardless of the comp, you have to be happy with that effort!

Angus

[Mack_attack]

Good fish Dan!

[wesfish]

congrats on the winning snap dan! great fish. and what an effort on the kingie should start putting bets on what fish will get nadders smiling lol

[thousandyards]

dan.......that's awesome!! your lures are smashing it man.

[roger]

Great snap and kingy mate. Your cold cause your in a T-Shirt you nutcase.

[mick fillet]

awsome kingie dan.crongrates on the winning snapper too.

[Bluevien]

Congrats Dan, great fish.

[crazywalrus]

Nice Kingie there Dan and gratz on taking out the snapper category. Not sure if the first kingie photo can be categorized as a smile.

[Miss Munchkin]

Congrats on the win and some great fish mate You've gotta be please with that!

[nadders]

haha thanks everyone. definately counts as a smile

[daveylad]

Nice snapper and Kingie Nad's well done, It was also nice to meet you mate

Dave

[smitty]

That kingies a ball tearer, must be satisfying to take a win on your own lure.

[Funfisher]

First class nadders well done mate.