queensland Bowen Update. Bulk Gt

[Ovington]

Sorry for the lack or reports of late. Lack of internet and loads of work have gotten the better of me.

As many of you know I have moved to Bowen about 8 months ago and have now finally got the hang of GT fishing the inshore areas. From having never caught a GT over 5kgs about 6 months ago my new gear and lure collection is finally showing its worth!

Just going to post bulk pics from the past few months as I cant remember too much detail, too many beers between sessions maybe....

Plenty of sessions involving double digits and some of those solo too. Biggest so far ~30kg.

[ellicat]

Your arms will be too long for the keyboard soon. Get in as many reports as you can.

Plenty of fun in that lot, no wonder the memory is fuzzy.

[kmcrosby78]

Some cracking GT's there mate, especially for inshore. I'd say you've well and truly settled in ........  Lost many lures?

[Ovington]

24 minutes ago, kmcrosby78 said:

Some cracking GT's there mate, especially for inshore. I'd say you've well and truly settled in ........  Lost many lures?

Cheers mate. Haven't lost one to a GT yet. Few expensive ones have been bitten off by Spanish though. Yea I am happy to be getting into them in my little rig

[kmcrosby78]

Good to hear. If you put wire on do the GT's stop biting?

[jon]

4 hours ago, Ovington said:

Sorry for the lack or reports of late. Lack of internet and loads of work have gotten the better of me.

As many of you know I have moved to Bowen about 8 months ago and have now finally got the hang of GT fishing the inshore areas. From having never caught a GT over 5kgs about 6 months ago my new gear and lure collection is finally showing its worth!

Just going to post bulk pics from the past few months as I cant remember too much detail, too many beers between sessions maybe....

Plenty of sessions involving double digits and some of those solo too. Biggest so far ~30kg.

Yeahhhh sooooo good,

[Ovington]

9 hours ago, kmcrosby78 said:

Good to hear. If you put wire on do the GT's stop biting?

I run a ring and swivel on the nose to reduce bite offs but yea wire will scare the GT off. They can be surprisingly fussy at times and of the thousands of casts I have made losing 2 lures to uncontrollable things like that, I can live with 

[Luvit]

You have certainly settled in to a nice way of life. 

What set you do you have now? 

Wish l’d had time to catch up when we did the Cape trip. 

Top fish photos. 

[Ovington]

2 hours ago, Luvit said:

You have certainly settled in to a nice way of life. 

What set you do you have now? 

Wish l’d had time to catch up when we did the Cape trip. 

Top fish photos. 

Currently running a PE8 Zenaq fokeeto with my saltiga 5000h, then have my light setup 4000h catalina and saltigax 4-5pe. Looking at a heavier setup but no real need when I am not getting dusted.

Always welcome back mate

[Luvit]

2 minutes ago, Ovington said:

Currently running a PE8 Zenaq fokeeto with my saltiga 5000h, then have my light setup 4000h catalina and saltigax 4-5pe. Looking at a heavier setup but no real need when I am not getting dusted.

Always welcome back mate

Your skill as an angler is letting you use light gear and still land them. Brillant.

Next year I maybe able to get up that way again, thanks for the offer.

[John]

awesome photos

[Ovington]

8 hours ago, John said:

awesome photos

Cheers mate, bit of a pain solo balancing the phone all over the boat on self timer selfie cam so I dont bother with a fair few of my smaller fish but still manage a good pic here and there. 

[Luke Landrunner]

GT Ovington !!!

Awesome mate. 

[tugger]

Love seeing the Abbott point wharf brings back plenty of memories you have definitely tamed some big GTs keep the posts coming I love hearing about my old stomping grounds 

[Drop Bear]

Awesome fish mate!!! Some crackers. Great conditions too well done. 

[bribietony]

Ovington, you Sir, are a deadset legend!

Keep casting mate! Only a matter of time until that big, mean, prehistoric, thug turns up!

Gee Whiz I love GT's!!!

 

This 1 was probably around the 15kg mark. That gash on the side is where a true behemoth GT grabbed him during the fight. He grabbed it and took off... reel started screaming and I thought "here we go" but then he dropped it. it wasnt to be. I reckon He was well over 50kg. maybe 60. That was on a Saragosa 20k with 80lb powerpro and a Tcurve GT special. It was the first time it had ever been tested out. Ive caught 10kg+ kingies on it and 1m spotties and they felt like whiting haha! Dont "think" about getting that bigger rig mate. If you dont have it when the big daddy turns up you could possibly regret it for the rest of your life!

 

 

[Drop Bear]

3 hours ago, bribietony said:

I reckon He was well over 50kg. maybe 60.

wowsers mate that is huge!!! What is your PB? 

[Ovington]

5 hours ago, bribietony said:

Ovington, you Sir, are a deadset legend!

Keep casting mate! Only a matter of time until that big, mean, prehistoric, thug turns up!

Gee Whiz I love GT's!!!

 

This 1 was probably around the 15kg mark. That gash on the side is where a true behemoth GT grabbed him during the fight. He grabbed it and took off... reel started screaming and I thought "here we go" but then he dropped it. it wasnt to be. I reckon He was well over 50kg. maybe 60. That was on a Saragosa 20k with 80lb powerpro and a Tcurve GT special. It was the first time it had ever been tested out. Ive caught 10kg+ kingies on it and 1m spotties and they felt like whiting haha! Dont "think" about getting that bigger rig mate. If you dont have it when the big daddy turns up you could possibly regret it for the rest of your life!

 

 

Very nice mate, Yea I got dusted last weekend on a 40kg+fish but so did my mate fishing pe12 hah. Most of the ground I find big fish in is relatively forgiving (not last weekends spot) but Yea I will definitely be looking into it when the finances catch up