One Swallow doesn't make a Summer..........

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One Swallow doesn't make a Summer..........

Postby marc on Tue Jan 06, 2009 6:26 pm

So what does one do when the fishing starts off badly? .....but take some nice shots of Swallow's on a yacht.:wink:
Headed out to Pt.Hacking this morning, early start 5.30am, put the boat in @ Gray's Point. The day started out well when we hooked a nice Jewfish on a 7" Gulp, got a look at him and he would have gone around 8kg's, however my mate Bill's line decided to part company at the leader knot!! :x
Then hooking and landing a nice Lizard (Flathead) @ around 65cm's only to have it shake the pliers and drop back in the drink(whilst trying to get a photo) as I pointed to Bill at the time we were about to drift onto a yacht! :x

Boat traffic on this lovely day was horrendous!
................that's fishing :roll:

C & C most welcome

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Marc

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Re: One Swallow doesn't make a Summer..........

Postby ATJ on Tue Jan 06, 2009 9:40 pm

The first two shots a good with great poses but the background lets them down. Number 3 is superb!
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Re: One Swallow doesn't make a Summer..........

Postby marc on Tue Jan 06, 2009 11:04 pm

ATJ wrote:The first two shots a good with great poses but the background lets them down. Number 3 is superb!


Agree Andrew, a natural perch would have been preferable, but that's quite hard to come by at times.

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