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Shaka 2008: October 2008

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The Bank continues to deliver. The season starts to look better. A Good Day for the Big Girl. Friday, October 31, 2008. We finally got one around 300lb at 6:20pm on the last day of the trip. It was Craig’s 1st marlin and our 1st bite in three days. The season starts to look better. Saturday, October 25, 2008. Got her share. Around 2:15pm a nice 450lb-er jumped on and was successfully tagged and released. Then just as those anchoring up at No 5 had departed around 5:45pm, a. Photos courtesy of CP. Ed Vand...

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Shaka News: 20th Lizard Island Classic

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Zac Gordon gets a nice one. The big girl comes to visit. Coral Trout - before and after. Charles Perry on the deck. Cairns 40th Anniversary Tournament. Hookup at the seamount. And now its my turn. 20th Lizard Island Classic. Published Sunday, October 22, 2006 by John Hendry E-mail this post. All personal information that you provide here will be governed by the Privacy Policy of Blogger.com. More. The 20th Lizard Island Classic Black Marlin Tournament was contested by 47 boats from 15th to 21st October.

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Shaka News: Finale

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20th Lizard Island Classic. Zac Gordon gets a nice one. The big girl comes to visit. Coral Trout - before and after. Published Monday, November 13, 2006 by John Hendry E-mail this post. All personal information that you provide here will be governed by the Privacy Policy of Blogger.com. More. This was a truly beautiful fish. At around 900lb, it did everything a Black Marlin is supposed to do. So much so that CP remarked that it had probably been caught before and had learned the ropes.

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Shaka News: November 2005

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20th Lizard Island Classic. Zac Gordon gets a nice one. The big girl comes to visit. Hookup at the seamount. Friday, November 25, 2005. With marine artist and photographer Craig Smith. Aboard and the action on the reef slow, we headed out to the seamount. Day one saw Craig release Shaka's first Blue Marlin and late on day two John Hendry hooked up to this beauty. We called it at 650lbs, but it gave #1 deckie Chris "Rusty" Ferguson more trouble than that - a swim was narrowly averted! And now it's my turn.

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Shaka News: August 2005

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20th Lizard Island Classic. Zac Gordon gets a nice one. The big girl comes to visit. Tuesday, August 30, 2005. On the big day,. Was reluctant to leave the shed. Light rain had softened the ground and some coaxing was required. Once she got going, there was no stoping her. Of course, as always she observed the posted speed restrictions! A short speech, a name and a drink. A photo of the proud parents. And the team that did the work. And off to sea! It seems just yesterday that three of us gathered here to...

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Shaka News: The big girl comes to visit

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Coral Trout - before and after. Charles Perry on the deck. Cairns 40th Anniversary Tournament. Hookup at the seamount. And now its my turn. If you havent caught your grander yet, dont re. Shakas first day on the GBR. The big girl comes to visit. Published Tuesday, October 10, 2006 by John Hendry E-mail this post. All personal information that you provide here will be governed by the Privacy Policy of Blogger.com. More. Coral Trout - before and after. Charles Perry on the deck. Hookup at the seamount.

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Shaka 2008: A Good Day for the Big Girl

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Fishing the Middle Ribbons. Kiwi Hunter Bags 1st Marlin. Persistence, hard work and luck. Big Bait for Big Fish. Shaka on the Banks. Baby Blacks Bait and Switch. A Good Day for the Big Girl. Published Sunday, October 19, 2008 by John Hendry E-mail this post. All personal information that you provide here will be governed by the Privacy Policy of Blogger.com. More. On a day that saw several boats decide discretion was the better part of valour and call a lay day,. Fishing the Middle Ribbons.

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Shaka News: Tail hooked

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20th Lizard Island Classic. Zac Gordon gets a nice one. The big girl comes to visit. Coral Trout - before and after. Charles Perry on the deck. Published Friday, November 03, 2006 by John Hendry E-mail this post. All personal information that you provide here will be governed by the Privacy Policy of Blogger.com. More. She arrived at the surface exhausted and required resuscitation. We quickly got a rope around her bill and towed her slowly for 20 minutes until we could see she had recovered.

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BlueWater Review Aug/Sept 2006: July 2006

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BlueWater Review - Aug/Sept 06. BlueWater Review - Aug/Sept 06. Saturday, July 29, 2006. A study in gameboats. Is Assegai's biggest ever build. David Lockwood took it for a test drive and found a very special, custom charter boat that's even wowing the fish. BlueWater Review - Aug/Sept 06. Capt Weir is now the proud skipper of. It didn't take Capt Weir more than a heartbeat to say it would be an Assegai. After all, the man behind the Assegai boatyard, the revered Barry Martin, built Mauna Kea. Th...And a...

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Shaka News: February 2004

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20th Lizard Island Classic. Zac Gordon gets a nice one. The big girl comes to visit. Shaka - the origin of the name. Wednesday, February 18, 2004. The boat is named. In honour of Barry Martin. Designer and builder of the. C 1787 - 1828) founded the Zulu nation. In the early 19th century,. Increased the power of his tribe. Conquered clans and tribes were incorporated into the Zulu nation and in eleven years he increased their number from 1500 people to 50 000 warriors alone. From the time of.