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07.09.2016

Massive blue shark on light gear

This blue shark was measured and calculated at 96 lb . Sam Narbett landed this magnificent fish on the Quantum Cabo 40 reel  and a Quantum Blue spin 10-35 g. We use 40 lb braid on the reel and on this occasion used a 70 lb rubbing leader to a short wire bite strop to a size 14/0 mustad circle hook. A large mackerel flapper for bait.

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05.09.2016

FiN-Nor Bite adventures not just a shark boat!

Two couches bream caught this week every species anglers dream. Les Barns had the biggest one 6.2.0 a new Guildford city sea angling club record. It shows how rare these fish are as it’s the first weighed in to the club in its 45 year history! Les also had an even rarer fish 3 weeks ago with me. An imperial scald fish, as far as I know there has only been 4 caught in the UK in recent years and bite adventures has had 3 of them! Les was using a Cabo 40 reel and a blue spin 7-35 gram rod to catch both of his stunning fish. The couches bream was caught on a running ledger to a 8oz...

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