Monkey Biz II, captained by Chip Van Mols, weighed Kona's first grander of the year yesterday. 1064, 20 minutes on the fight. Caught the fish on a jet...on the stinger. More to come, will post pics when I have them
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Chip Van Mols grabs Kona's first grander
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A picture of Van Mols grander...caught on a stinger. Some excellent wiring from mate Ryan O'halloran...with his Dad in the chair.
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There're a few more images of the fish on this thread - http://www.sportfishermen.com/…der-80182.html#post553191. Amazing that it was caught on what presumably is a small (jet) lure coupled with a 'tiny' 9/0 (Roddy) Hays hook. Just goes to demonstrate that 'elephants do eat peanuts'.
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A wonderful fish. Congratulations to chip van Mol. The lure-size is a really interesting question. I know from some grander who could be caught on "small" lures during trolling from smaller species. Once more we can see "the size is often not important".
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