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While the fleet at the bank were once again left scratching their heads (very patchy), a few who had ventured a little further up the reef found some action. Capt. Tim on Tradition had some timely relief from his dry spell with three fish – 200, 400 and 650lb – the last as he arrived at Escape. Likewise, The Phantom with three fish also at Escape, two rats and one decent size. At one stage the team were packed attacked by about 3-4 males getting the one solid bite. KEKOA also released a small guy after a late afternoon bite as they arrived there as well. Down closer to the bank, the tournament boats were pretty quiet on the radio however of our fleet, Viking added another 350lb-er to their tally and private boat Too Easy released two, one at each end of the scale.I’ve been hearing reports of a good bite Saturday also up at Number 10 Ribbon, with Castille releasing one up that way but no details yet.