1st Size Dhu fish Direction Bank
Finally got my first size dhuie after nearly 2 years of trying, didnt land my 1st until thursday... went out from hillarys on thursday turned out to be a really good day, a little bit of swell but very little wind. We hit a patch in about 27mtrs of water where we were catching skippy one after another so we kep a couple of the bigger ones (6 in total) and decided to sound around a little bit, found some more good ground then pulled my fist dhufish 48cm!! Nearly there but not quite, reeled him in slow and he looked ok but I still used my release weight to be sure... pulled up two more of his smaller buddys all in all a good day but still not my 1st size dhu.. So not one to give up I went out agian saturday this time the weather appeared to be better on seabreeze but it was alot rougher due to the winds until about lunch time. I went out with two boats, we left two rocks around 6am & headed out about 20Nm to direction bank... The other boys were all doing well dhuies, snapper, blackass and all I could manged was two monster flathead 55cm! I knew I must have drifted over sandy areas so we moved a bit and tried a new drift pattern... Late In the day just before packup my reel went off, I though this is it finally!!! but it was a North west blowie much to the amusement of my fellow fishers, I dropped again and bang this time a dhuie 67cm 4-5kgs.... Alot of time and effort went into getting this guy and finally my missus can stop giving me shit when I get home from fishing.... 
grayzeee
Posts: 2283
Date Joined: 09/07/09
well done mate. first of
well done mate. first of many to come.
If I spent half as long fishing , as I do reading this bloody forum , I'd be twice the fisherman I am.
De-Crais
Posts: 107
Date Joined: 26/03/11
Well Done.
Well done on finally getting your first size Dhuie persistence always pays off eventually! You probably wont stop catching them now :) and a couple of nice size flatties good eating there.
Walfootrot
Posts: 1385
Date Joined: 23/07/12
Great feed there! congrats on
Great feed there! congrats on the dhu's
More drum lines, kill the bloody sharks!
sunshine
Posts: 2600
Date Joined: 03/03/09
Pretty special flatties
Love a feed of flathead and they are beauties - fresh they are arguably the equal of dhuies particularly in light beer batter
dkonig82
Posts: 2091
Date Joined: 06/07/10
tasty looking esky
tasty looking esky
When asked by a non-fisherman 'how many fishing rods do you really need?' the correct answer is either:
n+1 (where n is the number of fishing rods you currently own); or
n-1 (where n is the number of fishing rods which would cause your significant other to dump you.