28 August with Whitey
Put together a group of guys for a trip out with Whitey on Sunday 28 August, for some plastic and jig action.
Me and a couple of the guys went up on the Friday night to fish my boat on the Saturday. We did ok, but didn't have any marks so wasted a lot of time sounding around. Ended up with 8 species for the day, all on jig. Fish included a good baldie, whaler shark, dhuie etc.
After a nice feed of fresh baldie and cuttlefish and a few too many beers on the Saturday night, we met up with the rest of the guys on the Sunday morning.
The swell on both days was running around the 3.5 metre mark, bu the wind was pretty kind, so conditions were not too bad.
We tried for some snapper at the first couple of drops and got a couple (mostly on plastic), but the action was not that hot so we moved on.
Third spot we hit up was holding a massive school of sambos. While there were no horses, everyone on the boat got stuck into them. I'm not sure how many the boat landed as a whole, but I'm guessing around 30+, with me hauling up 10 including one double header (all jigged). Notable mention to Uluabuster who I think took the big fish on lightest outfit award (14lb leader or something?).
By this stage it was around 9am, and time to chase the dhuies. The bite was very hot when we got to the dhuie ground, with just about everyone hooking up on the first drift. A few great fish came aboard. We jigged 21 of them keeping our limit, with all others released well. Was impressed to see Whitey take the boat back to pick up a smaller dhu that didnt stay down after a go with the release weight, and and have a second crack at it to make sure it stayed down - good operator. With our dhuie limit caught before 10am, we went out deeper chasing some snapper and others.
When we got to the deeper spots I upped the jigs to a 240gr lumo model, and pretty soon came up hard to a solid fish. After a pretty tough fight, up came (much to my disappointment), the biggest NW blowie I've ever seen. The pic doesnt do it justice, but for a scale of reference, the jig hanging out of its mouth is around 15cm long.
All in all was a great day, with plenty of good fish caught. We are booked to go again on 2 October, and I can't wait to get back into it!
Dan
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.
Uluabuster
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Date Joined: 12/12/10
It's 20lb braid on 17lb
It's 20lb braid on 17lb leader mate. Took a while to subdue.
dkonig82
Posts: 2091
Date Joined: 06/07/10
Ahh ok, I take away your
Ahh ok, I take away your light tackle award then :-)
Come on my boat next time - bream rod snapper challenge!
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.
scottland
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Date Joined: 10/05/10
Nice fish mate
Spewing i had to cancel my first trip
i support two teams eagles and whoever is playing the dockers
Goodz
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Date Joined: 20/07/09
Good lookin esky there!
Good lookin esky there! Whitey getting yous into it as usual. Gotta love a day full of fish with everyone getting into them.
milsey
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Date Joined: 22/08/07
Few good fish mate, i think
Few good fish mate, i think you get a good idea at how big that NWer with that 240g jig looking like a 50g. Well done again mate.
till
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Date Joined: 21/02/08
Nice looking esky, you guys
Nice looking esky, you guys did well with Whiety!
southcity104
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Date Joined: 27/01/09
Great charter trip!
top stuff fellas! And yes thats one fine looking esky!
"Its a life style job"
danno
Posts: 1676
Date Joined: 12/07/09
Good stuff fellas nice haul
Good stuff fellas nice haul and some good pics to. I really got to get up there for a fish it looks too good not to. Well done.