up early today with the aim of getting some pinkies for the first time off 5 fathom. With not much of an idea my brother, a mate and myself left cockburn boat ramp at 6am and headed off into the darkness. We decided we would try the inner edge of the bank off the northern tip of garden island in about 20m of water. It was now about 6.45am and with sunrise expected at around 7.00am we started throwing mulie cubes all over the place hoping to attract a nice pinky or 2 to head over to our boat. Within 10 minutes of anchoring 2 of our 3 rods suddenly screamed  off and me and my brother were on. I could feel those headshakes and constant short sharp runs, i was starting to think i may have been onto my first sized pinkie but just as i got it off the bottom my line went slack, he had Spat the hooks and i was spewing!!! About 30 seconds after my fish got away my mates rod went off, after a nice fight finally up came a 70cm pink snapper followed quickly by a 68cm specimen. Down went the baits again, we watched the sun get higher and higher in the sky, 20 mins had past and i thought the window may have closed and it wasnt my day. I was sitting down staring at all 3 rods when mine all of a sudden buckled again and i had my second chance. I carefully nursed it up and was stoked to get another pinkie in the net, not quite as big at 64cm but still a good fish. Headed back in for a squid and then back to the ramp by 11.30

Happy days

Brothers 70cm pinkie