I went out on sunday arvo after work to have one last crack at the Snapper before the ban kicked in. I took along 2 friends with me Chappo and Vaughan, It was Vaughans maiden voyage on the Tournament and I had said to him the virgins to the boat always come up trumps.

We went and checked a couple of spots just sounding out the bottom looking for the schools. We had a bit of a laugh at the 30 plus boats all crammed around the D9 and wondered if the schools were even there.

Between spots we noticed some slack water and on closer inspection it was a school in transit. Vaughan was first to launch his rig in the water and instantly hooked up to a nice 85cm Pinky. I didn't even have any riggs tied and hurriedly slapped up a weighted snelled rig to my small 20lb outfit, threw it in amongst them and hooked up, Only to have the old sun faded and salty braid snap. F*$K was the cry, and Chappo got on the helm to chase them. Another hookup with a heavier outfit that I chucked an unweighted ganged slimy on, and That got sharked.

We then lost the school and with the sun started going down we went to the next spot on the list and anchored up, and started a berley trail. The sun just went down and bang all 3 riggs went with a triple hookup, which was insane trying to get the lines all away from each other, over, under and around. Anyhow with some good team work we landed all 3. 2 at 95cm and another at 86cm. There was high fives all around, a full kill tank, a few beers and off on our way.

A new PB for me at 95cm, didn't have scales so none were weighed. Now its just a matter of waiting another 11 months to have another crack.

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