Cockburn Sound Snapper Night Fish
Headed out last night on my boat from woodmans point for a night snapper session in the sound with my dad and gf. Bit of a bumpy ride with rain forecast later on. We headed to our first spot, set the anchor and began the berley trail. Nothing much was happening, except for me making rigs since I left all my premade rigs at home! Stayed about 45 minutes and decided to move on to our next spot. Despite some good readings on the sounder not alot was going on.
It was already dark by now and our chances weren't looking good. But decided to try one last spot. The sounder lit up, we set the anchor, lines in and before we could even get a burley trail going, dads line went off. Before he could grab the rod, line snapped. re-rigged him, line in again and within moments it screamed off again, a short fight and snap again. It was hard to stop these things. He got sorted, line back in the water and finally it was my turn.
After a hard fight, some big runs, and violent head shakes up came the first pinky of the night! On 30lb braid was a pretty fun fight.
Then chaos struck, with one snapper on the deck, my girlfriends reel starts screaming, she was making good ground on him and he was nearly up. my other rod goes off and dad grabs it as I'm still wrestling to get the hook out of the first. This time he was able to slow it. With the lines almost crossing over, my girlfriends line goes slack, the fish had bit through the 100lb leader leaving 1 hook behind. Meanwhile dads snapper surfaces followed by a 5-5.5 metre shark that grabbed it.
Reset the lines and my girlfriend then pulls up a big pinky measuring around the 10kg mark. Dad then hooks the biggest of the night weighing in around 11kg and measuring 97cm. Was hooked on a piece of squid on a single hook (was the snell rig that was bitten through before)
I then got sharked
And then the last pinky went to me smaller then the other 2 but well above average size.
All up we hooked 10 pinkys, boated 4 and a half. Lost 1 and a half to the shark, and lost 5. I think the 30lb may have been a bit light considering I had to try get the fish up pretty quick so they didn't get sharked.
Headed in with 4 big pinkys
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little johnny
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nice fish guys
sharks certainly being a pain...well done,
tim-o
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Last night! Nice work in
Last night! Nice work in shitty conditions! What size tub?
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flexn
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5.5 metre voyager fibreglass.
5.5 metre voyager fibreglass. Yeah was watching the weather all day and decided to give it a crack even in the conditions. Payed off
tim-o
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Yer,Iv been thinkn of a week
Yer,Iv been thinkn of a week night bash to avoid the weekend warriors, but I wont deal with traffic....be gd to live close. Tonights weather looks good. Do you guys go to the 'common' spots?
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Brock O
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Of all the
People to ask that question... TIM
I think i have read a few reply's from you!, when people go there!!
tim-o
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? Lost me?
? Lost me?
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tim-o
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Oh, you mean my recent
Oh, you mean my recent comment of "I never ask for spots", well Im not asking for his spot. Merely tryin to find out if it was at one of the spots everyone knows about haha
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flexn
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nah mate was just sounding
nah mate was just sounding around until I found a school
Brock O
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Nice Work
Flexn, nice catch even with the hassle of a hungry shark.
From a few reports it seems our snapper period will have this problem the same way the sambo season does!!
Handi 1
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Are they pointers that are
Are they pointers that are nabbing them ?
Dhui on river to sea jig a few years back , 16 kg ! PB for me .
supag33k
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Looks like a nice session and
Looks like a nice session and a pity about the sharks!
aka chess shark elsewhere..
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PB KG Whiting 48cm
PB Mulloway 18kg
PB Tailor 3kg
PB Salmon 4kg
PB Snapper 3kg
PB Samson 25kg
PB Snook 60cm
PB Flathead 45cm
PB Gummie 100cm
PB Hammerhead 35kg
oh and.....
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Walfootrot
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Nice pinks! They run hard
Nice pinks! They run hard when a shark is after them hey.
Till them sharks are gone we will be losing a lot of pinks to them.
More drum lines, kill the bloody sharks!
dj dvd
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Like the can of Export as a
Like the can of Export as a size reference
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meglodon
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that's a good nights fishing
that type of fishing makes all the discomfort worth it, you actual saw the shark take a pinky is that right 5 to 5.5 thats a bloody big noah hope the tinney brigade take care and the yak mob use a bit of common sense i would hate to see in the news that some one has been attacked
flexn
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Yeah mate he came and grabbed
Yeah mate he came and grabbed it just as the snapper hit the surface, got a real good look at him
PattyT
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What a crazy night on the
What a crazy night on the water, wish we got more 10kg reds down in Victoria! :) Pretty glad we dont have problems with sharks though.
WELL DONE!!
cobia15
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nice post, great fish and
nice post, great fish and thanks for the warning...there goes any idea of chassing pinks in the yak down the shitter !!!
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De-Crais
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Great Pinks
Good report and great pinks!...shame about the sharks!....we haven't had any encounters with them yet..."luckily"....on any of our snapper sessions
Brock O
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Fourth
Photo down, right hand corner, is that a beer tap in your alfressco?
Lookes like a double head too, Very nice
flexn
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Haha yep the keggarator
Haha yep the keggarator double tap. Cant beat beer on tap at home haha
Oceanside Tackle
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Nice
Good to see all the sounding around the spots paid off mate, Top fish and top effort in the conditions
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Hook_er
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Bag Limit??
does half a snapper count towards your bag limit??
flexn
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He got thrown back
He got thrown back
Walfootrot
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Just got of the phone to
Just got of the phone to fisheries, and the half fish counts towards the bag limit
More drum lines, kill the bloody sharks!
Rob H
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only if you land it. Did you
only if you land it.
Did you really ring fisheries and ask that?
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Walfootrot
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Yer, boys up freo, As I
Yer, boys up freo, As I needed clarification whether it counted to the bag limit or not
More drum lines, kill the bloody sharks!
flexn
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Even if it is 'released'?
Even if it is 'released'?
Walfootrot
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It would not count towards
It would not count towards your bag if you " Released " it when you caught it.
If you had it onboard and you were inspected it would count towards your bag.
More drum lines, kill the bloody sharks!
Faulkner Family
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congrats on the monsters.
congrats on the monsters. well done to all that nabbed big pinks.
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