A couple of firsts
A couple of mates have accounts here so I thougth I would get my own account. So this is my first post here (First first.)
Halfway through the long weekend up in Lancelin and had the morning out on the water Saturday. Conditions not fantastic early so stayed in close and ran north up the coast trolling some lures past the reefs and along the beach looking for some tailor for no luck. Got up to Dide Bay and the weed was getting bad and it was at that point noticed a some birds working another km out to sea. Decided to head out and conditions were not anywhere near as bad as it looked earlier, and significantly less weed further out. Appeared to be a school of tuna but after chasing them for a while came up with a big zero.
Decided to head back south trolling a couple of lures behind looking for new ground. Didn't venture too far out and was only in around 12m of water when one of the rods took off. Had a mate in the boat and while I was driving, he had a hand full of food so he wasn't jumping in so that left me to grab the rod. We were trolling into the breeze and while it felt like a solid fish, once we put the boat in neutral, the line returned fairly quickly. Wasn't long before some colour was see and to our surprise, up pops a 77cm Pinkie. So another first, a Pinkie on a trolled lure - a pink skirt on a wire trace of all things.
I've only had the new boat since mid last year, so was also the first Pinkie from the boat and a PB for me at the same time. Still reasonably new at offshore fishing.
Went out early on Sunday and conditions were good until my son started feeling average so decided to come and drop him on the beach and head back out. However, as we were coming in the sky took on an angry colour and we decided to pack it in early. Pic below is as we were leaving the beach.
uncle
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Date Joined: 10/02/07
Always a buzz to get one on the troll
all aggressive fish love bigjohnsjigs
Percula
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Date Joined: 23/09/08
Good fish
good fish Waynos! Lucky as with that I think! Was it good ground underneath ?
meglodon
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Date Joined: 17/06/10
Looking at that sky
I think you made a good decision to pack it in for the day.
Browndog
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Date Joined: 10/04/12
Nice Pinky
Nice Pinky there Wayne, spewing I couldn't get out all weekend, when you sent me the picture all I could think of was getting out there.
Nicely stocked up on brownie points now though, so let me know if you are keen for quick Lano or Rocky bash.
Good size Pink, I said to Dave when you sent me the photo "I reckon that looks to be about 80cm", so not a bad guess.
Drop the fillets round later if you like?
Cheers,
BD