Deep drop success
Hey FWreckers
This was our 4th deep drop trip. Have been learning a bit more each trip, especially the sounder. It was pretty joggly out there yesterday but persevered out to a spot in about 200/220 metres. The sounder showed fish straight away which was a positive. First drop and I was on, nothing huge but a nice deep water Pinky. The next fish felt a lot better with good weight and fight, I was hoping this was the one I've been trying for a Greyband. It wasn't to be, a bloody 4 foot Dusky Whaler. A bit of moving around found some more promising shows and I was on. Again really good weight and fight but I was thinking maybe another shark. But finally the line started to angle up towards the surface and I knew I had my target species. A 12 kg Greyband Cod popped up!! Woohoo!! Stoked! Bro in law Doug was onto a good fish next which we were obviously hoping was going to be another Cod. After a good fight we knew it wasn't a Cod because it didn't float. A good size Amberjack came up spent, so some nice Thai fish cakes coming up. We finished off our bag with another Pinky and a Nannygai.
It was great to tick the Greyband off the list. Hopefully next time we can get a couple more.
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Just1morecast
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Great feed there, also love
Great feed there, also love fresh AJ. Such a versatile fish on the chew
Forever learning with fishing
Daniel Westerduin
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Nice work fellas.
Nice work fellas.
Ashen
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Very nice!
Great report mate. Glad to see you getting a "IBC list" fish!
Can't really call them bucketlist fish...won't fit! Lol
A fish in the hand is worth 10 in the water!
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Tim
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Congrats
Always good when you chase something new and start catching. Well worth the effort now.
sea-kem
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Excellent work Kirky , the
Excellent work Kirky
, the effort paying off. Some nice meals coming up there.
Love the West!
Adam Gallash
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Sounder
Sounder pic certainly looks promising
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Troyboy
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Nice!
Nice!
Patto 1
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Nice ..im yet to find
Nice ..im yet to find greyband to tick off list down here
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Guardy
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Nice one
Well done. Only time and experience with a bit of luck will help you achieve the right fish species that you were after.
kirky79
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Cheers fella's
Tried the Greyband last night, was very nice. I was told to cut it about half the thickness you would cut Dhuey. So just went around the cm thick and egg & breadcrumbed it. Turned out beautiful and moist. Definitely took longer to cook than other fish if cut that thin.
sea-kem
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Right! We're all round
Right! We're all round Kirky's for crumbed Greyband
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kirky79
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Haha
Good one Andy.
Buddy
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Nice one
Nice one
Scotte
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Good onya kirky
Good onya kirky
Brock O
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Good Stuff Kirk, itching for
Good Stuff Kirk, itching for another crack i bet....Greats pics.
Ryan Thipthorp (not verified)
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Tick!
We done Kirky on ticking off a super deep species ..... I rate the GB on the chew