Deep Drop Wednesday
Headed out of Two Rocks for our first try at Deep Drop Wednesday with the favourable weather forecast .
Stopped for a quick jig around the 50m mark with the boys boating a nice mixed bag, with a heap of baitfish showing on the sounder decided to troll some lures with a quick double hook up and both fish dropped we decided to try again boating some nice SBT over the next hour.
By now the wind was almost completely gone so hit the 250m mark for our first attempt at Deep Drop 5 drifts and nothing but Green Eye.
Made the decision to head out deeper Sounded up some fish, set up the drift and straight onto the Hapukas "you beauty" a first for all on board, subsequent drifts resulted In another smaller Hapuka then a solid hookup with the drag fish taking line before bricking us ... on reflection drag may have been a bit light. Headed home at 40 knots which made for a quick trip and great end to the day.
rob90
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Awsome work. How good was
Awsome work. How good was this weeks weather.
Hi my name is rob............. and I'm a........... fishaholic
cray burglar
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Wish there were more weeks
Wish there were more weeks like this one
Krusty
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What a way to spend a
What a way to spend a wednesday, awesome....well done
My fishing spots are so secret........... even the fish don't know where they are !!
sea-kem
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Farrrrk! How good is
Farrrrk! How good is that!!!
Love the West!
scano
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Bloody nice work!
And a good sounder showing on the Garmin! Just goes to show that it's not always Furuno's that can get a good bottom reading in 250 + metres.
Guardy
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Nice work fellas
Great first deep drop. No doubt you will be after them again. Well done on the by catch as well, surprised there was no dhuies in amongst that lot as well.
Stevo81
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Nice one mate! What tranny
Nice one mate! What tranny you running?
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Bluetonic
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Not bad size SBT's for West
Not bad size SBT's for West Coast either.
Blue Sky, Blue Water, Bluetonic!
Luke
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Awesome work mate! Great to
Awesome work mate! Great to see the Garmin performing well in the depths. His running 8212 + 8208, GSD 26 and a PM265LH tranny. Great setup!
cray burglar
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Stevo81
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That your old sailfish
That your old sailfish mate?
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cray burglar
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Bout the boat of Luke a
Bout the boat of Luke a couple of years back
Stevo81
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axey45
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dw72
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nice haul
good day there!
Mulie
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Roughly how far out is that
Roughly how far out is that, if you don't mind me asking?
Mulie
cray burglar
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30 nm of Two Rocks
30 nm of Two Rocks
Mulie
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Thanks mate. Will start
Thanks mate. Will start looking in earnest at a new boat around Christmas and deep dropping is something that interests me and will have to take into account.
Mulie
Tom M
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Great reading, that Garmin
Great reading, that Garmin does a good job looks well set up.
Tom M
Hutch
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Good looking bag, those tuna
Good looking bag, those tuna are a nice size too