Deepwater plastic success

Picked up this lil rankin on a mcarthy in 80m of water off coral bay, good fun on the sol 4000

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horse! good job on getting

Thu, 2012-02-09 11:56

horse! good job on getting the placcy down in 80 also

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 Good work on the placcy mate

Thu, 2012-02-09 12:13

 Good work on the placcy mate nice fish

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Got to be one of the, if not

Thu, 2012-02-09 12:13

Got to be one of the, if not the best place on earth to fish! Thats a cracker rankin cod! Nice work on the placcies too

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Nice!

Thu, 2012-02-09 13:24

What size jig head and hook you using there? Cracker of a Rankin mate, top effort!

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Nice!

Thu, 2012-02-09 13:25

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Top rankin

Thu, 2012-02-09 13:28

And on a placky that deep. Was thinking the same about jig head. I have trouble with the tidal flow in Dampier to get the plackies below 30m.

Change to metal jigs in that depth.

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i'm gonna guess it was one of

Thu, 2012-02-09 13:44

i'm gonna guess it was one of those 4 oz Nitro Elevator jig heads, this is what i use when the tide is cranking hard. great Rankin mate that's a horse!

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Brucey

Thu, 2012-02-09 13:48

I have problems with even them at a particular spot I fish. The tidal current rips through and the drag it creates just balloons the line. Not so bad with jigs.

Got to get out there this weekend!!!!!

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i know where you're talking

Thu, 2012-02-09 14:47

i know where you're talking about and it only gets to 25m deep but a wicked amount of line out, worth it though when it slows down

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yeah spot on brucesta, 4oz

Thu, 2012-02-09 14:09

yeah spot on brucesta, 4oz elevator...got a good day where the current wasnt screaming right at the end of the high tide, was just casting it as far up into the drift as i could to get it down there.

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Been said mate but great fish

Thu, 2012-02-09 14:43

Been said mate but great fish on plastic.

One of the better rankins I've seen in a while!

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Nice work on an SP at 80m

Thu, 2012-02-09 15:02

Got to be happy with that, Going to try SP's at 50+ myself this weekend, see if I can get a big Trout or Red.

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Honking fish bro.Looks like

Thu, 2012-02-09 15:08

Honking fish bro.

Looks like it's on a Lemax SlimMax too?