Dongra report
Finally managed to get away for a few days. Headed up to a spot just south of dongra for a few days. The plan was to test out the newly fitted engine and all the new gear.
Day 1 fishing was a solo adventure fairly far offshore. It was a late start but the water was still flat as.
First stop was a troll at the back bank where it drops from 15 to 23m. After 30 sec with a pink halco chrome I was onto a macky.
After another 40 min trolling with no luck and the wind starting to pick up, I dropped down a bottom rig. first drop produced a 49cm pink (released), second drop produced a nice dhui.
With the wind picking up, I decided to head back in. An hour of fishing and a fair end result:
next up was watching the sunset and cooking up some fresh dhui
Day 2 of fishing was slower with only a few reefys, undersize demersals, bb cods, and a solid samson
Got to play around with the new lowrance units. I was suprised at the level of detail and accuracy.
All packed up ready to hit the road home
hope you enjoyed!
Cheers
Just1morecast
Posts: 917
Date Joined: 04/12/09
Sweet lil setup you got
Sweet lil setup you got there! Some nice fish too, fish on the pan looks mouth watering!!
Forever learning with fishing
Rig
Posts: 2925
Date Joined: 27/12/06
Great report
Those sharkies go hard pound for pound, but they bloody stink
Terry
Posts: 458
Date Joined: 04/12/05
Fannytastic
Great weather, great fish, great feed and a great looking outfit.
No wonder you have a smile a mile wide.....good stuff.
Tell me a little more about your boat.
Cheers
Terry
milsey
Posts: 1462
Date Joined: 22/08/07
Well done mate, awsome set
Well done mate, awsome set up and lucky to score some nice weather.
kane
Posts: 1752
Date Joined: 07/12/08
thats a very nice compact setup you got there
what more do you need with conditions like that :)
some nice fish too, well done
Gooooone Fishin!
Northwest
Posts: 71
Date Joined: 06/03/08
Cheers for all the comments
Cheers for all the comments guys!
Terry- As for the boat, its a quintrex 420 dory hull that I baught new, back in 08/09. I got dolphin boats to weld me a console, railing, dive steps, bream deck supports etc. Recently I got preston craft to do some more welding for more supports and rod holders. originlly I put a 20hp cause I ran out of money, but recently I upgraded to a 40hp. Its been a long expensive project which is nearly finished, when I get a chance I will post a topic on it with photos and all the details from start to finish.
mannablue
Posts: 106
Date Joined: 24/02/11
Gotta agree with the others,
Gotta agree with the others, great looking set up you got there Northwest.
You could cart that lot where ever you wanted without breaking the bank, get you to some awesome grounds too.
Fantastic.
Some good fish you got there, that sambo would have pulled some string I bet!
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