FINALLY!!!!
Hi all
Myself and a mate headed out for a fish on monday morn in the tub hoping for a good result.
After many frustrating fishing sessions and my motivation slowly drifting away we found a spot that made me smile all day and restored my faith in fishing. Many times i have fished for pink snapper and many times went home empty handed. Well monday was hot! We found a spot in 20m of water out from garden island and bureleyed up for a while. First fish was a sml pinkie and we got the feeling things were going to get good.
I caught an eel which swallowed my whole gang! Second fish blew me away when i got it up to the boat and it was my first pinkie that went 65cm.
Third fish was a thumper, snapper that went 77cm and 5.6kg. You should have seen the smile on my face. Mate also caught two big snapper. We also caught a shark,rays,sambo,skippy,wrasse,snapper. What a day! Thanks to all the guys who gave me the burley advice, it worked a treat. Hope to get some pics posted soon.
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Colin Hay
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Excellent Rodrat
As has been said here before, what can be the real joy of fishing is that when to have been having a bad run one good session wipes all the bad memories away.
Good on you for perservering and really look forward to the pics. Sounds like some great snapper.
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Too tight
and your too tight to give me the coordinates after all the spots i gave you.......
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Rodrat
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HA HA
The spots you gave me were all sand and crap!!!!
I will take you to my spot for a fair admission price! hahahahahahahahahahahaha
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Thats because
you cant read your sounder properly...you didnt say that when we where in bed last night
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ERRRRRR
Wrong person.
Dry ya eyes princess
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Now don't kill the spot by
Now don't kill the spot by fishing it dry! Keep looking and use this one for one or two fish every now and then.
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close!
Well done Rodrat, the old anchor/berley works well especially when your trying to locate fish.....plenty pinks in close atm!
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Welldone Rodrat - eel?
Well done rodrat - sounds like a brilliant day mate! Top stuff?
That eel? Was that a moray? Those suckers have attitude - can sometime take a hole can of hair conditioner to get them off ya hook!
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Hair conditioner?
Two questions Colin. How does the hair conditioner chase the eels of your hook. More importantly - what is the hair conditioner doing in your fishing boat.
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Ooops - cover blown
I could tell you Colin but that's a trade secret
LOL
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Colin
It was a big brown moray and it swallowed the whole gang, there was no way i was trying to get it back!
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colin prob has more stuff
colin prob has more stuff stashed on the boat besides hair conditioner, but he might not tell us
i hate those bloody eels, normally just cut the line and get them away asap before they tangle up even more line and leader
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LOL! Gee, I've been 'deck contents' quantity surveyed by '10 billion tons of everything from everywhere, money is no object, yeah I have 10 of those and five on order bulk quantity expert'.
(hehehehehe) - I'm very honoured - thanks Matt 
Where were we? Oh yes; Morays -
'When the moon hits your eye like a big pitza pie - it's a moray'
Yeah, they're a cross between an angry person and a large bowl of pasta LOL
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Mako
It started at the top gang hook and wiggled its way up the metre long leader and onto the swivel before i could cut the line. Stupid thing strangled itself before i could release it!
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yeah they shocking things
yeah they shocking things aren't they rodrat
oh and now we have colin singing on the site, next he will be putting a video up of it lol
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LOL Matt ! - But....
a video of me (ATTEMPTING to sing
) or the moray? 
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well done Rodrat, what did
well done Rodrat, what did you use for burley?
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Simo
We used a mixture of mulies and fish oils as well as dry burley mixes.
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one day i caught 4 eels.by
one day i caught 4 eels.by then i was sick off them so i filleted the last bastard n landed 4 nice dhuies in a row with the same bait.
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Night fishing for dhuies I
Night fishing for dhuies I have had them cough out just consumed cobblers and eels the most often.
Obviously on the preferred food list.
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Yeah great fish for in close
Yeah great fish for in close
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Kaneo's discovered
a secret bait, maybe. It would certainly be fairly tough.
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Well done
Good on ya mate! good to get into the pinks huh?
sounds like a given to get the tinny out then, if it only just around the 5
cheers
sam
Cheers,
Sam
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Yep
Suprised me sam, mind you i was very happy too.
I put the catch down to a good burley!
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Agreed Rod!
Yeah, a good burley is so important. We caught some good snapper a bit back for precisely the same reason I reckon.
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Now thats what I'm talking
Now thats what I'm talking about. What a bonus, makes all them other great boat trips worth it!!
I'm sure I'll catch a biggy oneday.
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