First Landbased Pinkie - 19/4/12
Hey guys,
pretty happy got my first landbased metro pinkie!
The original plan was to go to the beach and fish for sharks, but after we got there and set up there was too much weed so decided to head over to the nearby rockwall and try for some sharks there.
Fished from about 7.30 til 9 and not much was happening. I managed to pick up a small banjo shark at about a meter long and a very small port jackson shark at about 30cm.
then hooked up on quite a solid fish. Took a few runs which i immediately called it for a small shark. fought it for about 5 mins hopping over the rocks bare footed (dressed for the beach), then i saw it surface! Was an awesome site to see my first landbased pinkie coming up on the surface.
As usual i forgot to bring the gaff so i tried to tire it out before i got it to the rocks. Sherbs climbed down the rocks and tried to lift it up. It seemed that as soon as we get close to the water the big sets of swell come!! The pinkie then fell down a hole in the rocks where the water was rushing in and we could barely see it. We called the guy fishing close by to get his gaff. He tried gaffing it but then dropped his gaff so sherbs took the plunge and just lifted it out of the rocks by the rig.
We managed to lift it out and i hugged it as tight as i could to get it back up to the top of the rocks.
Huge thanks to sherbs for all the help...wouldnt have been able to land it with out him there helping me out!
Weighed in at 6kg and measured 83cm
AlwaysFishin
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Hell yeah well done mate.
Hell yeah well done mate. Seems to be loads around lb at the minute. Good stuff.
sherbert
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Well done mike
A great fish and great to see, I was thinking one of us would have to take a swim -----It happen to one of the better guys of fishing
Not sure how meny hand shakes it was but who cares now lol
sherbie
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soupster51
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Top Capture
Great work from the stones. It's always handy to have someone around to do the dirty work. Nice stuff Sherbs.
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till
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Great fish, you look
Great fish, you look appropriately chuffed for sure!
hummeldoddy
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great fish
Great fish and well done to Sherbs who must be the best fishin buddy anyone could ask for.
Snags
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Nice mate! You must be
Nice mate! You must be ecstatic :)
metroLBfisher
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Awsome land based pinky mate!
Awsome land based pinky mate! well done another one to tick off the list. Yet to try and get mine might be giving it a crack this weekend as just got back from two week holiday :) What bait did it take?
Good things come to those who bait
sherbert
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I think mike
Was useing garfish, And i was useing sandmar------ Plus fresh tailor fillets after
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dkonig82
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Great snapps from the stones
Great snapps from the stones
When asked by a non-fisherman 'how many fishing rods do you really need?' the correct answer is either:
n+1 (where n is the number of fishing rods you currently own); or
n-1 (where n is the number of fishing rods which would cause your significant other to dump you.
TheJettyRat
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Nice catch there m8, by the
Nice catch there m8, by the smile on your face it looks like you had a heap of fun landing him.
Zach Loudon
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Ripper of a fish mate! seen a
Ripper of a fish mate! seen a few people catching them lately from the shore. Might try my luck sunday night.
To find me you have to think like me. To catch me you have to be faster then me. To be me.... HAHA you must be joking!
danno
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Nice work mate cracking lb
Nice work mate cracking lb pinkie.
Sammut
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Yepp was half a garfish mate.
Yepp was half a garfish mate. Hit just on the dot as it hit high tide!
StevieP
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gotta be happy with that
gotta be happy with that normally only get yellowtail / squid from that spot
dazza336
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awesome catch mate bet
awesome catch mate bet nothing could wipe that grin of your face for a while
Andy Mac
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Fantastic capture
Onya Sherbs for helping out. I bet that one will stick in the memory banks for a while.
Cheers
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alexangler
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great captureseems to be a
great capture
seems to be a few land based ones around at the moment
cheers alex
ealzee
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The famous 2012 pink snapper run!
wholey shit another one!!! Pinkies are everywhere! Quality catch there man!
kill it??? eat it!!!!