First salmon (and fish over 20cm haha)
Haha well spent day down the flood gates catching leather jackets and a few small king george whitings when i got a message from a girl aksing me to come down for a fish at the cut in bunbury, i went down and well only had a cheap jarvis walker combo in the car at the time chucked an unweighted mulie on and thought im probbably not going to get anything id just lit up a smoke when bam my line took off and i saw the salmon flip out of the air, tightened the drag and fought hard for about 5 minutes where i brought it up to the rocks had just got it up and the line snapped luckily i managed to dive on the bastard haha, managed to nab another one ten minutes later a bit smaller but it also broke off as i was lifting it out of the water that bugger got away with a new lip attachment (glad to learn the hooks disolve in 24 hours) anyway due to my shitty photo skills cant see the measurement but its 74cm there ( was 65cm before i bled it) anyway im real happy about my first salmon haha
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scottscurious
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hey congrats on your first
hey congrats on your first salmon!
lucky the girl asked ya bet it impressed her!
hit just as your lighting up a smoke?!?! seems to always happen like that!
couldntcatchacold
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haha yeh fish always know
haha yeh fish always know when your busy i recon :P haha yeh she thought i was well pro at fishing hahaha specialy due to teh fact shed been there for about 2 hours and no one had cuaght nothin copped a few dirty looks from the other people around hahaha
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Bluetonic
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Well done Chris! have taken
Well done Chris! have taken you out in my boat twice to try and get you onto a good fish and failed! yet you managed a PB all on your own! absolutely wrapped for you! will get you onto a line bending Sambo yet!
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couldntcatchacold
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haha its alright bj not your
haha its alright bj not your fault with all the burly you had on my spot thought we have a fish for sure no worries but well get me that 30kg double header of sambos so i can ski to shore soon enough haha! cheers :D
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PilbaraBrad
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good stuff, only the start
good stuff, only the start perhaps
Faulkner Family
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well done mate, but sounds
well done mate, but sounds like you need heavier line or use a landing net, at least you got one of the two
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7739ian
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Good effort Chris
makes up for a quiet Saturday. Nice day on the water though.
cocokye
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Well done Chris
Congrats on your PB salmon , You had an offer you could not refuse of going to the cut to meet a girl.She thinks you are the ducks nuts at fishing now. Keep up the good work cobber.
She would have been blinded by those boardies though. brings out the colour of your beard .
CB
Colin Hay
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You couldnt catch a cold but you caught a salmon
Good on you. The first of many. I bet you had a big smile on your face when you finally got it ashore.
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carnarvonite
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Congrats
Congratulations on your first salmon.Just a question,did your line break or the knot fail?If it was the knot you usually get a small twist/hook right at the end of your line where it snapped,if that is the case take a look into some back posts on this site for links to tying the right knots.
couldntcatchacold
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was my line mate that was
was my line mate that was first thing i checked for was the curls i wasnt prepared didnt bring a net or a proper rod and reel was using a cheapie with some fairly old line on just didnt expect to catch anything lol was more goin to see the girl haha
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damo6230
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congrats chris on the salmon
makes up for the quiet fishing saturday.....ha ha
seeing you are catching fish we better get garbo to teach you how to prep them....ha ha
he is good at least this one thing...ha ha
UncleStu
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You got a message from a girl
AND YOU WENT FISHING ?I dunno ,some boys are a bit slow .I suppose a couple of salmon isnt the worst thing that could happen.well done.
scottscurious
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i think the girl asked him
i think the girl asked him to go to the cut to fish with her ;)
couldntcatchacold
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haha yeh she asked me to
haha yeh she asked me to come fishing :P
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Colin Hay
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Love those shorts couldntcatchacold
I wouldn't mind a pup out of their first litter (Lol).
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couldntcatchacold
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haha those are my dull
haha those are my dull shorts have much brighter shorts than that :P
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Auslobster
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Great Catch!
But what sort of hooks dissolve in 24 hours? Hope they don't start making boats out of the same material!
And next time post a photo of the girl along with the fish!
couldntcatchacold
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im nto sur ebut ive been
im nto sur ebut ive been told from a reliable source :P that they do
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Matt T
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Dissolving Hooks!
Hooks can't dissolve in 24 hrs. Asprin maybe... LOL. Great Salmon anyway mate!
couldntcatchacold
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hmm somebody has been lying
hmm somebody has been lying to me or im a deaf prick and misheard which is probbably the case haha
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