good work guys

was a bit slow for us aswell... the moring was best

managed 3 pinky's, 1 9kg dhuie (and the same thing happened to us, i busted off, and Tailor marc hooked up 30 secs lagter...and there was my hook in his mouth!!!)

Managed a nice gummy, and we lost some good fish :(
Tailor marc lost something big, on for 5-10 minutes and only managing to move it a few metres from the bottom...but with big head shakes.

Top catch guys!

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Sounds like you got a good feed Brodie,Menopaul lost some good fish today through bustoffs ,bit off that going around
As for that pic, Colin was trying to hid the bits hanging from the fishes mouth.

Well done guys with a great day for the auction winners.

I was listening to your reports on the radio most of the day. Pity how that ended thou.  

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Yes Noha a bit of a let down, pisses me of your dammed if you do and dammed if you don't , anyway i can sleep well at night no gilt here

well done guys, what was the water like?

A bit lumpy at first but flatend out after mid morning very little drift, I thought we picked a dud day as the wind was in the north as we left the marina . but no very nice..

Looks like a great day out on the water, well done guys and heres cheers to the skipper for putting them on the fish.

Don't worry bout the knockers, theyre out there doing the same thing, just obviously not catching as much! :) 

dont catch all the fish before wendy and i get there paul.

Great report! At least you can definately say you HOOKED your first dhui #1. Well done on the variety mate and congrats Matt on your PB. Good to see your mojo is still intact Jesse.

Yup three cheers to Paul and Jesse!

Colin Molloy

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A great skipper, boat and crew and the weather turned out okay in the end. I managed to catch a few fish I had never caught before, had a few good bust-offs (always good for the stories to the tell the wife when you get home), and learned a bit more about boat fishing in WA.
Many thanks Paul and Jesse - really had a fantastic day. Well done to Matt and his Hlokktopussy jig.

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Looks like a great day and a few fish dinners!

nice report, good fish

What pound leader were you using for your rigs Colin?  That dhufish photo is the evidence I've been waiting for a few years for. 

Lost a thumper of a fish, big head shakes and couldn't get it off the bottom, then off it went straight into it's cave and snagged me up then busted off!

Wicked day on the water none the less...

cheers
sam

Well done Matt & Colin, good to see a variety of fish and the Octa jig captures always a buzz....onya Matt!

Good on you Paul & Jesse for putting them onto fish and a good cause also!

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good fishies there guys......be interesting to know what sort of action matt used with the octa's......

cheers Jes

Good to see you all had a good day out and some nice fish to boot

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Colin ended up getting 7 fish and 7 species (the smorgasboard :p). Jesse got the largest dhuie at 10kg, Paul got two dhuies and two baldies, and I got 7 dhuies. Thanks Paul for the cracker trip I think the number of fish and dhuies caught as well as managing the avoid rain all day I would say speaks to Paul's skills as a skipper *thumbs up*

I ended up getting 4 legal dhuies to one octa jig. They were all a few cm over size, but I allready had two in the hatch so back down with the release weight they went. I kept the 6.5kg and a 3-4kg one, and released a 51cm one (all 30lb line), but the 4 with the octa jig I was using 8lb line which was a lot of fun (not to mention, it brings them up slower). Was hoping for some snapper or baldies but I dont think I can complain with 4 legal dhuies :p. Boofhead, just held the jigs 1-2m off the bottom and used a gentle sweeping motion, as well as jiggling them a bit gently, and also letting the motion of the boat impart some action. Just varied it up really. 

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Thank Matt and Colin Jesse and i enjoyed showing you the sights and as said we all had a great day . I might be good at my stile of fishing, but Matt sure showed me a thing or two about using those jiggy things, i have tried them before with not a touch , i think i may have to have another go ..

sounds like you boys had a ball, with some quality fish, congrats 2 paul 4 puting the boys on 2 some top fish.  nice size dhu jess............

Looks like you all had loads of fun and great catches along with some almost fantastic catches.... LOL!

We could hear you for most of the day on the radio...... and wouldn't worry about the negative comments.... they sounded pretty envious to me.

Hi Paul G

I was in the same boat as you with the Jigs and plastic baits.

I had tried them but with no success...until i had someone show me the secrets of rigging them up and the action required.

Now usually i get them out every trip, and always catch fish. But this weekend i decided not too...but probably should have.

I was using 30lb braid, and 25lb braid... i think i snapped off on 3-4 fish on the 25lb braid!! one of them being the 9kg dhu Marc got.

Well done lads, and well done on the jigs, always fun.

Hi Brodie we use 30lb braid and don't normally have any trouble but you do get them days when things just go wrong. i notice in one of your pis the pen850-950 in the background great reel thats what i have love ..em only use my overheads over 50m or trolling.

I tried putting a 7" gulp shad on the top trace of my patternoster rig with bait on the bottom, just to see if it got any attention. Two Dhufish and a snapper later and it was still there, unmolested. I think you really need to work them a bit. Drifted, just like the bait, it didn't seem to get any hits.



 

Hey paul,

Yeah that Reel is Marcs.

I do have a Penn 850ss aswell, but it stay on one of my beach rods usually. I take a Okuma VSystem 80 out with me loaded with 25lb braid, and a spare spool stocking 65lb briad.

Really nice reel, but 2 downsides to it. When i first got it, it was way over packed with reel greece, they the anti reverse drag didnt work properly. Second was a washer on the handle, which broke in half. (They have since changed these on the new versions) Other than that, awsome reel

but i always jig with egg beaters.

ps Paul: Where have all the dam Baldy's been hiding!!!!!!!

They have been pretty quiet over the past month or 2

Did the line snap Bodie, or get cut off? If theres no sharp objects nearby (manage to keep the fish of the bottom) then I dont know why it would break unless you're using the wrong drag or a bad line. So i'm assuming they're pulling you into the coral?

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nah it snapped my 25lb...the one i remember anyway. Pretty sure it wa sa big pinky..as it was in the same spot we got the previous 3, while drift baiting a yellowtail.

Lots of head thumps, and got it up about half way until it did a quick run to the bottom and probably a combination of that, and me going a little too hard, and Marc hooked up at the same time.

Ah well thats fishing!!!

Top effort guys with some quality fish caught. Luv to see such a good  array of fish and styles used. Awsome.



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Brodie we got 3 baldies on sunday i do have a couple of good patches for them but don't get to them that often,the ground around eight mile is very good but there is a lot of sand aswelll.