Five Fathom PB PINKY
Hi all,
I'm still new to all this but i thought i might share my sunday fish with you's!
My mate Tim and I went out 6:30am in the morning, arrived around 7:15am at a spot that had some good ground "13/12 meter water" Tim stooped the boat i pulled down the anchor.
We had another boat next to us which was one of my other mates and they anchored aswell. I got my small 30lb spinner rod, shimano sienna 2000 reel with 50lb braid out on a snell hook/flaoting mullie + small running sinker. I casted that first out just to get it all ready.
I baited my bottem bouncer aswell and Tim started to have a head ache so he grabbed some salt and viniger chips and had them for a second, i scoofed my mouth with heaps suddenly my spinner road just ran like crazy, Not even 5 minutes on the spot, I said IM ON! grapped the rod pulled a strike and the bastard nearly spooled me, i couldn't stop the drag till i had some controll over him. I had to spit out the salt and viniger chips cause i couldnt bloody breathe, i said Tim get me some water my mouth is dry while pulling this thing up.
After 10 minutes of battle i said to Tim i bet you any money its a pinky, the way it was running the head shakes he grabbed the net and wulllaaa. Landed :)
I was a very happy man, i yelled out to my mates on the other boat "hahahahhaah loook!" there mouths just drop and coudlnt beleive how quick and easy it all happend.
I said to my self you know when you have a decent size pinky :)
Thanks all.
Size was 118cm at 9.1KG :)
cudbfishn
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Nice work. Love it when a
Nice work. Love it when a plan comes together.
mikeee.p
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sure does buddy!
sure does buddy!
pelagicyachts
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spitting chips! - haha i
spitting chips! - haha i laughed when i read that -having done that before (but it was cc's) haha
Redbucket
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nice snapper mate
I was around garden island all day Saturday with only a skippy to show for it. Well done mate great fish. I'll be back out next weekend looking for mine haha
mikeee.p
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Hahaha LOL cc's its good fun
Hahaha LOL cc's its good fun when you know you got to do that!
Yeah Redbucket, they were around i think we just got in time because after that it was very dead.. I think this one just had to scavage around till he saw my mullie.
I swear there had to be others :)
dkonig82
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great sized pinky there
great sized pinky there
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.
kinga86
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Awesome Pinky dude! 50lb on a
Awesome Pinky dude! 50lb on a 2000 reel? Geez you're keen hehehe
Ollie
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my thoughts also haha
my thoughts also haha great pink as well
crasny1
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I wouldnt spit chips about that catch
Nice work. As others have said 50lb on 2000? But what does it matter. You got the fish.
"I would like to die on Mars. Just not on impact!!" _ Elon Musk
mikeee.p
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yes i know it was a bit
yes i know it was a bit overkill but its the thin braid, it made it a good fight. I guess you dont need these fancy $1000+ doller spin reels when you can catch something on a coke can :) anything is possible!
Walfootrot
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Nice pink, been a few around
Nice pink, been a few around the 5s for awhile now.
80lb whiplash pro... what I use now deep, never lost a fish, still use light drag but the 80 lets me get them up off the reef, lost too many BIG fish with light gear fishing deep.
More drum lines, kill the bloody sharks!
Brock O
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I found
a small school on sunday morning, massive head shakes all to be snapped off.
The first run had me guessing but after that i knew they were snapper getting snapped up!!
mikeee.p
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yeah i saw a school on the
yeah i saw a school on the sounder, it was a good day for them!
like the others said 50lb braid on a sienna 2000 is full on but it was pleanty fun, im glad i caught it on that.
benno208
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bloody good fish, we all had
bloody good fish, we all had a laugh ... bloody great!!
John_M
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Nice fish, but rather 9kg @
Nice fish, but rather 9kg @ 90cm
brenz
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spooled
nice fish , no wonder you almost got spooled mate 50lb on a 2000 size reel you would have had 50 m of line on the reel ... doesnt leave any room for error
mikeee.p
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ha yeah it wasnt to bad! i
ha yeah it wasnt to bad! i had fun tho. the reel suprized me. i would do it again! :)
andyrew
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Run lighter line before next
Run lighter line before next trip maybe ? Hopefully then you can finish your chips and not worry about
being spooled.
Faulkner Family
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great size pinkie there.
great size pinkie there. gotta be happy with that one. well done.
RUSS and SANDY. A family that fishes together stays together
mikeee.p
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hahaha yeah, it was a crack
hahaha yeah, it was a crack up though. its my first good sized pinkie thats all that matters. :)
DavidBaricevic
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Awesome report mate good work
Awesome report mate good work