Friday fish
Submitted by Sea goat on Sat, 2022-03-12 12:21
Headed to the fads on Friday. Was casting stickbaits and caught a couple of these skipjack. Bloody good fighters. All released well. As usual bunch of people start motoring back and forward over the fads, and people jumping in with spears, so things shut down pretty quick. Gave up and went bottom bouncing. After having not caught a dhu in over 8 months despite plenty of effort, managed to get 2 decent size fish, only to have everything except the heads taken by the bloody sharks! We're on different spots. Got one good baldy past them for dinner. Great conditions, frustrating day tho!
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shane78
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How big was the skippy have
How big was the skippy have always wanted to catch one of the bigger ones the little ones go hard
Sea goat
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they were pretty big. didnt
they were pretty big. didnt measure the lenght. im just over 6'2 and was about as long as my torso prob a bit over. .. photos dont really do justice, the girth on those things is impressive. they went real hard. reels screaming, wason 20lb and twice thought i was gogin to get spooled!
Faulkner Family
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Bloody sharks. At least you
Bloody sharks. At least you had some fun with the tuna and managed a Bauldie for dinner .
The sharks are getting worse every year . 10 years back you hardly heard of sharks taking fish off the line down metro
RUSS and SANDY. A family that fishes together stays together
Sea goat
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yeah, this is the first year
yeah, this is the first year its ever happened to me in metro waters. have lost a couple of deeper snapper to sharks this summer. hopefully not a sign of things to come!
sunshine
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Thursday was brilliant but southern FADS almost devoid of fish
Out there before first light, small dolly free jumping in dawns early light but no takers on lures or bait. headed back into the 60-70 metre line and sounder lit up. Nice 8kg dhu and 56cm snapper with several other sized snapper released. And NO sharks for a bloody change