Headed out for a fish after work friday with Ringy and bp0685. Left the ramp about 130pm looking for some new ground to hit with the plastics. Headed north to an area I was shown to find plenty of fish on the sounder but nothing touching the plasctics. hit about 20 spots showing fish without even a sniff. The call was made to head out to the 40's in search of some new ground. Swell wasn't too bad and a bit lumpy but nothing the stabicraft couldn't handle.

Fished a few more spots that looked good on the sounder without a result. Stumbled on an old float sitting in the water and sounded around. A bit of ground that was worth a drift. A bit fast and deep for the plastics so reverted to driftbaiting. First drop I bust off, BP hooks up and drops it and Ringy hooks up to a monster. 5 min later and half way to the boat he drops what I called for a big Dhu.

Anyway rerig and back around for another drift. This time ringy hooks up to a monster that had intentions of heading north. A few minutes and 100mtrs line lost Ping. Another unknown gone. Bugger. Rerig and around again for another drift. Next drift triple hookup, bp first to the boat with a nice 50cm snapper then Ringy with one about 55cm then mine about 70cm. Not a bad little spot. Fish in the esky and back around for another drift. Bang Ringy is on again and this time to a nice fish. A few minutes later and a 5kg snapper on the boat. Fishing slowed down after dark and with 4 snapper in the esky was about time to head in when I load up on a monster. Didn't fight like a snapper and had no idea until up pops 15kg of estuary cod. Wow didn't think they were this far south. A few pics and back in the water. Struggled to revive him and even the release weight would not get him down. After 5 or 6 attempts the call was made to keep him and call it a night. Back at the ramp about 8pm.

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