Golden Trevors (vid)
Sunday is my day off, but then the fishing comp is on and it'll be blowing pretty bad. Today was going to be the best day of the week weatherwise, so I was forced to sneak off work, pick up the boat and spear off to 1 of the channel markers.
Heart was racing. I could get caught by the manager or worse.. the missus! Anyway, it had to be done..
Took some motoring and drifting around, but finally got some fish on the sounder and started firing off a soft plastic. First hit came after about 10 casts and felt real heavy for about 3 seconds, then the rod tip jumped back and a nice clean cut of the leader led me to conclude there might be some spaniards hanging around. Dug up an old halco pre-rigged wire trace from the bottom off the tackle box and tied that on.
Why is there no swivel that actually fits the holes on the jig heads? Some plier work and got it through eventually.
Anyway, motored back into position and this drift saw a nice little GT of about 5kg come up to the surface. So much for that tasty spaniard but fun nonetheless!
Feeling pretty confident about my cast to hit rate I turned on the camera as well. I ended up getting 2 more little golden trevallies of that spot. None of the fish was really a match for the 15-30lb terez and 8000 stradic, but my lighter gear is erm.. under maintenance. I only fished for a good hour and returned to the ramp after that. Would've gotten some more fish in the boat for sure if I'd stayed out longer, but hey, it's still a work day.
Here's the video (all real time, no monsters therein).
All fish swam off strong after releasing..
dodgy
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Date Joined: 01/02/10
Should line up and have a
Should line up and have a crack in the comp.
Does anyone know where the love of god goes, when the waves turn the minutes to hours?
Jelle
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Date Joined: 21/12/11
Not in a 4.5m runabout with
Not in a 4.5m runabout with 15kts easterlies :) Will you be in?
dodgy
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5.2m Runabout. Sure will
5.2m Runabout. Sure will be.
Biggest Muddie, Salmon, Jew, Jack and Bream all win either a combo or a Xtreme Cooler so plenty on offer for those that want to stick in the creeks and not head offshore.
Does anyone know where the love of god goes, when the waves turn the minutes to hours?
milsey
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Horrible conditions, not
Horrible conditions, not many better ways to spend a day.
Jelle
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Date Joined: 21/12/11
True az mate :)
True az mate :)
Yewiefish85
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Date Joined: 02/01/11
nice!, did look good out
nice!, did look good out there today
Jelle
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Date Joined: 21/12/11
Cheers man! It was awesome.
Cheers man! It was awesome. The bust of and 2 first fish were on the blue bushies you gave me, cheers
beau
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Elasto-man! Great fish but
Elasto-man! Great fish but the video is creepy!
Jelle
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Date Joined: 21/12/11
Haha, I know! What's up with
Dude yeah, what's up with that? I mean, I'm pretty amazing but didn't know I could do that!
Youtube corrected the shakiness in the video, see if I can get that undone.
Uluabuster
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Date Joined: 12/12/10
Good on ya for putting the
Good on ya for putting the reel handle on the left.
How heavy is the jighead ?
Jelle
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Date Joined: 21/12/11
Can't fish with the handle on
Can't fish with the handle on the right. Overheads are a pain for me!
Was using about a 1oz, tide was absolutely tearing through.