Good day out in Esperance
Had a beaut day out yesterday as a deckie on a mate Kingys Noosa Cat. We left his place at around 0430 and after a bit of a drive, beach launched and headed east 8 miles, into a solid 2M swell and slight breeze. First mark was in 50m and looked promising with a big school on the sounder but we only managed several small nannies which all released well. We dont tend to keep any under 45cm as its just not worth it, much more meat on the larger ones. But I did nail a beaut big cuttlefish followed up with a nice pinky, which was what we really were after!
Then we made the call to check out another mark a little further on in 60m....good move..and we started catching big nannies 55-60cm and we were stoked!! Triple hookups and Double headers were common and as soon as they started they just went off the bite and were into sambos and big BA. By then the swell and wind had dropped and we struggling to get a drift...pretty rare for Esperance!!
Back to the first spot on the way in to see if we could nail another pink...and first drop we had a double hookup both called for pinks....resulting in a big tangle and Kingy somehow loosing his whole rig when his coastlock opened up....copped some shit over that one!
All in all a bloody great day and I've got us another Espy FW member in Kingy after he reads this!!
I did have a kill shot for you guys but it may upset too many people.....lets just say we didnt even bag out but our families will have fish for a while.
Cheers Woody and Kingy
Ryan C
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nice work boys
love those nanny's(Red snapper) i wish they were a bit easier to get around perth at that size! top work!
dkonig82
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some great nannys there!
some great nannys 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.
soupster51
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Nice
Solid effort lads. A few nice fillets off of that lot.
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Jorie
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nannygia and red snapper are
nannygia and red snapper are two different fish.
Vinesh87
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Nice haul boys !
Nice haul boys !
woody
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Hey Jorie, we just call them
Hey Jorie, we just call them nannies or gai or nannygai....proper name is Bight Redfish but if you said that no-one would know what you were talking about! We just catch them and eat em cos they taste great!
JohnF
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The red bightfish are
The red bightfish are crackers!!!!!!
Boston Whaler 235 Conquest......getting the flogging it was built for.
Jorie
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yeah fair enough but they
yeah fair enough but they are two different fish nannygia and red snapper.
watkins3
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Date Joined: 10/05/12
i need a boat :(
i need a boat :(
PB's :
Bream - 40cm
Tailor - 43cm
more to come
Didley
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Date Joined: 09/02/12
awesome
Well done woody, are you going in the comp in March??
Faulkner Family
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gotta be stoked with the reds
gotta be stoked with the reds like them. fantastic eating. sounds like a great trip all up
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woody
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Yeah Alan, I'm going in the
Yeah Alan, I'm going in the comp with the old man but we'll be chasing snook, whiting, hezzas etc.....he's 67 and a bit over heading out 20 mile especially if the weather isnt playing the game
You coming down for it? Steveo sounds like hes getting all excited for your exxy trip!
Didley
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Date Joined: 09/02/12
Yeah coming down on the
Yeah coming down on the thursday before, staying at the caravan park, we'll have to catch up for a couple of beers
out wide
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Your right Jorie
Bright red fish [ red snapper ] are my number one eating fish where as nannies...well they rate a bit better than pinkies. JMO