Good day out with the old man

 Had a great day out on the water today with my old man, he lives over east these days so fishing trips are very few and far between, so was awesome to get him out and onto some good fish today! 

Started off trolling a few skirts out to our 1st spot for the day, managed to pick up a small SBT which is destined for sashimi tomorrow night and species 1 ticked off the list for the day. Soon after that we arrived to a spot I've done well on before but Havnt fished for quite a while, and it was a good call to head there. 1st drop and the old man pulled up a solid dhuie, he was very lucky to land it on a mangled up 6/0 gama bent way out of shape! 2nd drop and he hooks up solid again but drops the fish half way up. 3rd drop and I'm on straight away with a 100g samaki choona tempting another good dhuie, good fight on the 30lb and once in the boat it coughs up the old mans squid, same fish he dropped on the last drift! 

So with our limit of dhuies we moved off the spot and onto some broken ground in search of some Baldies, a couole long drifts and some by catch returned we finished the bag with a nice baldy and a sweet lip. Cruised back in at 25knots, couldn't of asked for a better day!  

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sea-kem's picture

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 Very nice Paul, Good to see

Sun, 2016-08-14 19:36

 Very nice Paul, Good to see you getting the old man out and onto fish I'm sure he would have been stoked. Love seeing the jigs doing the damage, can't wait to try a few of my new toys.

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Paul_86's picture

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 Cheers mate he was

Sun, 2016-08-14 19:52

 Cheers mate he was stoked! 

Good luck for your next adventure, you know your gonna have a hard time deciding what to drop down 1st tho after a spending spree like you had haha. 

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 What a great day....well

Sun, 2016-08-14 19:45

 What a great day....well done 

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My fishing spots are so secret........... even the fish don't know where they are !!

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 Another awesome fishing

Sun, 2016-08-14 19:47

 Another awesome fishing story today.  Great stuff Paul

 

Andy, I'm sure your boys will take you out on fishing trips when you get to the golden age! You'll be stoked! 

 

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 Nice one, best value budget

Sun, 2016-08-14 19:50

 Nice one, best value budget jigs the choona's I reckon. My go to jig in the 150gram size, bubble gum and sunset.

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  Cheers guys.Yeah choona's

Sun, 2016-08-14 19:55

 

 Cheers guys.

Yeah choona's are my go to dhuie jig, sunset my favourite colour in either 100g or 150g, Aussie battler good too. Can't go wrong for $10 a pop!