Good night for some....
After a last minute decision to head out yesterday arvo. I ended up having a great little session, my deckie not so good. Set off with my kids onboard just outside mindarie marina to cach some live bait, since their only good for about an hour we dropped em off to mum at the ramp then headed out to back of 3 mile. Found a lump, anchored up began the burley trail. Used some tips I have got from this site with cat food tins ( works a treat!) then set our lines and waited.
Didnt take too long before f@$^#kn NW blowies turned up, but only seemed to trouble my mate Glen onboard. He lost I think 3 rigs in about 5 mins. While he was mucking about with that, I landed my 1st pinkie on a glow soft placcie. Got pretty crazy after that at one time Glen was dealing with a large port jackson while his other rod went off with a brozie on the end (he lost) while I got a pike tangled in the burley bucket all at once!
It was about then, I got hit with my 2nd Pinky on the glow placcie, this one was a bit of fun on my spellbinder 9kg and Daiwa Sol 3000. So Glen was fair cracking it by then having only able to land a port jackson, myself I was ready to go had my bag limit so was happy. We hung around for a bit so Glen could get a decent hook up so while I was waiting for him, I landed a nice fat KG, followed by this monster pinky (photo below) he measured in at 94cm but unfortunately didn't have scales on board so coud only guess the weight. After a couple of photos he released fine. Glen did manage one after that which was also released.
Browndog
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Great Fish
Phat Pinky!
chilie
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sure was, would of loved to
sure was, would of loved to have known what it weighed in at. Theres a photo of a 16.1kg pinky on the brag board at the moment, looks about the same size so I'm thinking about 15kg?
tim-o
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Wow, great fish and still
Wow, great fish and still swimming, hats off to you dude, nice work. Did it all happen before the moon rose just after sunset or when the moon was out?
I am, as I've said, merely competent. But in an age of incompetence, that makes me extraordinary.
chilie
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yeah Tim o when the moon was
yeah Tim o when the moon was just cresting the horizon, I think was when it was busiest. That big one was when moon was out. We stopped burleying coz we had our bag and still left them biting. I kinda stuggle putting fillets like that back in the drink so didn't need to punish ourselves any more!!
beau
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Shit yes some top fish there,
Shit yes some top fish there, nothing better than inshore pinks I reckon
tim-o
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Bang on the tide change too,
Bang on the tide change too, wish I was out there, I remember gazing at the moon rising thinkn that. Was he on a placcy or bait?
I am, as I've said, merely competent. But in an age of incompetence, that makes me extraordinary.
chilie
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that one was on half a mulie
that one was on half a mulie floating down with a small round sinker.
outdoinit
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Good Snapper there
mate Well done..
I've spent half my life fishing.. The other half I have wasted..
stano 84
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Was the first fish/shark ive
Was the first fish/shark ive ever caught on soft placcie, so wasnt all bad, thanx corbs for the fresh whiting two, worked a treat!.....
Jiggy jig.