Inshore Dhu

Week 3 of LSL. Got to Hillarys solo this morning and started rigging up thinking how I'm gonna avoid getting wet and some shirtless bloke appears out of nowhere. I offer him a trip out but he's got his heart set on swimming in the water I'm trying to avoid so we have a quick chat and part ways. Nice to meet you Uncle.

Drove to the gap and there's barrels peeling either side. Nup. Headed down to some ground around the south cardinal maker and then Hale Reef but the wind and swell was putting me off even chucking out my sea anchor and I was drifting fast. Trolled along the back of the reef for nought and after seeing swells starting to stand up in 10m I decided for the safety inside the reef.

Decided on an area I had sounded out previously and set a drift in the dropping wind with a drift baited squid and I got a hit so picked up the rod trying so, so hard not to strike with my circle hooks and after a half decent fight I bring up the first size dhu I've caught from ground I sounded out.

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The water was a bit cold frosty

Mon, 2017-05-22 18:22

 Weĺĺ worth it for a dhuy.dont forget the wings.be out tom.night

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Wings and ribs were harvested

Mon, 2017-05-22 19:27

Wings and ribs were harvested but the cheeks weren't worth the effort and I've kept the frame and head for a fish stew.

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Nice

Mon, 2017-05-22 18:23

Nice little dhu, shit esky.

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I forgot to take it out after

Mon, 2017-05-22 19:29

I forgot to take it out after the last trip and like my boys on the weekend it just came along for the ride and did feck all.

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LOL

Mon, 2017-05-22 19:48

LOL, I was gonna say, nice 'ice' box.

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 Nice work bud, your luck

Mon, 2017-05-22 18:26

 Nice work bud, your luck might be turning 

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You know how many hours I've

Mon, 2017-05-22 18:39

You know how many hours I've been putting in Hutch. Gotta start putting runs on the board eventually

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Satisfaction is

Mon, 2017-05-22 19:14

 Catching fish on ground you found yourself

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 Esky's for the smelly bait. 

Mon, 2017-05-22 19:52

 Esky's for the smelly bait.

 

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Plastic

Mon, 2017-05-22 21:26

 Was that on a plastic mate? Good to see you are enjoying your LSL, making the most of it with some good weather ahead it may even get better for you.

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That's a lumo squid sitting

Tue, 2017-05-23 07:44

That's a lumo squid sitting above snelled circle hooks for a bit of extra bling.

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 Good Stuff Jack...Drift

Tue, 2017-05-23 06:42

 

Good Stuff Jack...Drift baiting, you got a lumo squid on there two ?

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 Good stuff, great reward for

Tue, 2017-05-23 07:31

 Good stuff, great reward for difficult conditions, inshore fishing is very underrated imo

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Good dhu

Tue, 2017-05-23 08:34

 Nice one frosty. . Good little dhu in close 

best I've done is 4m of water off quinns 

bout 6/7 kg by memory! Bout 150m from

The shoreline.. hah that's was late 90s 

though!! Cheers pirate 

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Cheers bud, this was in

Tue, 2017-05-23 09:36

Cheers bud, this was in around 10m. Couple of nice little caves I marked up on my first trip out almost 2 years ago.

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