Jurien Bay - Jigs & Plastics; The Epic Sequel

Honsu, Flangies, my brother Andy & I have just returned from another EPIC Jurien Bay trip.


We drove up Sunday night after a big meal & checked in at a reasonable hour just in time for some knot tying & sleep.


We woke to a very chilly overcast morning.


All the bling was onboard & we were excited to use a number of different soft plastics (McCarthy’s) & metal jigs (Shout’s, smiths, seven seas, fanky’s, evergreens, bay rubbers, SW Lab’s & fisherman).


We had outfits ranging from light & stupid (10lb) up to PE5 (50lb+).


Within short travelling time, we were at our first spot & down went the soft plastics & jigs. For some, it was a matter of 1 crank of the handle & the reels started squealing. First drop & Flangies had a good jig munching pinky onboard. Honsu added to the quota with a great Dhu, I added to the quota with McCarthy caught Pinkie & my bro scored a rat sambo on a McCarthy too.


Within the next few minutes, we scored plenty of Pinkies, Sambos & the occasional AJ. A large Mako shark circled the boat looking for an easy feed.

 

Funnily, Flangies had never caught a Sambo (yes, weird) & his first Sambo would have pushed the foot long mark. Throughout the day Flangies scored plenty of Sambo upgrades.

 

On another strange note, my brother was using a 200g SW Lab speed jig trying to score another Sambo which resulted in a nice Pinky instead.

 

More strangely, my jig was raped by a dirty NW blowie. I wasn’t impressed.

 

The call was made for some Dhuie action. Within a few more minutes of travelling, we were at the primo spot. Again, Honsu scored a nice Dhu (lucky really). I continued to jig away scoring another cracker of a baldie on jig. I also hooked another & dropped it at the boat.

 

Throughout drifting a nice patch, I scored numerous pup sized Dhu’s & finally landed a more solid specimen of 7kg. Finally, my PB Dhu; All my Dhuies to date have been caught on Jig. Pretty good considering I’ve only had 3 attempts at them.

 

Flangies & Andy also landed some puppy Dhu’s.

 

From here, we continued landing Pinky after Pinky. Flangies & Honsu landed some very solid Pinkies (Flangies on McCarthy & Honsu on jig).

 

In the last few minutes of the trip, a school of solid sambo’s turned up & stretched everyone on board. Andy did well to land a solid Sambo on extremely light gauge hooks & superlight drag & Flangies accounted for his PB Sambo of the day.

 

Overall, it was a truly epic trip. Multiple hook-ups all day long. The strike rate was phenomenal.

Good blokes were rewarded with good fish. What more could you ask for.

Daz

 

P.S A BIG thanks to Whitey of Seasport Charters. He is a top bloke & puts you onto quality fish.


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Good to see we got quite a

Tue, 2010-07-20 15:18

Good to see we got quite a few quality photos. Great day out and big thanks to whitey (seems to be a more and more common saying).

Its amazing just how white that pinky andy got is.

Charters like that make you never want to come home.

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what a sesh... pr!cks

Tue, 2010-07-20 15:46

what a sesh... pr!cks

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Awesome work guys

Tue, 2010-07-20 15:52

Some real quality fish again.
Who caught the blowie? Lol

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Unfortunately, it was me

Tue, 2010-07-20 17:10

Unfortunately, it was me Colin. Filthy buggers.

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Lol Don't worry Daz we've all caught a few of them unfortunately

Tue, 2010-07-20 19:36

The fight pretty well for their size anyway.

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Epic trip again

Tue, 2010-07-20 15:58

Epic trip again boys...

 

Can't wait to get my new tub to get into it!

 

Donkey Pink on the bay rubber, Honsu!

 

What rod have you got your Stella on Daz?

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Major Craft Alexander

Tue, 2010-07-20 17:09

Major Craft Alexander AX-S60/3 (6 foot PE1-3 jig Weight 60-120g).

It has performed well for me so far.

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Nice trip fellas..Got 2 days

Tue, 2010-07-20 16:00

Nice trip fellas..Got 2 days fishing with whitey in september am looking forward to it

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Is that a Prodigy you have stuck in your teeth James

Tue, 2010-07-20 16:02

Nice pinky and sambo mate.

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Thanks Col. Certainly

Tue, 2010-07-20 16:09

Thanks Col.

Certainly is!

Prodigy Jig Spin 601 MH Which is 20-50lb Line rating. I ran Pe4 40lb on it and still had alot of grunt in reserve

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Good one mate

Tue, 2010-07-20 19:37

I am really impressed with the Prodigy rods. Wouldn't ind hooking onto a big sambo or pinky on one.

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good stuff boys another

Tue, 2010-07-20 16:06

good stuff boys another great trip.

nice tackle and great fish.

looks lik fun.

cheers danno

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Epic blowie on the lighten,

Tue, 2010-07-20 17:33

Epic blowie on the lighten, some other great fish too there guys!

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Blowie

Tue, 2010-07-20 18:42

Nothing to be proud of Jamie.

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Great Work..

Tue, 2010-07-20 19:09

Nice fish on the artificials fellas, no bait is the way to go..

Cracker Pink Honsu..

 

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Great pics and report! You

Tue, 2010-07-20 19:36

Great pics and report! You guys really got into some nice snaps there! Another awesome trip. Nice sambos to start you off there flangies and Daz you're the baldie king!

 

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another great effort from

Tue, 2010-07-20 22:28

another great effort from all of you on board. just think Daz , you got a fish that no one else managed to get on the day , so thats got to account for something at least. well done to you as well Flangies on getting your first sambo, even tho it was small but a nice big upgrade in the end. sounds like a great boat to go out on. i can see more from this site going soon, only wish i could be one of them

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Great report , very jealous

Tue, 2010-07-20 22:49

Great report , very jealous of the pinkies, i am currently trying to really give it a go on plastics and jigs and what type of gear to use , if one of you's wouldnt mind sharing whats jigs and plastics you were using to give me some idea of what to use it would be great , thanks

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Nice Work

Wed, 2010-07-21 05:55

Great stuff guys. Great to see that Chinny can actually fish.....

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A worthy sequel it is too. 

Wed, 2010-07-21 06:56

A worthy sequel it is too.  Some great captures lads.  Nice colours on the blowie too Daz.

The bait stays home this weekend.  I'm not so scared after seeing this post and Twichemup's.

Cheers Pete

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What are you talking about,

Wed, 2010-07-21 07:57

What are you talking about, you're going to Abrolhos Pete!! The fish there hate bait!! lol

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Ahhh #$%^& slaying it in my local grounds

Wed, 2010-07-21 08:35

Awesome fellas. Best kept secret up there!

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well in boys! what a great

Wed, 2010-07-21 10:06

well in boys! what a great trip

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God damn it, I missed out

Wed, 2010-07-21 11:54

God damn it, I missed out BIG time!

Honsu, thanks for inviting me, then uninviting me 5mins later haha

If you're booking another trip, I'm keen as mustard.

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Sorry man but you had to

Wed, 2010-07-21 12:53

Sorry man but you had to work anyway. Remember your last boat trip....KAMIKAZE EPIC fail!! lol

Will keep you posted for next trip.

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it's all been said. Nice

Fri, 2010-07-23 20:26

it's all been said. Nice trip away fellas.

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Yeah my thoughts exactly Tim

Sat, 2010-07-24 19:11

Yeah my thoughts exactly Tim - brilliant stuff