Jurien with Seasport Charters 8/4
Hey all,
Headed up to jurien with some customers for another trip out with whitey and was not dissapointed.
The day started at 5.30am so that we could get the sunrise bite and first stop was to pick up some livebait to target some big mullas and pinks that whitey had been getting at one of the wrecks.I decided to leave the jigs alone and drop a few livies as well in the hope of picking up a mulla.first drop resulted in instant action with drags screaming everywhere.a few good sambos and pinks were hitting the livies.One of my lucky customers(Rod) picked up this Cracker old man snapper.
the next hour or so resulted in more good pinks and sambos and a few unstoppables that ripped us through the wreck.
We then headed out to some more ground to look for some dhu's.Livebaits were proving the most effective method drifted down lightly weighted.This dhu came up spewing up three livies that he stolen previously.I persisted with the jigs but can only assume they didnt look too appetizing next to a smorgasboard of tethered livebaits.Although i did get bricked on pe2 on my favorite plastic by a suspected dhu.
Greg was the lucky angler
Just to make us all look bad greg bagged another one shorly after on the driftbaited livey
this stripey tuna was one of only a few interested in the jig on the day
after lunch the bottom action quieted off so we set off to target some pelagics at one of whiteys secret spots.As soon as we saw some birds working we cruized past and the halco 190 got smashed and for the next 45minutes i watched 3 mackies lost through bust offs and broken snap swivels.I figured the next run it was my turn and thought id show the boys how it was done.Or so i thought..Hooked up and the 20kg+mackie headed towards us for a brief viewing before seeing the boat burning towards the horizon.The next 25 minutes ensued with line lost and won.I was soon becoming suspicious about the stamina of this fish on the pe3 outfit and after a while guessed that he had wrapped me round a bommie.We tried to reposition the boat for about 10minutes to get him off but it proved futile and the braid eventually pinged ruining the dream fro a while longer.
Hooked up to the mack
After that Whitey was adamant we would get the bastard but with a bunch of satisfied and tired customers i told Whitey we would call it a day and head back.
Another Epic trip to jurien
cheers
Chris
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Old man snapper?
Thats a grand daddy. Great fish and top report.
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Faulkner Family
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that pinkie is a hooter,
that pinkie is a hooter, roughly what size did it go, my guess around 14kg. the dhuies look great. well done on the trip
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Unlucky
Nice read mate, shame about the mackie. Got the rig all licensed and registered now, getting sounder and plotter installed this week then hitting the water. Have to come out! Catch up soon mate!
schecky
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Shit! You werent kidding
Shit! You werent kidding about the bumpy old snapper on the phone hahaha
Hes bloody ancient!
Wishing I couldve made it ahhh
chrisp
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We didn't weigh the pink Russ.
It measured only 86cm but was one of those deep and thick fish.
Sweet tigh, sounds good mate.
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looks bigger , probably
looks bigger , probably because of that ugly mug it has. def looks old tho
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Looks like a great day
Hows the snapper
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Sounds like a great day on
Sounds like a great day on the water .well done and some good pics .
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Great Day
Top Report for sure. Best read for a while.
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Ahh laugh watching @ the
Ahh laugh watching @ the horizon with mackies.
Looks like some great fish came aboard!
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Hey Chris, your lucky your
Hey Chris, your lucky your customers like fishing so much
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quality fish
Some fine captures there Chris - Well done to all on board.
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Wow - what an awesome day out Chris
That is a serious snapper.
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Lucky Tim
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the pinkie could easily pass
the pinkie could easily pass as a east coast snapper with a head like that.
What livies were you using?
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Yellowtail Tim.
And some mulies jigged up on the baitcatcher.Pity mulies self destruct, self scale and cark it pretty much as soon as you handle them.
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awesome report Chris. Count
awesome report Chris. Count me in for the next trip (no excuses - I promise).
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Yeah, just trying to work
Yeah, just trying to work out how to become one of Chris' customers myself.
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I may be able to
I may be able to help...
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Chris works for Western
Chris works for Western Power?
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then we're all customers! :)
then we're all customers! :)
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lol
Its always good to get a few extra tackle rats on these trips.That way i dont cop all the shit for having the so called "fancy" gear.
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Lol...like the last sambo
Lol...like the last sambo jigging trip with ma and Dazsam and a few others.....bear in mind there was like $20k worth of gear on board that day as well!!