last minute day off
well , wednesday was a killer, being stuck at work and seeing how good it looked outside.
Just had to get today off after seeing the forecast , but didn't fancy my chances , as I have a long weekend booked already.
Well , the boss was pretty good about it and good job too.
I'd lost my main deckie, as he was heading out on his mates boat, so it was a solo bash. headed out early from two rocks with the intention on getting to my spots around the tide.
It worked out well , and I arrived and began sounding around. found another little lump a little way off my mark that looked the goods.
I'd bought bait just in case , but it was a new smith mejiyume that was sent down first. a couple of twitches , and I'm on straight away. love it when that happens on the first drop.
It was a good fish and it didn't want to get off bottom , but after a bit of boat manouvering 1 handed , I was directly over the fish again. the little jig force had a pretty decent bend in it , and a few mins later , up came the fish of the day . 15.8kg on the scales at home.
the next hour saw some decent dhu's over the gunnels up to 70cm ,from different spots , but after that , they weren't so keen on the jig .
i relented and switched to fresh sgt baker fillets , which got pretty smashed by pinkie's , queen snapper and more dhu's
Bite seemed to shut down around 11, so didn't bother persisting , with the decent dhu in the esky. 
If I spent half as long fishing , as I do reading this bloody forum , I'd be twice the fisherman I am.
MattMiller
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Nice work
top effort for a solo sesh.
Great sounder pic, fully loaded!
Browny
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Date Joined: 04/01/11
Nice feed there grayzee!Top
Nice feed there grayzee!
Top solo effort.
I just love Exmouth: Its a quaint little drinking town with a fishing problem!
Brody
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Date Joined: 06/02/07
Lovely fish Graham, always a
Lovely fish Graham, always a good feeling getting a nice fish solo. Sounded like you could have used a "StrutterGear" boat control arm though?
fisho-ron
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Date Joined: 26/09/09
nice mate, gotta be happy
nice mate, gotta be happy with that!!!
till
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Nice fish grayzee, certainly
Nice fish grayzee, certainly worth copping off!
Faulkner Family
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Date Joined: 11/03/08
well worth it. gotta be
well worth it. gotta be stoked with a session like that. pity you had no one to share it with. your deckie would be pissed
RUSS and SANDY. A family that fishes together stays together
grayzeee
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Date Joined: 09/07/09
yeah. it's a shame not to get
yeah. it's a shame not to get a nice photo holding it up , but there you go.
Brody , I will have to youtube that up. I was unaware Mike had invented one yet, although I could have done with the "pissknife". lol
If I spent half as long fishing , as I do reading this bloody forum , I'd be twice the fisherman I am.
JohnF
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Date Joined: 07/07/10
Well done grayzee.
Well done grayzee.
Boston Whaler 235 Conquest......getting the flogging it was built for.
dkonig82
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Date Joined: 06/07/10
Great work - particularly for
Great work - particularly for a solo mission
When asked by a non-fisherman 'how many fishing rods do you really need?' the correct answer is either:
n+1 (where n is the number of fishing rods you currently own); or
n-1 (where n is the number of fishing rods which would cause your significant other to dump you.
cahal.dahm
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Date Joined: 19/09/11
nice work! hows the sounder
nice work! hows the sounder photo, looks pretty good
Scotte
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Nice fish well done
Nice fish well done grayzee.how fast were you sounding when you took that photo?also what transducer?
grayzeee
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Date Joined: 09/07/09
maggoton the drift -
maggot
on the drift - transducer tm258
If I spent half as long fishing , as I do reading this bloody forum , I'd be twice the fisherman I am.