LB snapper
After battling the strong winds yesterday and watching a mate land a 5.5 kilo snapper and loose a bigger one at the gaff with a little help from the gaff man (me) and I didn't even get a run I decided to head down this morning. Well we didnt have to battle the winds but with not many clouds in the sky it was a bloody freezing morning. Our lines were in the water by 6:00 and within half an hour we had our first run (my rod this time) the rod went from straight to a 90degree angle in half a second . I'd just removed it from the rod holder and then SNAP a few nasty words later and I was tieing on a new rig. One positive for me after loosing a good fish is that you know that the weak spots or chaffed line is now gone. I Baited it up cast it out and put it in the rod holder. Before I could get tension on the line I could feel a knocking on the rod grabed it out the rod holder just as the rod fully loaded up well I wasnt going to loose this one weak spots were gone and this fish was mine. A short fight ( you have 2 show the snapper off the rocks whos boss, if you let them take line they will run you straight under the rocks) and a nice 4-5kg snapper was splashing in the shallows. We sat there for another hour and a half without another touch home by 9 and tucking into some fresh snapper. All in all for the first winter blow we did allright. Nothing like the feeling of playing tug of war with a decent snapper off the rocks. Bring on the winter storms.
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Adam Gallash
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well done
Well done mate, rewarded for effort and good pics too!
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HuggyB
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A great reward
and well earned! (although the weather wasn't so bad today)
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Colin Hay
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Top stuff biggerfish
That's a great landbased snapper. A great reward for battling the crappy weather.
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saltatrix
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Theres something special
Theres something special about achieving that landbased. Maybe its the difficulty as they potentially dart into the rocks, the cold wet windy weather and getting there in the night
nice work
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biggerfish
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when that rod goes down u
when that rod goes down u know its game on man against fish. Long time between drinks sometimes though
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Leemo
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schecky and i fished
schecky and i fished hillaries last night and this mornin and it was BLOODY FREEZING!. had about 6 runs between us, with the only landed being a 5kg port jackson. we both hooked up to two different fish at the same time but we dont really know what they were. they had insane head shakes crazier than i have ever seen felt like a vibration on the line as it was running. i think i might of lost a snapper aswell, but he took the bait in the middle of the fish, were the hooks wernt....not happy
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biggerfish
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snpper for sure
that run u both had at the same time definately sounds like a snapper we usually get double hook ups when we get one. And the head shakes are very distinct with the snapper from the time they are hooked till they are sitting on the rocks. Usually the snapper bite the head first but the ones we hooked this weekend were all hitting the tail end of the bait.
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schecky
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yeah i called it for
yeah i called it for that
but liam said he saw it jump but i didnt see it
so we thought it could have been salmon
mine threw the hooks aswell
there was numerous accounts of me pulling up a yakka or herring with its face bitten off hey
pretty bummed
cudnt make it to the mole or ASI this time
bring on the next storms!
schecky
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nice catch btw! very
nice catch btw!
very rewarding
crewsy72
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Well Done
Couldnt get back to u last nite for some reason i couldnt get on the internet.My kids had soccer any way so i couldnt make it this morning, Well done nice catch off the rocks will pm u later and head down for a fish some time soon!!
Wrassassin
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Awesome catch mate great to
Awesome catch mate great to see reward for effort!
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were doid u get em?
were doid u get em?
biggerfish
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ASI
ASI
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Nauti Buoy
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Great effort
Nice fish- definetely worth freezing your butt off for
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Congrates mate nice catch
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westline
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luv ya work
Always a great satisfaction pulling in a fish like that from shore!
DAVO 1
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Nice snapper biggerfish.What
Nice snapper biggerfish.What rod you using?
biggerfish
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jarvis walker
its a jarvis walker tough tip i thinki ts called. Not the most expensive rod but does the job. Spend 2 much money on the deepsea gear to spend much on beach gear. Using a stella reel with 15 kg braid though that helps get the snaps in quick
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shabba
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awsome lb catch m8, congrats
awsome lb catch m8, congrats
kane
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yep well done,
good land based catch for sure
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Ryan Thipthorp (not verified)
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pink!
Well done on the pink mate. Sorry i couldnt make it but had to capatalized on the boat fishing today.....the weather & fishing was gooood!
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biggerfish
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How did u go Ryan did you
How did u go Ryan did you get out deep. Looked nice out there sunday a bit of swell but hey.
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Rob_Seed
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good catch mate
One of my fishing aims to get a landbased pinky from metro water's well done mate
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