Little Perth Jigging Report
Submitted by Lucky Tim on Tue, 2010-10-19 21:13
Well I was a few days late for Sundays traffic jam out at the barges but we did have the place pratically to ourselves. Sam, Jamie and I took the light jigging gear for a run and found the amberjack as thick as Sunday with hook ups every drift, including a three way to finish the session off. The size was typical but still great fun. We also picked up a double of SBT's on the way home so stay tuned for Jamie's next master chef installment.
And finally, Jamie stoked with someone else foul hooking a fish for a change!
Dreamtime
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hahah
like the bottom pic, they must of been thick, good sounder pic aswell, was that today or yesterday?? gonna be pretty messy for the next five days or so :((
till
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Great to christen the new
Great to christen the new boat and a hot session on the AJs.
The new PE2 jigger is a lot of fun on those fish too, I just wonder how hard I can push it!
I just finished cleaning the tuna and an AJ, you guys are gonna have to wait for that next installment!
Lucky Tim
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that was today, seabreeze
that was today, seabreeze had the wind at Rotto listed as a 20kt Northerly while we were out there. Was bearable but made for a pretty fast drift.
Dreamtime
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it always worth it if u get
it always worth it if u get some good fish and had some fun which u guys clearly did, i wanna get out again asap, love the ambers and cant wait for the bruiser sambos :)
Brody
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Nice work guys, how was the
Nice work guys, how was the boat Tim?
Faulkner Family
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well done guys. like we have
well done guys. like we have a new jagger on the jigging trip. gotta be happy when you see the sounder light up like that
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Adam Gallash
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nice work
How was the new tinny mate?
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Lucky Tim
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I was happy with the boat
I was happy with the boat considering the conditions. Alfred met us back at the ramp and took some photos so I'll chuck a few up soon. Good to christen it with some nice jigging and good company.
till
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I thought the new tub did
I thought the new tub did really well and in that respect, it was probably a plus the conditions weren't as good as Sunday/Monday, we can find out what WOT looks like some other time.
As with all new boats, and even some old ones, there is a little fine-tuning to be done. It cleared water really well, even a little that whet up and over didn't land on me down the back. Some of that nifty foam for the bottom edge of the clears will stop water coming up the windscreen, a scrubbing brush onboard, perhaps even a knife too!
Seaquest
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Nice work guys. Looks like a
Nice work guys. Looks like a lot of fun. Sounds funny but I might have to come to Perth for a jigging session in the near future. New boat Tim?
Lucky Tim
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yeah picked it up Monday and
yeah picked it up Monday and maiden voyage yesterday. It'd make a great tub for down your way. I'd tow it down your way but the closure sort of defeats the purpose. Next time you're up let me know and I'll get you out for a jig.
SamC
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Despite the weatherman's
Despite the weatherman's disgraceful call on the wind, i felt comfortable all day in the new girl.
18(ish) knots out and back, minimal slapping, comfortable to jig out of etc.
Ahhh how i want a fibro..
Thanks for a good day out Tim
Cheers,
Sam
STEVE231
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Well done guys, looks like a
Well done guys, looks like a fun day out.
Jamie, any chance of swapping jobs, it seems as though you are always fishing
Tim, what were your thoughts on the new sounder and was it the first time you've used it?
Lucky Tim
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yeah it was the first time
yeah it was the first time with the sounder Steve. It appeared to be going alright at the start showing the fish and structure well, but as the day wore on the picture and reading got worse. To get the bottom definition you needed to crank the gain up past where you would normally run it, clouding out the water column, then when you cleared the water column, the bottom displayed irratically. I was hoping to get back and find the transducer kicked up (didn't over tighten it as I wanted to make adjustments at sea) but it was in the normal position. Having a look around in 30m on the way home seemed ok but the deeper stuff 105m is concerning.
I need to do some more looking into it but this weather is too crap.
till
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Sorry, I'm an even worse
Sorry, I'm an even worse bricky than a fisho ;)
STEVE231
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Hey, at least you were
Hey, at least you were hooking the fish properly!! Nice work mate.
Grooveepants
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The other boat
Hi, we were the Quintrex (the only other boat out there). The trip out was atrocious, bloody www.seabreaze, rarely gets it right. My deckie spewed his guts up 5 times.
We couldn't get anything to take our jigs until I tried a cheapy from Bali and it got smashed every drop.
We ended up with 15 Ambers and 1 Sambo, largest fish was only 23lb.
There was nothing on the other barges.
SamC
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Yep, would have been a fair
Yep, would have been a fair old trip punching into that NW the whole way out for you boys?
Cheers,
Sam
Lucky Tim
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yeah when we saw you coming
yeah when we saw you coming out there was a few thoughts for how crap your trip out would have been. At least it wasn't busy!
Grooveepants
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I'm sore
Yeh me and the deckie are feeling worse for wear. My whole body hurts. Thought my neck was going to snap on the way out. It was so bad that we were drenched half way to Garden Island and figured seeing we were already soaked, what the heck and kept going. I need a bigger boat!
DazSamFishing
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well done guys. congrats on
well done guys. congrats on the new boat Tim.