METRO DEEP DROP CHERRY POP
After many long days sounding the depths, numerous drops to the depths and cranking back up, tankers full of petrol, a deep drop tackle budget that would support a small Africa nation and even the odd tear, we finally cracked the deep drop.
Myself, my main deckie TimVB and Langa headed out on Sunday to what can only be described as the best conditions I have been out in for ages......simply a sensational day, with glass off conditions out at the shelf for the best part of the day. We ran two electric reels, with a back-up third Stella 20k with jig.
After a lot of sounding and quite a number of greeneye and spot changes, the "tide" started to turn around lunch with a few red bight fish coming up from the depths, then a few knifejaw.
Langa was first to hook up, and by the look on his face, the bend in the broomstick and the protest from the electric reel, it was big. Then Tim hooks up, double hook-up, yehah! After a few minutes Langas pulls the hooks, very dissapointed, but all attention turns to Tim, who is loosing PE6 at a rate of knots. It was a dead heat for 5 minutes and the fish put up a much better fight than any of us expected.
The fish had no bands in the photos but once back on land, very obvious bars identified it as a grey band cod I think. Great reward for all our hard work!
After we landed the fish, a few dollies came arounf the boat to check us out.....in mid JUNE!!!! Landed one on a soft plastic, lost another as it bit through the leader, and then got a dhu on the way home. Made for one epic day!
Boston Whaler 235 Conquest......getting the flogging it was built for.
dkonig82
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awesome stuff John - looks
awesome stuff John - looks like you've found them!
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Bodie
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well done mate, reward for
well done mate, reward for effort thats for sure.
Let us know what you think of the taste, wouldnt be interested to see others opinions, in comparison to say dhu fish.
southcity104
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congrats john
those and dhus are the top of my metro table fish. are you using circles hooks? we found on bait rigs circle hooks nailed the corner jaw every time and dropping fish was really uncommon.
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Samo76
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Nice work John, what sort of
Nice work John, what sort of fuel economy you getting out of the new tub?
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Ashram
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Persistance pays
Well done John and lads. Worth the efforts hey. Good on you!!
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Yep, circle hooks. The rig
Yep, circle hooks. The rig Matt was using on the dropped fish was using 15/0 circles, very surprised it dropped....he did everythig right, had pressure on at the time it pulled the hook, drag was set OK, just unlucky. The rig Tim hooked up on was one I made up for smaller species, targeting red bight fish as we got a few the drop before, with only 8/0 circles......now I would say we were pretty lucky landing it on such a small hook!
There was a massive circle (20/0???) already in its jaw with a piece of 500 lb leader and a kn huge professional size shark clip. Seems this big boy had been hooked before and snapped the line running to the shark clip.
Do pro's run deep drop long lines out in Metro waters? Or was this just an overzealous amerture that go bricked? In any event, he wasnt so lucky second time hooked......
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bitten
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not long lines so much as
not long lines so much as drop lines or just wetlining but 500lb seems a bit over kill 300lb trace maybe
JohnF
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Fuel economy is almost
Fuel economy is almost exactly 1 km/L on a day like yesterday, running at 24-27 knots including a bit of sounding at 5-6 knots. Change of prop to an Enertia made a big difference, is was a lot worse with the Mirage Plus.
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top fish and well done :)
top fish and well done :) conditions sunday was awesome!
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MattMiller
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Good stuff John
Great to see you cracked the deep.
BTW, the easiest way to ID Grey bands (8Bar) is the white tips on the fins
southcity104
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shark clip
pros are out there. how often im not sure?
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Sweet, its the persistance
that pays eventually!
well done !
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Onya John, well done to you
Onya John, well done to you and the crew. All your effort has started to pay off. I'll be out there soon.
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What depth is the deep drop
What depth is the deep drop ???
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Well done mate
Nice eating right there.
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All that work
All that work finally paid off big time , well done guy's .
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youve got to love it when a
youve got to love it when a plan finally comes together.... well done !
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Nice cod John ,well done on
Nice cod John ,well done on the First .Took us a while and then bingo .
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Well done
Nice fish boys weather looked great.
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Nice work John, good to see
Nice work John, good to see you get a fish after your efforts!
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Nice
Nice fish to get started. Well done guys
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knew it wouldn't be long
knew it wouldn't be long before you got em mate, well done.
I was at my young blokes footy on sunday and was thinking to myself the water would be magic, not a scrap of wind around.
cheers mate
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Congrats
Congrats. Bet it tasted bloody good after all the effort.
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cahal.dahm
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Any sounder shots John?
Any sounder shots John?
milsey
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Well done mate, not many
Well done mate, not many better feelings than seeing your first big, ugly, slimy oogly float up in a plume of bubbles.
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hahaha Milsey, you have
hahaha Milsey, you have obvioulsy been there, as that is EXACTLY how it went, plumes of bubbles and it exploded the surface like a Coillins Class submarine on helium......then much man love!
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welll done johnnny
welll done johnnny boiiiiiiii gotta be stokeddd.
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Great work getting into some
Great work getting into some quality deep eating John! Gotta be lovin the new boat and the more comfortable fishing I bet. No need to remove the seats when fishing 3 people now? Haha
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Nice work m8 seems that
Nice work m8
seems that sounder is definitely paying itself off
I rate the grey band well above dhu any time
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nice saddle mate
congrats mate, great fish
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