So i popped into shorecatch on friday arvo to grab some supplies for the home freezer, for those last minute fishing plans and got to talking to mick bout his recent trip and he mentioned he may be heading out on saturday morning for a quick snap session as he had family comitments in the late morning, i mentioned i would love to join and the stars aligned and met him at the ramp for a 5:30 launch. When we got to the mark the bottom rose to a tasty looking pinnacle and after an onion bag full of shorecatch's finest the fish started showing. True example of the importance of quality burley, and what followed was an example of quality baits. I was using whole scaleys which were packed to perfection, pinned in the nose and half hitched the leader round the tail and drifted down. With minimal wind and a fair amount of swell the boat was playing silly buggers on the minn kota and we were fishin on a "spinning top" but with minimal swearing and a few tangles around props we were catchin fish. First line burner was an eagle ray that was hooked in the wing and had us guessing till we could see, then a few small pink bits came over the side and a ripper flathead, till one of my drifted scaleys got slammed and smoked me for a few seconds before it dropped it, i pulled on the line and still felt the weight of some bait there and after a few seconds i was getting smoked till PING! It got me on that tasty pinnacle, my bad for not enough hurt on it on the lightish gear. After tying a rushed leader knot it became evident two  baits later that i really should've double checked that knot when i was made a fool by another good fish. Mick pulled in a nice slimey which was quickly turned into a slab bait and my next drop resulted in a legal dhu but i needed some pink redemption and it was in the dying minutes of the morning where i felt a tap and the line moving, loaded the rod with a slow steady lift and bang the circle hook pinned it where it should and after a stressful minute the redemtion pink was in the net. Back at the ramp before 9 and still had the rest of the day to do what we needed to. Cheers mick for the morning out 

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