New PB
Submitted by ca11um on Fri, 2012-11-16 22:19
Well today i had school from 8:30 till 12:30 so i opted on waiting it out for an arvo sesh. School finished way to late (Last day of school over!!!) and i bolted out, jumped in the car and headed home. Quickly rigged the rods and jumped in the boat. As per usual, started with some trolling for a little bit as I headed to the Whiting patch. Tailor were everywhere and i quickly secured 5 for tea.
I hit a nice sand flat that had an awesome drop-off and good weed patches so it was looking good for some surface action ;) 2nd cast and huge wind knot :( There goes a whole bunch of line...
After re-tying i was back into it, first few casts had some nice follows. I kicked things off with two fish of around 30. Straight back into it and a solid hit. It came in easy but once it seen the boat it went nuts, taking a good amount of string. I played him in and pulled him into the boat. He pulled the rule back to 35, it had beaten my previous PB by 1cm :p
I was on a big high and kept casting. Not thinking anything could top it, i watched as a school started pursuing my lure. A little wave pulled the lure up and i watched as a stonker 'Ting came charging and sucking my lure down. He shook his head and took off!! Big surges away from the boat and a lot of weight. I brung him in super slow so as not to pull the hooks. He took one more good run and then i seen it. I knew it was big, but not this big!! I had never seen anything like it. I very gently nurtured him in towards the boat and with a quick lift he was in!! I knew that was definitely going to be a new PB!! Beaten my PB twice, in the same day :D It was really skinny and malnourished. He went 38cm
It was such a good day, catching multiple species in the same day. You cant beat a Mixed Bag ;)
Cheers for reading,
Callum
Uluabuster
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Good stuffs! Twin assist at
Good stuffs! Twin assist at the back of your stickbait huh ? Never thouht of ringging it that way, I alway just use a split ring and a single in line hook.
Fossil
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Good work Ca11um, there's
Good work Ca11um, there's some stonker whiting in the river at the moment. Hope you got a photo of the 38 on a measure. If you did you will get on the record board.
soupster51
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Nice
Top stuff. That's the way to finish school. LOL.
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beau
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Killing it Callum! What depth
Killing it Callum! What depth are you getting the whiting, from the pics it looks deeper than I would've expected to get them. I can't wait to give it a go
ca11um
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Thanks guys :)Beau - the
Thanks guys :)
Beau - the deeper water holds the bigger whiting, they can still hear the clicking from the ball bearings in the lure so finding it is not a problem for them. Water to around 1m is best IMO.
Uluabuster - twin assists are the way to go mate, way better hook-ups and hardly any pulled hooks.
Fossil - nah I didn't mate, only got the 35 on measure!! Could probably still enter that in though ;)
Fossil
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Close mate but no cigar with
Close mate but no cigar with 35cm, you needed the bigger one on the measure. Bloody top effort.
ANTMAN
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Well done mate! Great idea
Well done mate! Great idea with the assist hooks. Love chasin whiting on surface lures. Often I would see the whiting having a go at my lure but with no result and these assists will no doubt increase hook up rates. Good stuff!
Leemo
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hooter of a whiting on
hooter of a whiting on artficial. Good job
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Webby
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Well done callum, better than
Well done callum, better than being at school hey
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Ash88
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good job mate mgiht have to
good job mate mgiht have to get some advice of you soon
muskrat
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nice sized whiting!
nice sized whiting!
ca11um
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haha, keep the comments
haha, keep the comments coming guys, thanks a heap :)
Fossil - ah well, just means i have to catch a bigger one ;)
ANTMAN - Yeah the assists are the best hey!! Really helps when the conditions are really calm and they are really tentative.
Webby - Definitely mate, so good that schools over!!
Wet Dreams
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Awesome!
Cracker effort there mate! Good to see the singers working well and getting the results.
Mind the smell, ive been fishing!
Faulkner Family
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top effort. fantastic size
top effort. fantastic size eating . sounds like you have a magic spot there with the taylor and yellowfins
RUSS and SANDY. A family that fishes together stays together
ca11um
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haha, uts an awesome
haha, uts an awesome spot!!
cheers