Nice day out in the sound!
Took the family out on the boat for a beautiful morning in the sound close to Garden Island. It was slow first up and only managed one decant squid after moving around a little.
Found a little 6 foot hammerhead cruising around on the surface which we followed for a while before he got annoyed of us.
We then anchored and burlied up a little and soon had a frenzy of herring behind the boat. They were solid herring too and great fun on the light gear. I was being outfished by the better half until something solid hit my tiny piece of squid and had the little stradic screaming. I called it for a snapper after some solid head shaking and good runs but after 5 mins it started to feel a lot like a ray with the way it was pulling. It wasn't till a good 10 mins had gone that we got a look at it, a solid pinky! Couldn't believe it, fishing for herring and I hook a nice snapper, a few days before the ban ends! We boated it for a quick photo and just as we got it onboard that friendly dolphin came up to say hello.
It was a great fish and was quickly released over the otherside of the boat from the dolphin and I hope he made it away ok as the dolphin dissapeared just after in the same direction.
Soon after I had another solid hookup that busted me off a second later, possibly another snapper. Might have to return to this spot after the ban is off and actually send down some appropriate baits.
We ended up with a couple dozen nice herring and 1 lone skippy for our efforts. What an awesome day out. Also saw a little penquin cruising around on the way home in the chop... funny little guys.
thesupervisor
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nice
that last pic has to be potm awsom
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Leemo
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gfood work mate, love the
gfood work mate, love the last pic! ahaha
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cuthbad
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nice report. awesome pics,
nice report. awesome pics, last one would get my vote i reckon!
Man Overboard
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That sucks, hope you back out
That sucks, hope you back out there goodz and nail those pinkies.
Great shot of the small hook
Faulkner Family
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solid pinkie on the herring
solid pinkie on the herring gear . well done. looks like it was a nice day out there
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Shorty
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Nice snapper,,
Nice snapper,,the Cockburn Snapper ban is still for a few weeks yet,start of feb from Memory,,(for those that are not aware)
Great photo,,
Goodz
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You're right mate, I actually
You're right mate, I actually didn't realise it was till 31st of Jan. For some reason I was thinking it was just the same time as the other ban.... cheers for the heads up. Looks like I'll be waiting longer to return to that spot. Dhuies are on the menu anyway.
Shorty
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Good luck on the Dhuies,,that
Good luck on the Dhuies,,that photo needs to be framed on the wall,lol
fisho-ron
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well done ben, cracker of a
well done ben, cracker of a pinky on that gear mate, we ended up a carnac for a swim and the wind picked up earlier than predicted, no fishing for us today, just a cruise.
how many squid did you end up getting?
i will be following you around in febuary!!!!!
petervb
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well done. that sure is a
well done. that sure is a ripper photo with the pinky and your dolphin mate
PattyT
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That last pic is fantastic!
That last pic is fantastic! Well done mate, decent snapper on light gear is loads of fun.
ricey
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that pic is definitely worth a decent prize
Walk that into compleat angler (I think) and collect some sweet prize for fish of the month, usually really good stuff.
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chrisp
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Awesome mate..
Old flipper looks pretty keen on your snapper as well!
PattyT
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How much did it weigh in at
How much did it weigh in at by the way?
Goodz
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Dunno didn't weigh it, went
Dunno didn't weigh it, went straight back. Any estimates? Gotta be 7ish?
kempy
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nice pinky good effort there
nice pinky good effort there
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Awesome
Mate, think that last pic would have to be up on your wall. Absolutely unreal! Love how small the hook is as well, what are the chances.
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Goodz
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Yeah it's a good pic, funny
Yeah it's a good pic, funny that the dolphin stuck it's head in the pic.
That was a size 4 baitholder I think, with the tiniest piece of squid on it, wouldnt have thought a fish that big would bother eating it.
beau
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Amazing Goodz! Did you end up
Amazing Goodz! Did you end up buying the lumix camera? I forgot to tell you mine flooded while i was in coral bay a couple months ago and i just recieved the replacement the other day. Send us a PM next time you head out into the sound, i'll meet you out there on the ski to chase some squid, and i'll show you my KG whiting spot, in 1.5m of water haha!
Markie
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If i got a photo like that i
If i got a photo like that i would be makin a big copy and hookin that on my wall sweet foto, must be good to take ya fam out and fish at same time, everyones happy... i think? :)
Lamby
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What an awesome photo mate...
What an awesome photo mate... brilliant
westline
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Top effort
Goodz to land that pinky haha awesome piccy aswell!
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Very nice Goodz. Cracka pic that you could never dream of taking again in a 100 years. Solid pinkie on the light gear - good fishing.
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Pete D
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Its all been said -
Its all been said - brilliant!
Cheers Pete
grayzeee
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yep, pic of the year. well
yep, pic of the year.
well done sir.
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Classic mate, Absolute
Classic mate, Absolute classic!
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matt mckrill
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the size of the hook haha
the size of the hook haha great work