Pilbara Stickbaiting
got the call from Glen last night asking if i was keen to go for a fish with him and his wifey today, the forecast was ok so it was an offer to good to refuse. Well the weather man got it wrong as usual so we ended up trolling for trout on the low only managing a few cod and small trout. Decided to throw sinking stickbaits around for a while in the clear water and managed a bluebone, a few snapper, a couple of trout and even a cuda, was good fun
we moved to another area on the flood and saw a few free swimming GT's on the flats in well less than a meter of water, we trew stick baits at them and i hooked up straight away, they were only small but good fun, glen got a good follow from a very black coloured GT
anyway we anchored up in some deeper water and after a few more species on stickbaits we decided to have a rest. The current was ripping so we decided to throw out some deeper divers and sit the rods in the rod holder. It didnt take long and Vicky got a good hit on her rod and landed a nice little GT, Glen threw a lure out too and got a good hit straight away but no hookup.
I got a good hit on the staionary lure as well so i picked up my rod and twitched it a few times, then it got absolutly nailed. I was only fishing with my stella 8000 and 50 pound on my jigwrex, i had 60lb leader and the fish ran hard against the current on to a shelf probably less than a meter deep. Somehow i managed to land the fish with halco's standard trebbles and rings on the lure, pertty lucky allround considdering the fish circled the boat. Glen tail grabbed it for me and i landed my PB GT in the most unconventional of methods, but hey, ill take it
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Brad
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sounds like your doing it
sounds like your doing it hard up there Brad
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not even casting and retrieving and you still get the big fish SHEEEEEEEEEESH
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that's a monster Brad... congrats mate; must have pulled some serious line!
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ohhhhhh yeah, its not often
ohhhhhh yeah, its not often you feel well and truly undergunned fishing with 50 pound and a stella 8000, but on this occasion i was, and also very lucky to land it.
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Stonka GT mate. Bluebone on
Stonka GT mate. Bluebone on stickies?? Are the stickies sinker or floater??
caught anything on the new stick yet??
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yeah honsu sinking sticks
yeah honsu sinking sticks mate, surprised me too(the bluebone). The rod matches up perfectly to the stella 5000, used it today but not jigging like i had hoped. Used it for flicking the stickbaits around, love the action it loads up beautifly cant wait to try it with some lucanis jigs out wide
are you importing any stickbaits or jigs??
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Some great pics there Brad .
Some great pics there Brad . Well done on the gt ,still waiting for one , maybe exy in may great stuff happy fishing
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Noice GT Bradeth, you must
Noice GT Bradeth, you must be stoked es bro.
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You certainly keep coming up
You certainly keep coming up with the goods, if i were you id go buy a shitload of lotto tickets, youve got the luck of the irish lately.
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Great report Brad
Cheers
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Nice
Nothing beats an unexpected out of the blue PB capture.
Well done Brad.
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What a monster, you can put
What a monster, you can put an saddle on and take a ride..
Great work
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You are an arsey bugger
You are an arsey bugger thats for sure,
Awesome fish mate nice work
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"G"
Nice PB "G" Brad, good pics also....well done!
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Nice little cuda...oh yeah,
Nice little cuda...oh yeah, awesome GT and pics to boot! Nice work.
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Awesome report Brad!
What's that stickbait in the first pic? Owner splits and trebles i take it? Ohh and what braid are you using on your Stella? Nice work on the PB btw
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