Pink before the ban
Hi all,
Earlier in the month before the ban kicked in I went out with fellow fishwrecker Silly (Euge) for a quick session off hillarys, plan was to leave at gentlemens hrs to get a feed of whiting and also have a crack at some demersals before the season closure.
I haven’t been out fishing for probably 3 years or so, having 3x young kids has put a massive hand brake on my fishing / diving career and I was definitely out of practice having not wet a line in so long. The day started off pretty slow on the jigs and the N/W wind + decent swell wasn’t making things too fun. We landed an OK breaksea cod, an undersized dhu, and a few other less desirable by-catches like bakers, wrasse etc, it was looking pretty grim but then the wind dropped and the sea calmed down completely to a mid morning glass off.
We reset the drift and a big bait school popped up on the sounder, seconds I had a good hookup and wrangled a ~70cm pink to the surface. It was such a great feeling, having been so long without any action it sure got the heart pumping & I felt my fishing mojo return finally. We then hit up the whiting grounds and got onto a fair few big sandies until the S/W kicked in and we were back in the queue at the ramp before midday.
Big thanks to Silly for taking us out and a +1 on those jigs he makes, they worked really well.
cheers
uncle
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Date Joined: 10/02/07
Check out the conditions
Time to get back into it, hey
all aggressive fish love bigjohnsjigs
Happy dayz
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Date Joined: 29/04/18
3 years bloody hell mate ,
3 years bloody hell mate , definitely time to get back on the horse, nice pink too
Happy dayz
davewillo
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Date Joined: 08/09/16
Good to get back into it and
Good to get back into it and a nice pink to boot!
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Faulkner Family
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Date Joined: 11/03/08
Well done. Nice pink there.
Well done. Nice pink there. Interesting looking jig
RUSS and SANDY. A family that fishes together stays together
davewillo
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Date Joined: 08/09/16
Russ that's a hybrid jig
Russ that's a hybrid jig called an Underdog from Eugene at Mackdog Tackle. Locally made and he's a good bloke too. We caught good fish on them and all his other gear last week at the Mackerel Islands.
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petervb
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Date Joined: 18/12/09
cheers guys, so long in
cheers guys, so long in between trips but I'm going to try get out a lot more often than that in the future. summer is coming and i love tailor fishing in the surf/ beaches, will be hitting that soon