Playing host in the Pilbara
Gully was in town again this week however this time he had a few hours available on saturday mornign to go for a fish. We headed out early with my mate who is new to this site Sean8, we had to be home by lunch time so that Gully could go back to work.
Anyway before the sun was up we got on the water, plan was to head out wide, try get sean an spanyid first up then have a bottom bog and a quick swim before heading home.
We were slightly ahead of schedule so we stopped for a pop along the way. We were anchored up in less than three meters of water with pretty harsh bottom. Not really the ideal popping circumstances but hey, not complaning. i caught quite a few big eye trevs while it was still dark. Gully and i were discussing what the likly scenario would be if i hooked a monster GT, just as we were discussing what the potential outcome would be, it happened. A HUGE GT engulfed my WEEZEL polecat and ran hard. I had my drag set at about 16kg's and i was grabbing my spool and i couldnt stop this thing, i looked over at Gully and laughed, i got a few wraps on him and just when i though it might turn him PINGGGGG!!! another lure gone!
Ahh all good, the sun was starting to creek up now anyway so we moved out to the mackie lump, within 5 minutes we had a double hook up on spanyids and sean landed his first ever mackie, ot huge but good fun!
well there were a few fish on the bottoms so i decided to drop some jigs for a while and the others dropped a few bait. Bait was definatly out performing jigs today the boys did quite well on chinaman (gully landed a huge one but dropped it over the side before i got a photo), sean got his first rankin, trout and chinaman.
Fish of the day definately goes to gully with his nice red.
Seans first rankin
one of about a dozen goldens we got today
caught quite a few chinaminzas today
seans first ever trout
seans first ever chinaminza
Gully on to his red
Nice red
flat as a tack!!
We topped off the morning with a swim, back at the ramp by lunch time. Not a bad effort, oh yeah it was glassy all day. Got to love the Pilbara!
Adam Gallash
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nice
Well done fellas, we copped northerlies down here. Not too bad, but nothing to write home about, 1 decent goldband, 2 spanglies and a solid amberjack and a few other bits n pieces. ;( Nice red gull!
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damo6230
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nice works guys
beats working in the office on a saturday......
good intro to Pilbara fishing for gully
carnarvonite
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Tough
Its a tough job,but someone has to do it.
Some nice fish to go with the idea weather for it.
jay_burgess
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Nice mixed bag of bottom
Nice mixed bag of bottom fish man, pitty bout the GT, how big you reckon?
PilbaraBrad
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possibly 40 ??????????????
possibly 40 ??????????????
jay_burgess
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Now we're talking!
Now we're talking! Unfortunately in such shallow water the outcome is inevitable.
What popper did you lose?
PilbaraBrad
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a weezel polecat yeah didnt
a weezel polecat
yeah didnt really have much of a chance, ask Gully. Was pretty funny actually.
peacey
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calm
that looks like a great pilbara winters day brad. cant beat that beautiful
Gully
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pilbarra fun
Haha - great pics Brad and cheers for a great day out - enjoy the red :)
Jay - the GT had to be a monster - made Brad absolutely piss and has still got me laughing. The point where he mentioned he thought he was in with a chance (all cos he got 2 cranks on the handle) nearly made me piss myself as it gave a little tail kick and screamed off again.
Funny funny stuff
Gully
eddie
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great pics man! I dream of
great pics man! I dream of mornings like that!
Sean8
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Great day
Thanks for the awesome trip mate, certainly worth dreaming about.
just dhu it
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nice photo
Well done brad again , that fish photos i can handle but the last photo of the ideal conditions does me in , any jobs going for electrical supervisors ??
PilbaraBrad
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thanks lads Sean is new to
thanks lads
Sean is new to the area and has already ticked off quite a few species. He has himself a GT rod comming too so look out.
Was a good morning thats for sure
Fozz
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Great Work
Not bad for a morning fishing mate, abit of varity to boot. Lovely looking Red Gull.
Fozz
Kelvin8r
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well done boys. sounds like
well done boys. sounds like a ripper day out. maybe i should pack my bags and come back brad?? hahah
another awesome report mate
Faulkner Family
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well done guys, another one
well done guys, another one of the pilbara glass offs, some nice fish there but Brad do you ever get sick of going for h GT's and go for something different like maybe Whiting LOL might actually give you a challenge catching a fish that small. Well done Gully on your Red and welcome aboard Sean8
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aquagenes
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You have to love those days
You have to love those days in the PILBARA
Ollie
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jelous much well done guy's
jelous much well done guy's