Quick session yesterday
Went out yesterday from Mindarie around 11am for a fish and found really nice conditions with the eaterly bowing the swell down to less than a metre. Sounded around a bit to the north of where I normally fish and couldn't find much except something that kept biting the tails off the plastics. The nor'wester started to blow a bit so I headed in closer.
Anchored up near where I normally fish and only managed a wrasse. Moved over 50 metres to where my mark was and almost straight away was rewarded with a nice Dhu of about 70cms. This fish hugged the bottom to start with and everytime I got it closer to the top it took me back to the bottom again with strong runs. This is the most lively Dhu I've caught in shallow water. After a terrible phone photo it was returned to water and swam away strong. It took a small squid head bait and I barely even felt the bite.
With that excitement done I started to fish with some scalies and they were getting chomped pretty consistently. I ended up using whole scalie with a flap butterflied to give it some action and it wasn't long before I caught my first ever Sambo. I've been trying to find them and haven't found a showing on the sounder to indicate them like I see others posting. Turns out this one found me. It was only small at 55cms but gave a good account of itself. Again, it was returned healthy to the water.
After that I decided to try my brand new jig. This is the first flutter jig I've bought and I have to admit I was a bit excited to try it - rigged it up with a nice assist got it all tied on and first drop to the bottom - bricked on terra firma!!! Maybe next time.
Rosie
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Date Joined: 13/01/13
Good stuff
I was working at the new apartment building overlooking Mindarie marina on Friday. Water looked really nice. Just have to say persist with your flutter jigging. There's something about the way a fish hits a jig that is totally addictive.
Seek & Deploy
Josh
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Date Joined: 14/09/10
I thought you were going to
I thought you were going to say jig hit the bottom and straight onto an 80 cm snapper!
z00m
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Date Joined: 10/05/14
Thanks Rosie, maybe you
Thanks Rosie, maybe you should have come out and had a bash too! I go out solo most of the time so plenty of room. ha ha
Yeah Josh, big fish on my new jig (or any fish for that matter) would have been awesome - just turned out different to the dreams I was having when I was buying it!
It was still a great day out. I'm hoping that practice makes perfect so will try the bait alternatives again.