A quick solo jigging sesh

Hey all,

After seeing yesterday's forecast saying it was going to stay windy and then deciding not to go. Leah and i headed for a swim down at the beach and saw some flat ocean. Got me thinking today may do the same, woke up at 5am windy so went back to bed. Decided to head out at 11 for a jig as it was starting to slow down and thought there may be a window of nice conditions. Left the ramp at 11 and headed norwest, found 2 lumps in around 35m about 12 mile out. Did two drifts and nothing so pushed on...my mark to fish was still another 7mile away so i thought i may look around a few pots. Found a group of 3 and nothing but on the 3rd pot i did a figure 8 and found some good ground about 12metres away, stopped the boat and jig went down.....hits the bottom well what i thought was the bottom but it pulled...lost it then a couple of tugs later bang! Was somthing hefty and got me thinking sambo as it had the stradic screaming. 10mins later a pb dhuie pops up still kicking and had me hooting for a while. Bottomed out my 7kg scales but will weigh it before i clean it on my big scales

So drove out 40mins fished 40mins and drove back in 40mins.... Sweet lil 2 hour sesh and beat the major crowds as the ramps carpark was still chockos with trailers.

Stoked..

ps sorry bout the pics it was on self timer

 

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Nice fish mate

Mon, 2010-12-27 15:32

I'd say closer to 10kg than 7kg

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Awesome

Mon, 2010-12-27 15:33

Awesome effort mate. Nothing better than a solo trip that produces like that. Nice liesurely start too.

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nice man on a pirate ey?

Mon, 2010-12-27 15:36

nice man on a pirate ey?

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well done dude those jigs ayy

Mon, 2010-12-27 16:47

well done dude those jigs ayy :p haha hope mother picks the right ones for me.

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Good fish!

Mon, 2010-12-27 17:52

Good fish!

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Nice Fish

Mon, 2010-12-27 18:56

Well done on the pb dhu on jig

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Top stuff sha

Mon, 2010-12-27 19:10
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 Nice, wish I was out there

Mon, 2010-12-27 19:11

 Nice, wish I was out there today.

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Cheers guys, was a very

Mon, 2010-12-27 19:34

Cheers guys, was a very pleasent ride out/in cruising at 23knots between 11-1 im sure was good for most the day though because the breeze wasnt very strong.

p.s Carnage, jig used was a pro hunter ocean dancer, very similar to a pirate

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nice fish mate great for a

Mon, 2010-12-27 19:52

nice fish mate great for a quick sesh.

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good fish... especially for

Mon, 2010-12-27 21:04

good fish... especially for such a quick session

pretty sure i saw ya pulling your boat in with a white ute?

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Yeah Silly that was me. How

Mon, 2010-12-27 21:15

Yeah Silly that was me. How did you go today? Did you see the boat behind me? The lady that was trying to jump off the boat and onto the jetty fell in the water, don't think she got hurt luckily

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Well done Sha. Nice solo

Tue, 2010-12-28 11:34

Well done Sha. Nice solo effort. Good to hear you also missed the mad ramp rush! Can only imagine how many boats would be trying to get in & out of the water.

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missed your post on this as

Wed, 2010-12-29 17:41

missed your post on this as i've been away . congrats sha on the new pb dhuey.

great eating size mate. top stuff

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Good work mate, did exactly

Wed, 2010-12-29 17:50

Good work mate, did exactly the same and beat the rush on monday, it would have been ridiculous come 2/3pm.

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Nice

Thu, 2010-12-30 08:18

jigs, love the Pirate profile jigs and good call on the boat ramp.

Heading up yo Lancelin today for some in reef squid chasing

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Good Fish...

Thu, 2010-12-30 12:23

Good fish mate... Gotta love gettin out solo...

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