Sat 23rd bottom bash
Late report as only just got a couple photos.
Well sat morning I joined my uncle and a few others in his and another boat and headed out to around the 40ms. Conditions were alright until the southerly blew its guts up.
I was keen to only use jigs while the others all baited it up the old fashion way. First drift turned up a black arse and undersize dhu and pinky for the baits and nothing for me. Second drift and my uncle was onto something with a little more fight in it, turned out to be a small sambo around 65cm. This got me excited as I wanted to hook a few up to test out the new rod I'd brought out. Back over the same spot you could see the small school of sambos on the sounder as a thin line around 5-10m up off the bottom so first drop and jig and I was on! At just over 60cm it didn't take long to land but was still fun. Straight back down and a few jigs later and another hook up. Man I love the hookup while jigging!!! Another one around 65cm landed. The bait fisho's landed a small one of the same size and another 2 black arse too.
Back for another drift and I was on again, little bigger this time and put up a bit more fight.
Much easier pulling them up from 40m instead of 100m like on the charter the other week! After watching me constantly hooking up it was time for my bro in law to have a go.
He as pretty stoked with his biggest fish yet!
After the sambo action the skipper was keen to go try find a dhuie so we didn't head back to the spot just continued the drift away from the school. I continued to jig away hoping for another sambo, and whatta ya know I hooked up again. Slightly bigger again, this one put up decant fight! It was hooked right on the bottom tho so first call was for possibly a decant demersal, but after a good fight another sambo was landed.
Great fun!!!! I could have fished there all day catching sambos but the others wanted a feed so we moved onto another few spots. Did manage 1 more small sambo from a little school right at the end of one drift but that was it. A few more nice plump black arse were landed and a good fox fish but no dhuies. Was a fun day out and now even more hooked on jigging! Feel free to take me out anytime you're going for a jig guys... :)
Thanks!
wide open
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where abouts was this
sounds like fun
Goodz
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Out off Rockingham way
Out off Rockingham way
STEVE231
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Sambo's
Well done on your day out. The last few times I have been out I have caught Samson fish whilst bottom fishing, to most that wouldn't seem all that strange but I NEVER catch Sambo's(unless I'm targeting them) They seem to be all over the place at present. We got dusted by 2 large fish in 35 mt the other week on 40lb and only managed to stop 1 @ about 8kg late in the day. Good fun on the lighter gear but a little disappointing when you think you're to something a little more tasty!!!
wadetolley
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Sounds like
Sound like a great day out on the water mate! See in the pics you had some people fishing pretty close to you..friends or pingers?
Goodz
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Yeh that boat was with us,
Yeh that boat was with us, my father in law actually. They had no sounder so they followed us out and just drifted along behind us!
DazSamFishing
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nice work Ben. Bet you're
nice work Ben. Bet you're itching to get out again!
Faulkner Family
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well done guys. would have
well done guys. would have been fun even if it was mainly sambo's you got.altho those small sambo's are nice eating if you bleed them asap
RUSS and SANDY. A family that fishes together stays together
Goodz
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Itching is an understatment
Itching is an understatment Daz! Maybe you should buy your boat and take me out :P
Faulkners, I actually kept the 2 smallest ones that were just over 60cm and the rest all released well. Bled the small ones straight away and onto ice. Marinated them up with a crazy garlic/chilli and herd mix my mate did and then onto the bbq... everyone loved it, they couldn't believe it was sambo.
Faulkner Family
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a lot of people
a lot of people underestimate the flovour possabilities of the humble sambo. one thing that helps with a lot of recipies is that they have a firm flesh.
RUSS and SANDY. A family that fishes together stays together
Goodz
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yeh great for currys too!
yeh great for currys too! Just plain they aren't too favoursome, especially when sitting next to something better tasting, but throw some flavours with them and they're great, like you say the firm flesh is good.