Saturday report Silver fish not reds

Well I will start with an apology, I forgot to put the memory card back in the camera so there are no pics .Headed out from Two Rocks at 7:00 only 4 boats out which was a bit of a surprise .The plane was to head out deep but the wind was already up to 15-18 knots so the skipper called off the deep run opting for the shallow 25-30m stuff .Well that did prove a good decision as we found dhuies snapper and Skippy on all four patches we went to .First patch and double hook-up first drop two dhuies both undersize and both released in great condition .Next drift and a snapper and a dhuie were hooked, once again undersize so back down to fight another day. We moved out to a patch we get some bigger fish of and It didn't let us down with four more dhuies coming up ,biggest 6kg and a keeper the others were size but as it was early we released them ,then the fish of the day smocked Jody ,a big dhuie we would call around the 20kg but half way up was dropped $#@#$%%^.The wind still wasn't dropping and I headed in a little closer to some marks I have never fished on before .Rounding up on the first mark a school of fish lit up the sounder ,I stopped the boat and called for all to drop BANG triple hook up mine a dhu 6kg Jesse 5kg as Jody had the biggest still coming up we released both ,as we looked over the side to see a big silver fish hit the surface ,shit Sambo $%$%$%$.OK back for another drift and triple hook-up again this time a nice snapper 470mm dam undersize ,and two more dhuies and a sambo ,we got two more small dhuies and some nice Skippy of this patch as well .The fish shut down from us releasing fish so we move to another spot 50m away ,and you guessed it double hook up dhuies .Yes a 6kg fish and our dhuie bag was finally reached ,one more drift and another dhuie. Well this was a great day out fishing and we only used $30 of fuel. 15 dhuies in total two 6kg fish kept for dinner all other fish released in good condition, needed the release weight for only two. 7 of the 15 were size up to 7kg and the rest were downwards to a small 200mm fish also ,four sambos all released five snapper all released ,sergeant backer and wrasse also a big sting-ray, some good fish dropped as well .well I think I’ll head back out for round two and see if that big dhuie is still hanging around.

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Sounds like ALOT of fun!

Sat, 2010-05-29 17:05

Do the dhufish taste any good?

And  good luck for tomorrow, hope you catch that BIG ONE.

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Wow thats a lot of fish

Sat, 2010-05-29 18:35

Wow thats a lot of fish caught in one session well done.

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This time of the year is

Sat, 2010-05-29 18:43

This time of the year is good for the dhuies ,and they return well when caght in the shallow water.wish we could find some of the good sized snapper ,would be a nice change.

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you did well again in the

Sat, 2010-05-29 20:11

you did well again in the northerly.

you guys got it sussed.

had a look down the ramps today. not many out at all!

heading out tomorrow for a go. we'll see.

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Action packed session there

Sat, 2010-05-29 20:41

Action packed session there Paul! Awesome stuff. Can't say I've ever seen that number of dhuies caught before on one trip, even if you missed boating the big one!

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Was hard work holding the

Sat, 2010-05-29 20:58

Was hard work holding the boat on the spots. it takes some practice but you can get the boat to drif where you want it and sit right on the ground ,just increases the hook-up rate.will head out tommorow and have a look alittle further out this time the camera and sd card will be with me .

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amazing

Sat, 2010-05-29 21:06

what a great day!  can't wait until the time i can report such a prosperous days fishing.Still alot of hard work to be put in by me to find the spots.

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sounds like a great trip you

Sat, 2010-05-29 21:22

sounds like a great trip you guys had.you certainly have got some productive ground up your way, if you know where to look that is. pity about the big dhuie thats still swimming

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Nice to get into such great action in close Paul

Sun, 2010-05-30 08:07

Sherbs and I were fishing up near Flatrocks and I think we saw your boat going past.

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Days like that only happen in my dreams!

Sun, 2010-05-30 08:14

Nice effort.

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well done Paul Yeah same as

Sun, 2010-05-30 21:33

well done Paul

Yeah same as ys at the moment, getting good dhus this time of year, got some to 9kgs today, but looking for the pink coloured fish. They are just not playing baall. Did find some nice 55+cm baldies tho.