Slow day jigging Monday
Went out for a jig on Monday with a couple of mates. With the weather looking so sweet we all managed to jag a day off, and off we went.
We were pretty amped for some good fishing after reading the reports of all the AJs put up late Sunday night after the Fishwrecked meet out at the barges and when we pulled around the heads at Woodies ramp and saw the glass-off across the Sound we almost blew a gasket.
Did one of the quickest trips ever getting out there given it was so flat and when we arrived there were about four other boats out there. Having read a few comments here I'm guessing one was Honsu and SamC was probably out there too. Anyway it was a long hard day of jigging with little success. The sounder was mad with fish but be damned if we could get them to take anything. We started off on the heavy stuff and I was on straight away, was great rubbing into the others about their lack of fishing prowess... until I realised it wasn't a fish that I had and and once I'd winched it up 100m found I had two snapper leads. Definately one of my most unusual captures.
Eventually moved to the lighter gear (check out the Lemax FerariStik - EX601 - if you want a good value light jig rod, was pretty impressed with its action but unfortuantely no fish)... what a relief that was on the old arm! But still with the changes to lighter jigs we had no success other than a double header of rat sambos which Luke managed to get about half way through the day.
hunterdive dropped some baits down on his light Jigwrex and found a few of the local triggerfish, geez they're ugly, and that was about it. We tried a couple of different spots but not much happening at any of them... tried trolling for some tuna but no success their either and that seemed to be the same on all the boats we bumped into.
All in all it was a great day on the water and better than being at work, but a disappointing outcome none-the-less.
Dreamtime
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LOL!!!
that is dam sure the either the funniest or sadest by-catch ive seen hahaha petty about the lack of fish though but the ride out looks like u guys got it SWEET!!!
honsu chin
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Stejcraft bowrider??
So that was you in the ski boat...yeh was a pretty quiet day. We ended up in whoop whoop and got into a heap of little tunas.
Good work on retrieving "somebodyelse" sinkers lol
Ben Derecki
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Yeah mate that was us. Not
Yeah mate that was us. Not a great fishing boat but a good enough allrounder that my father-in-law is happy for us to use whenever we want.
Nice little tuna session for you guys. We had a nice drool over your ride.
honsu chin
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lol..
yeh was a nice ride. Just need a sounder upgrade.
The Navman seems to have a glitch.
Faulkner Family
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would have been a great trip
would have been a great trip out there. pity the fish didnt want to play. those fish you call trigger fish , they are actually a chinaman leather jacket. all head and little meat on them. would have been nice to be out there anyway
RUSS and SANDY. A family that fishes together stays together
till
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At least you got out! I'm
At least you got out!
I'm way too chicken to have hooks at both ends of a jig, for mostly the reason you showed. Imagine whats going to happen come sambo season?
Lucky Tim
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bad luck fellas, looks like
bad luck fellas, looks like the fish had Monday off as we found them think yesterday (Tues) but had to deal with a sloppy Northerly in the process.
Ben Derecki
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That's why you're called
That's why you're called Lucky Tim mate.
Like till said, least we got out. You can't complain about days like that on the water.
Dicey
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That fish in the last pic
That fish in the last pic makes me crack up all the time, nice catch on the snapper lead, im sure you will get into some serious fish next time!
hunterdive
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Yeah I'm the mug into the
Yeah I'm the mug into the picture who protested that its just a leather jacket and I don't want a picture!! Its like putting a pic of a Charlie Court up when you're up north
At least I caught something for the day. Was sweet out there, a lot of effort jigging for little or no return, but was great to clear the head and head out on the water.
Honsu, I saw you up on the bow of the Boston Whaler doing your jig thing, sweet boat!!
Ben Derecki
Posts: 1926
Date Joined: 10/10/07
Don't listen to
You were all like "Take a shot of me with this sick leathery, "this is like the biggest fish I've ever caught... I'm so glad I bought a Certate to catch it on because nothing else would be able to pull up a fish this gnarly".
That's how I remember it anyway...
Ben Derecki
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KFF
They're like the Colonel Sanders of fish hey, all head no body.
Good to meet you last night Alex, albeit briefly. Should hook up for a shore-bash around the Canning one day when things start to warm up a bit more.
Dicey
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Yep good to meet you too
Yep good to meet you too Ben, sounds good for fishing the canning currently upgrading and offloading gear so summer should be back in action.
Paul G
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A said beats working,water
A said beats working,water looks great
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