Solo Pinkie Mission
Headed out last night (Sunday 15/09) to have what will most likely be my last shot at a pinkie before the ban. This was to be my third trip/attempt at them this year. The first trip resulted in nothing, but the second was worse when my brother got two and I got nil. So I decided to do the only logical thing and go by myself without telling my brother I was heading out.
I don't ever remember catching a legal pinkie myself in metro waters, so I wasn't overly hopeful. With the weather forecast showing that it was only going to get better I headed out from Woodies in the tinny around 5:00pm. I found some fish on the sounder, burlied up and had a crack but no joy. Although I know that you shouldn't be moving just before sunset I decided to try another spot.
Got there quickly just before sunset and sent out two lines, one with a lightly weighted squid and the other with an unweighted scalie. Hadn't even burlied up when the line with the scalie went off. I quickly got onto it, set the hooks and started the fight. All was well with the world until about ten seconds in when the other line goes off. I then made the call to grab the other line and hope that the one I already had was hooked well enough to leave on the line and put back in the rodholder.
After a great fight in relatively shallow water that seemed to take forever, I got the "second" fish into the net and went back to the other rod hoping that I was still on as it had gone a bit quiet. Thankfully he was still there. This fish was a bit more tired by now and came up a bit easier than the first although he had taken a fair bit of line whilst I was on the other fish. The net was already occupied so I pulled him in by the leader and he happened to land with his mate.
Net result was my first and second metro pinkies. They came in at 65cm and 75cm and were both hooked on sunset. I had washed the boat, filletted the fish and got back home by 8:00pm with a choc fudge McFlurry and a few kg's of fresh fish to paciify the wife. Good result. When it rains it pours...
Cheers,
Jarrid
Tradewind
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Top work! I'm 0 for 3 at the
Top work!
I'm 0 for 3 at the moment but I keep going back to D9 and Gravel patches which is probably why.
Going to try and find different areas and find some holes
jarrid
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Date Joined: 20/08/10
cheers. and i also forgot to
cheers.
and i also forgot to mention that the bigger one was 4cm bigger than my brothers...
Walfootrot
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Nice going!In the old days we
Nice going!
In the old days we used to go out in a 12' tinnie, 6 hand lines, and when a school came through every hand line would be dancing around the boat.
The thing is to remain calm.
Nice pinks
More drum lines, kill the bloody sharks!
Tequila
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Date Joined: 15/09/12
Nice bit of excitment in the
Nice bit of excitment in the afternoon. Well done
Fishing is Addictive and I'm an Addict!
trymyluck
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Nice fish Jarrid, When you
Nice fish Jarrid, When you say relatively shallow ?? how deep was it ?
jarrid
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about 10m from memory. i
about 10m from memory. i think i might have fluked the spot as there was noone else there.
Tradewind
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The new spot I want to try is
The new spot I want to try is about that depth.
Starting to think it might be on the money
jarrid
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Date Joined: 20/08/10
let me know where it is and
let me know where it is and i'll check it out for you. not today though...
jarrid
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Date Joined: 20/08/10
let me know where it is and
let me know where it is and i'll check it out for you. not today though...
dkonig82
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nice work on the solo mission
nice work on the solo mission
When asked by a non-fisherman 'how many fishing rods do you really need?' the correct answer is either:
n+1 (where n is the number of fishing rods you currently own); or
n-1 (where n is the number of fishing rods which would cause your significant other to dump you.
chris raff
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When it rains it pours ..
When it rains it pours .. nice fish , good effort getting amongst them
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hunterdive
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great work mate, hopefully
great work mate,
hopefully they're still around when this blow finally stops, I'm itching
meglodon
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Thanks for the great report
Good report and photos, by the way you left out the lat and long where you got the fish lol
jarrid
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Date Joined: 20/08/10
thanks guys. yeah i was going
thanks guys.
yeah i was going to write the coords down but then my fingers got tired...
p.s. i've only got one spot thats actually produced so i will be a little coy on its location
DhuBoi
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Date Joined: 25/05/09
Dont tell anyone bro fuk em
Dont tell anyone bro fuk em you work hard for spots nothing worse than telling someone next time you go out ten boats r on it .
living is fishing
Tradewind
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I've got some great advice
I've got some great advice from the forum and I reckon half the fun is doing some research and trial.
I know when it pays off with fish it'll be even more rewarding
jarrid
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Date Joined: 20/08/10
apart from one joke nobody
apart from one joke nobody has actually asked me exactly where it is, so there are no dramas. went from woodies into the sound, shallow water and fish on the sounder when we found it. i've picked up heaps of info off here which gives general hints and areas to try and some of it works and some of it doesn't. just got to go and have a look around.
if i had more than one spot and/or it was at a spot that had a name ie harding rock, D9, etc etc i would be a bit more forthcoming. i have been given advice from people on here (even if its just a general area) and appreciate it, so will give some back when (or if) i actually have enough to share.
Moking
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Thats's two very nice
Thats's two very nice snapper there-well done,and it just makes me more determine to get out there before the snapper ban comes in week.
My Dad taught me how to Fish-Thanks Dad.(RIP)
DavidBaricevic
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Good report mate well done
Good report mate well done on your own...
nicko_cairns
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nice work!
nice work!
sea-kem
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Top stuff! Good onya for
Top stuff! Good onya for trying something different and it paying off. I'm constantly hunting for new ground when I go out. I'll generally scan the GPS map for something that looks likely and then fish the area In a bit of a grid. Usually works. As they say meters count.
Love the West!