solo trout & queenies
had a solo session last week out of dampier. it was blowing its ring out but i was desperate for a fish so snuck out to one of the islands just to have a crack at it. got to a very well protected bay which had a few bombies and reefs around in only about 2-3m of water. i chucked 2 smaller lures out and hoped for the best...
nothing happened for the first five minutes but then things went mad. first in the boat was an undersize trout which was encouraging and unexpected. i got another 2 undersize trout on the first troll up the bay. when i got to the top and just started to turn back i hit a school of queenies. i sort of lost count but i reckon i boated at least 12 in the next half hour or so. 6 came from double hookups which are entertaining when by yourself.
i only wanted to keep 1 but the smaller of the ones in the photo inhaled a treble and didn't release well so i scooped him back in and gave him to the neighbour. i stopped trolling for a while and chucked a popper out but after about 10 minutes there was no joy so i drove away from the queenies and chucked the lures out again.
got about another 5 or so trout on the next run back down the bay...all undersize. then i got a barracuda. then i got a 60cm trout. then about another 5 undersize ones (around 40cm). then another trout which was just over 50cm. then hooked into what i think was a solid mackie which went on a great run and was on the way back when he either reefed me or bit through.
with that it was time to pack it in and head back to the ramp. was back home with a clean boat by 11:00am after having had some of the best fishing fun ever. only fished for about an hour and a half in total.
who says you need to go wide to have a good time???
p.s. also caught a new pb for smallest fish on a lure with the last photo...not sure what it is though.
troy fuller
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sort of looks like a very
sort of looks like a very little queeny as with the tail and the spots on the top as well as spikes on the bottom
deepwater
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nice work there jarrid ,a
nice work there jarrid ,a good feed thats for sure
jeff
Webby
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I agree with you mate, you
I agree with you mate, you dont need to go wide at all to have fun. I am finding myself more and more fishing shallow inshore reefs and you always get a feed and more often than not I get bricked by bigger fish. great fun for sure
I live with fear every day... sometimes she lets me go fishing.
ish_lovesfishing
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what a morning!
good fish there jarrid, nothing like hearing your rod go off :)
ish
PattyT
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Sounds like a great day out
Sounds like a great day out mate... and a few nice dinners to boot!
jarrid
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yeah cheers. it's a shame
yeah cheers.
it's a shame that noone else was with me, but at least nobody can dispute my story
unfortunately i only have 8 more weekends in karratha before moving back to perth...
Yewiefish85
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small fish on lure
Hi mate, looks to me like a small watson's leeping bonito, could be wrong, what do others think?
Daisy
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Reckon you hit the nail on
Reckon you hit the nail on the head Yewie, Blackfin on the back has got me thinking it is, must've been hungry :-D
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Yewiefish85
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That and the spots are why i
That and the spots are why i think that, would make an interesting (tiny) skip or swim bait, bet the trout would smash that!
jarrid
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i've got no idea. it's
i've got no idea. it's definitely a small pelagic of some description as it had some serious chompers. i've got a better picture of it but can't post single images for some reason. i keep getting some sort of "fatal error"...