As per my recent Shore Catch post, we headed out in good conditions this afternoon.  Got away from Hillarys not long after 3pm.  This trip was about taking a long term work mate of Dean’s to catch a few fish.  Dominic has a boat but no real luck with the fish so it was a bit of a guiding and advice trip.

The first ground we chose had reasonable sounding.  The 20kg+ bucket of mixed shred came out with us but it was a bit of an “epic fail” as it was too heavy without support and broke up.  No worries, the wind conditions were great and the current was low so over the side it goes down onto our spot in batches for 15-20 minutes.  The sounder shots were awesome and the one below is a “frenzy” to get to the shred.

It was on again.  Constant bite from a whole range of species.  The highlight for me was Dominic landing his first nice pinkie, we measured it at about 525mm and in an instant we chucked it back to swim away.  The look on his face and the comments as he watched it go were priceless.  Too small as they shrink in the esky. 

Happily, within the next 10 minutes he hooked up to another pinkie and this one was a bit bigger.  We had given Dom a good combo to use, after one failed drop with his, and the fight was excellent viewing.  Not a huge pinkie but there is certainly a happy look here.

Lots of sambos – my arms are sore as I type this.  It was fun hooking a skippy, winding it into the “zone” and getting the “upgrade”.  We did get “shredded” by some very large models with this technique though.

Most fish were released but we kept the best eating ones. 

Back in before 7pm in what was another epic Perth Metro NoR dash.  We are so lucky to have this fishery on our doorstep.