Theres fish in them thar waters
Went for a very quick late arvo snapper sess with Schecky last night. A bearing in the outboard leg crapped itself half way to the spot so we just stopped and fished where we were, not ideal, and picked up a few baker and other rubbish on softies but as soon as the sun peaked under the horizon, the fish came out......sounder lit up, even though the ground was at best average.....50 and 200 kHz below.
Looked good, and landed a small dhu which was released before my softy got nailed a few minutes later.....head shakes confirming a nice snapper.......great battle on light gear, with numerous good runs, only to straighten the poxy TT jig hook as I was starting to win the battle........on PE 0.5.......time for a different jig head make!
Schecky then got hit, nice fight on bream gear, landed this 53 cm dhu....was in goof nick, so quick snap and released it to make more dhu pups.
My young bloke got a few nice hits from susepced snapper but did not hook up and then as usual it went quiet, so we tootled off back home at a brisk 4 knots.......with the bearing squeeling in protest.......thats gonna be expensive!!!!!
Boston Whaler 235 Conquest......getting the flogging it was built for.
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hlokk
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Was it the heaviest gauge
Was it the heaviest gauge wire though John? Those TT's come in quite a range of strengths for the smaller sized weights and it can be easy to pick a hook too small. Even the 1/4 oz ones have some hooks you would struggle to straighten on 20lb, but all are not equal.
Any pinkies landed?
grayzeee
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got to agree , stopped using
got to agree , stopped using those jig heads in favour of the nitro saltwaters as i've had those straighten.
love fishing the 3 mile in winter. struggling to see the point blasting k's out to sea when there's quality just outside the marina's.
had a 53cm pinkie last night as per your dhu , as the sun dissapeared (on bait unfortunately) but the runt sambo's and skippy were all over the plastics
If I spent half as long fishing , as I do reading this bloody forum , I'd be twice the fisherman I am.
chrisp
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Nice Boys..
Good to see scheckter can still spare a bit of time for the old fishing crew in between his outings with the "ladies".
schecky
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Was good to get out there
Was good to get out there again hotdogs! been missing it alot!
fisho-ron
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shame about the engine john,
shame about the engine john, any idea on which bearing went and why?
lucky it didnt happen at the back of rotto though!
JohnF
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Classic bearing noise under
Classic bearing noise under load but not in neural, so suspect a thrust bearing.....was a few months overdue for first service.....maybe pushed it too long. In on Monday, my cheque book is quivering!
First trip out late arvo we have not landed a pinkie......loving the plastics and catch and release.
Boston Whaler 235 Conquest......getting the flogging it was built for.
Markie
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Those tt jigheads.... Open
Those tt jigheads.... Open that bin lid and sink em. Buy squidgy heads.
THE GERMAN
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nice
night mate, but i only fish owners mate ive learnt over the years and lost some corkers!!!
till
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Ahh I've snapped owners as
Ahh I've snapped owners as well, so its got to be the fairly heavy gauge ones.
Seaquest
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Owner SJ-41
Even Owners can be straightened.
till
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Actually Tony and Hlokk have
Actually Tony and Hlokk have busted a few SJ-51s too!
MattMiller
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Geez Brendan
what size were they and what did you bend them on? Sambos i'm guessing?
Lamby
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Guess is correct, a few of
Guess is correct, a few of our assists got a new shape
MattMiller
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I wonder
if it's because it was set up as a 'double'. I'd be very surprised to bend one of those hooks as a single.
fisherking
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Loving these sounder shots,
Loving these sounder shots, gives me (& others) some idea of what we're supposed to be seeing.
Thanks
Dean.
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