TODAYS REPORT
Headed out at 4am this morning, hit the first spot and on the first drop everyone loaded up on pinkies as expected. By sunrise (around 5.30am) we had 8 snapper, with the smallest going 6kg and 5 over 9kg. We then set out 2 tiagra 50s and did some trolling around West End, but with no luck. From this, we headed deep and worked 400gm jigs. Unfortunately it was quite windy, and didn't work in our favour with the Sambos. Hooked up to a monster and got bust off, while my mate got spooled on lock up with a torsa 30. Seeing as we didnt have any luck with the Sambos we went after some tuna. Saw a few on the surface and some around while jigging. Didnt have any luck getting tuna either, so worked some jigs in 30m water, picking up a few small sambos and dhueys, oh an wrasse half the size of the jig aha. Got back by 1.30, with an esky full of pinkies.
Anything under 65-70cm we released to fight another day
The picture of the reels in the picture probably equated to about 1/6 of the reels on board aha. Stellas, Van Staal, Tiagras, Torsas, Saltigas - Galore!
spanishmackeral
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great fish, but it appears
great fish, but it appears one of your rods is missing a reel. how deep were you when you got the pinkies?
Georgejungle
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arent you only allowed 2
arent you only allowed 2 snapper each and a boat limit of 4 or am i wrong???>
John_M
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7 people of board, which
7 people of board, which would mean we could keep 14
till
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Nice pinks, looks like you
Nice pinks, looks like you were out with Al Bevan's Shikari Charters?
Dicey
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Very Nice!
Very Nice!
John_M
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Spot on Till, howd you know
Spot on Till, howd you know aha?
schecky
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Theres not many charter boats
Theres not many charter boats that you see that many Van Staals, Saltigas, Stellas, Torsa's on, easy guess!
Were the pinkies jigged John?
Nice fish mate.
STEVE231
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Thought it was Al's boat as
Thought it was Al's boat as well, good effort boys, some nice pinks there!!
What's the deal with the sambos not firing??
John_M
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We got the pinkies on bait,
We got the pinkies on bait, and spent the rest of the day working jigs
soupster51
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Great Start
Awesome start to the day by the look of it. Shame the rest of the day didn't fire as well. I guess that's fishing though.
The best reason for doing what's right today is tomorrow.
Georgejungle
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Cool thanks for the
Cool thanks for the clarification nice pinkies there ,where does al leave from and how far out to sea does he go?.
John_M
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Leaves from Fremantle, and I
Leaves from Fremantle, and I think he will head out pretty far if you want. (ie. chasing Marlin and Bass Grouper etc)
Pinkies were caught in around 30m
Just1morecast
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well done John, im still yet
well done John, im still yet to see a big pink. Happy faces in that pic!
Forever learning with fishing
PattyT
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Some really nice snapper
Some really nice snapper there mate!! Sounds like a pretty solid day on the water.
dj81
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Question
Nice Catch..
Question? How do you get hold of Shikari Charters? I've been using googling for the last two days no luck.
till
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Shikari Charters: 9528 1602
Shikari Charters: 9528 1602 or 0412281245 or 0412131958
John_M
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I know Al personally, so
I know Al personally, so that's how I got out
grayzeee
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great stuff there.well done.
great stuff there.
well done.
If I spent half as long fishing , as I do reading this bloody forum , I'd be twice the fisherman I am.
ish_lovesfishing
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nice fish
good fish there John
Ish
Faulkner Family
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sounds like a magic start
sounds like a magic start with the big pinks, pity the rest ofthe day was hard work. at least you got a feed of nice fresh pinkie
RUSS and SANDY. A family that fishes together stays together
allan
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Nice fish John, current out
Nice fish John, current out wide is pushing up from the south at 3-4kts so it made things very hard. Sambo's are still working but I would encourage all to move on if the sharks move in. Seen too many just stay on the spot, getting sharked,so like all thing have a bit of a back up plan. Lots of talk around of closing the areas and that will be a shot in the ass for everone.
Tight lines all
Allan
PS the phone no,s posted is correct or shikari@bbnet.com.au
dj81
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thanks guys!!!
Hey thanks for the details Till.
All I have heard was if you want a good charter go with Shikari. Cant wait.