Tuesday night pinks with sounder pics
The forecast for Tuesday afternoon looked too good to pass up and having fished the previous Tuesday night for undersize pinks and a just size Dhu, I thought it a good idea to get out and have another crack at an after storm pinky. Being soft I don't like to fish the gale force downpours so waited for after it had well and truly passed.
Launched the boat at Hillarys about 4pm and the deckie supplied the coffee which was a nice touch. A friend had reported some action on the close reefs outside the hole in the wall so we headed there. Using the Garmin side scan to see where a likely place was to drop the anchor.
There was a very light breeze from the NW and the current running north/south meant the boat sat very nicely to fish floaters next to the reef. I got the berley pot set up with some of the ShoreCatch berley mulies. I like these as they seem to keep a good trail going and only have to pump the muncher from time to time. My floating mulie got picked a couple of times and the deckie landed a size baldie. Next the deckie landed a skippy, so it was time to send the fresh skippy fillet out on my floater. Getting close to sunset we started seeing these images on the sounder (image is from later when I remembered to take a screen shot):
Just as the sun went down my floater reel screamed into life with a blistering first run and when I pushed the lever drag up on the reel, it didn't stop. That kind of obnoxious behaviour made me call it for a sambo. Another couple of runs and I gained some line and when it surfaced I was very please to see it was a good pink. Deckie was quick with the net and in the boat went my new PB pink of 85cm. I was stoked.
After dark the action kept going. I had a few more runs that didn't hook up and then another where it came up tight when I pushed the lever up. Funny enough, this 56cm pink came up with an old rig in his mouth that had been there for some time. You can see the rig where the seaweed is growing on it. Circle hook, very thick mono with crimps and a failed swivel at the other end.
All in all, a great little session and back in the marina just after 8pm.
Ryan C
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nice work mate
i caught a 104cm pink about 5 years ago on the 3 mile at Hillarys with a large , thick gauge circle and about 20cm of 150lb? mono in its jaw? pro gear?
still trying
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Great fish thanks for
Great fish thanks for sharing the sounder pics my sounder is nowhere near as good as yours but im learning what to look for
rather be fishing
Uluabuster
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Short and Sweet report.
Short and Sweet report. Thanks for sharing!
Faulkner Family
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Well done . Its great seeing
Well done . Its great seeing the big pinks come on board after a hard fight. They certainly dont play fair. Gotta be happy all round.
Im flying down to perth from kalgoorlie for the weekend so hoping to get a load of fishing done including a couple of night fishes hoping for the pinks.
RUSS and SANDY. A family that fishes together stays together