Two Rocks Friday
Friday was looking good so Darren, Bear and myself headed out from Two Rocks to the 40's. Launched at 7am along with stacks of others and started out. The seas were a bit confused and choppy so we decided to stop at a little Snapper rock on the way out, just to let the wind die down a bit. Like most secret spots the drift on this rock is really short, ie a very small patch. First drift had all 3 of us onto snapper but all under size. Second drift and all on again with 1 size in the bunch.
It looked like the fish were on the chew so we didnt waste any more time on the snapper and headed out. First drift in the 40's landed our fist size Dhu and several undersize, a couple small snapper and a black ass that wasent much bigger than the hook he tried to swallow. Not wanting to pull another Dhuie from the same spot we moved to a rubble area that can produce some great KG's and in summer has some good Baldies. The KG's didnt put in an appearance but the Baldies were there and we had a great session with 2 good keepers coming onboard. I also picked up a cracking double header that had a lot of weight. I obvously didnt know it was a double until half way up when i lost most of the weight. When i got the just undersize Dhu to the surface the top hook was missing. The 50lb leader was rough as where it had snapped so in top fisherman form i'm calling it as a monster Dhu.. Lol
The esky was looking in good shape and the wind had died down so in the intrest of getting a smooth ride home we headed in. Another nice Pinkie would make the day perfect so we stopped at the snapper rock to give it one last drift. I'm glad we did.
One drift and two of us hooked up. Both nice fish but mine felt like a tank on the 30lb. Bear got in his 6kg Dhu pretty quick but my one took a while longer. Ended up being my PB Dhu of 12kg. Put Bears on the release weight and headed for home.
Great day out, good company, good fishing and a PB to boot.
Sometimes when the water is quiet, you can hear the fish laughing at you !
dano83
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Good work on the pb merv
Good work on the pb merv
sea-kem
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Great bag there Merv
Great bag there Merv
Love the West!
Boydy
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Congrats on the PB
Nice bag and good write up.
Well done.
kirky79
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Nice Dhu Merv
Great feeds in that bag too. Great write up mate. Well done
meglodon
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Enjoyed reading your write up
Thanks for the write up and pics I enjoyed both.