weekend on the south coast, lots of bp's and firsts
after work on friday me and the guys loaded up my car and headed out to a little place i call heaven, camped the night and got up early (before sunrise) and started the long treck in with the dive and fishing gear.
mission for the day was to catch and release with the line fishing and shoot enough for a feed so we all could take a few kg of fish home. first 3 casts for me ended in pulled hooks, first foxfish off the rock and first queeny as well and we all had similar results with the baits before we switched to crabs and grouper where the targets. cowan and jayden had the best luck with both getting some rats and pulling hooks to some monsters!!!
after the sun came up a bit couple of us jumped in to try shoot a few fish and explore. got a heap of fish and came back to the line guys having got a heap more and let a lot go and kept a few because of injuries getting them up the rocks.
11:30 and we had over 50kg of fish in our rock pool and that was enough to keep us all happy and we all got a few fish each. total for the morning between 5 of us line fishing and spearing including released fish was 7 blues to 21kg, 8 queenies, 4 fox fish, 2 harlequin, 1 boarfish and lots of other bits and pieces. back in town and all cleaned up by 5 pm.
today we got up late with a hangover and headed out late to a rock ledge close to town to try for some sambos. jimmy got a nice little one on 40lb and a live herring and lost a good one on soft plastic and i hooked a monster on my saltiga 5000 and full lock i couldnt turn it and after a few minutes i had a knot fail and away that went. really frustrating as it was a very big fish!!!
always looking for a new challenge!!
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Lamby
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Smashing it, as usual! Keep
Smashing it, as usual! Keep it coming Chris
Scotte
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looks like a good morning
looks like a good morning guys well done.thats one thing i like about Chris. no bullshit, just quality fish!
dkonig82
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that's nuts - you guys are
that's nuts - you guys are slaying it
When asked by a non-fisherman 'how many fishing rods do you really need?' the correct answer is either:
n+1 (where n is the number of fishing rods you currently own); or
n-1 (where n is the number of fishing rods which would cause your significant other to dump you.
Chris fish
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Cheers guys, was an epic
Cheers guys, was an epic trip that's for sure but a huge walk to get into but I suppose effort gets rewarded when you go remote to places most can't get into.
always looking for a new challenge!!
Big Ron
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Careful there boys! Blue
Careful there boys! Blue Morong ( queen snapper) are Demersal. Not the best time of year to be picking those up, unless you were outside the bio region whrere there might be different regs?
DTrain
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It says south coast in the
It says south coast in the title...
Chris fish
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South coast so all good down
South coast so all good down here.
always looking for a new challenge!!
crasny1
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well done Chris
But what's a BP?
Did you need to fuel up after all the PB's!!!!
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Chris fish
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Haha supposed to be PB
Haha supposed to be PB
always looking for a new challenge!!
crasny1
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Knowing where you fish
U still need some fuel to get in the places. LOL
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Chris fish
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Used 200l of fuel for the
Used 200l of fuel for the weekend so a BP sponsorship would come in very handy haha.
always looking for a new challenge!!
Big Ron
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Fair Cop, thought it might
Fair Cop, thought it might be south west. Nice one......just jealous now!
Stevo81
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Smoked it again boys! Great
Smoked it again boys! Great stuff!!
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Browndog
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Quality
Quality AND Quantity.
So jealous.....
Well done.
Jim
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Awesome fishing,would love to
Awesome fishing,would love to make it out there one day. Seen some pics of the same place, see any sharks or YTK while diving?
Bend over
Gonad Man
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Great effort fella's, put in
Great effort fella's, put in the hard yards and bask in the glory. There's people around with boats that burn twice that amount of fuel but dont produce near what you guy's caught, well done.