freezer was looking a bit empty of decent fillets so close to xmas , so , with the winds looking ok today , i decided to head out from mindarie on a solo mission.

arrived at the ramp at 5 45 am and it looked pretty quiet. quick launch and headed due west to some previous marks. got to the spot with a few lumps in close proximity showing fish.

dropped down with the light jigging gear and .. nothing. bugger. worked the area for half an hour , but nothing on the chew.

the cray boys were west of me so dicided to have a sound around a pot. loads of fish sign but once again , nothing seemed hungry.  moving on , found a massive school of baitfish on the bottom to mid water , so had a drop and was rewarded with a little 3kg sbt on jig. nice.

didn't get anything else off the bait , so headed further west. saw another pot and had a sound around. there was sign of fish , but it wasn't lit up like the previous pot.

tied on the lamble jig that resembles the caprice. dropped it down and it was hit before it got to the bottom. some mins and a good fight later and the dhu popped up . weighed in at 10kg.

expensive jig but worth it already.

turned to head in quite happy , when i ran over a small 2 meter lump in a desert.

tied on a zest baitfish and had a drop. straight on with something better again. really giving me some stick when mid fight , i feel the knob starting to get all slack on the little stradic. uh oh.

finish the fight with just the handle , no knob.   interesting. see colour about 10 mins into the fight and ... oh no.    i've gone and done a jamie and foul hooked a sambo . (hehehe)

not sure on weight but would have to have been upwards of 15kg

headed home happy and out the water by 11

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