Forgot the sounder

Forgot the sounder

Was halfway across the sound on the way to catch some squid for fresh bait when I noticed quite a few birds hovering around. Went to check the water temp on the sounder wondering if it could be mackerel underneath *SH!T* where's the sounder?!

After bagging 15 squid headed out to the 40s. With no sounder the aim of the game was to just do long drifts over the marks on the gps, and with every decent bite or fish hooked I put a new mark and after not too long had a rough idea where most of the decent fish were holding.

We fished small baits on small hooks and did quite well, the dhuie went 82cm and was a great fight on 15lb braid. Was back at Woodies by 11.30

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Da pirate's picture

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Hah ..

Mon, 2021-02-15 19:14

That's killa mate .. like back in

the old days without the gadgets

we have now !! Cheers pirate  

Faulkner Family's picture

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 Well done. Great feed there.

Mon, 2021-02-15 19:51

 Well done. Great feed there. Goes to show you don t need all the mod cons,  only half of them 

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RUSS and SANDY. A family that fishes together stays together

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Nice work Beau

Tue, 2021-02-16 05:23

I'm pretty sure you're the sort of guy that could pull a fish out of a bathtub. Next time try no plotter or sounder!. 

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 My wife understands why I clean my rods n reels in the shower....

 

Brock O's picture

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That empty feeling I bet....I

Tue, 2021-02-16 07:58

That empty feeling I bet....I guess the idea was to enjoy the day regardless which worked a treat.

Tasty bag there!

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Date Joined: 05/05/06

Similar to the challenge of

Tue, 2021-02-16 12:24

Similar to the challenge of light tackle fishing, you might start a new fishing craze. 

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Bend over

dmck's picture

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At least..

Tue, 2021-02-16 19:04

 you could fish...

 I cruised 10km to my favourite spot ....... and the rods were still at home....

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Happened a lot back when

Wed, 2021-02-17 16:16

if you ran out of paper, too easy nowadays ha ha 

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all aggressive fish love bigjohnsjigs