Last nights Snapper from my 10 foot Tinny
Well I really wanted to go out land based during that storm, but due to having the dam flu I wasn't allowed to go out in the rain. Anyway with the forcast for low winds and not much rain I decided to head out Sat night for a few hours in my tinny. I was still coughing and sniffling but I was determined to go anyway so I did.
Halfway to the ramp I realised I'd forgotten the sounder so I turned around and went back and got it. Once I was half way down again it started to rain and I hadn't brought the wet weather gear, bugger I thought I'd just continue and hope it stops. Luckily it did, sort of.
I got a few small showers over the time I was out but not too heavy. Anyway I found a likely spot and set out my big lines. I couldn't be bothered trying for baitfish so just used old bait that I already had. Once the lines were out I got as comfortable as one can in a 10 foot tinny and settled down to wait. An hour and a half later my line went screaming off, I hooked up straight away and felt plenty of headshakes and new it was a pinky, whoohoo. After a short while I gently led it into my landing net and it was mine. Aprox 9kgs of beautiful Pink.
MattMiller
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Well done
thats a cracker in trying conditions.
Shame there's no Fishwrecked comp tag
thesupervisor
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nice snappy was that in
nice snappy was that in cockburn?
getting the bottom line final answer from a bunch of blokes that use false names and put smiley faces at the end of paragraphs is not the best place in the world to get the information you seek.
Daniel Westerduin
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Yeah in Cockburn somewhere.
Yeah in Cockburn somewhere.
leesfishin
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nice snapper , worth the
nice snapper , worth the effot!!
Goodz
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Great work mate, nice to be
Great work mate, nice to be rewarded for putting in the extra effort! What was the winning bait?
Daniel Westerduin
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Old scalie mackerel did the
Old scalie mackerel did the trick.
Adam Gallash
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POTM
Looks like we've got a fair POTM contender there, what a cracker.
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TonyT
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good fish buddy , well done
good fish buddy , well done
aalfred
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thats a nice one. we have
thats a nice one. we have been down there last night as well and i must say well done beeing out there in a 10foot tinny!! the weather wasnt the greatest at best!
Gricko
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Great reward for the effort,
Great reward for the effort, would of been great seeing the colour when it first came into the light.
All this working keeps getting in the way of fishing!
Tim
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Great
Great fish Danny.
Nice reward for all your effort
adam87
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verry nice fish
its a stonker well done
good to see some in the sound!
no id tag?
fisho-ron
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great pinky mate, well done
great pinky mate, well done
Scotte
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did you get a measurement of
did you get a measurement of the fish?
Scotte
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good fish by the way and
good fish by the way and seems to be a few early ones around
PattyT
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What a cracker red!!!!
What a cracker red!!!! Congrats
Lucky Tim
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some nice pinkies rolling in
some nice pinkies rolling in at the moment by the looks. Love fish like that from a small boat, well done
sea-kem
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Deserve after putting in the
Deserve after putting in the hard yards
Love the West!
Daniel Westerduin
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I did get a rough measurement
I did get a rough measurement as it was slightly longer than my icebox. My icebox has a fishing sticker on it and goes up to 88cms(length of icebox) and it was longer than that. So aprox 90-92cm and 9kgs. No ID tag.
Danny.
Albee Mangles
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Solid fish Dan!
Great reward for effort mate, might seeya out there sometime.
Daniel Westerduin
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There was one of the Kayak
There was one of the Kayak boys out that night, in a yellow yak but not you. He said he'd had a quiet night that particular night, so I reckon I just got lucky.
Danny.
thesupervisor
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hey mate can you share some
hey mate can you share some info of where you park your car and where to launch from down that way i heard its full of shit heads at night in the carpark
getting the bottom line final answer from a bunch of blokes that use false names and put smiley faces at the end of paragraphs is not the best place in the world to get the information you seek.
Daniel Westerduin
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I've just been parking at the
I've just been parking at the Woodman point public boatramp and taking the risk. So far so good. I guess eventually something might happen but far out you can't let what ifs, stop you from doing something you like. I've parked there quite a few times so far and no problems. (I have seen a few drunken louts about a few times but they haven't caused me any grief yet.) Also I've also launched off the beach down Navel Base by the Desal plant quite a few times to, with my 4x4 and even there no serious trouble so far either, though I did get a smashed trailer light there once but thats it.
Anthony Hall 87
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Nice snap from the sound and
Nice snap from the sound and here I am traveling 60 k's
Tight lines to all :)
Lamby
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Cracking pinky mate, well
Cracking pinky mate, well done potm contender for sure
Fish13
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hi danny, i finally made it
hi danny,
i finally made it across! Still pissed about the 12:27am text message though :P
she is a stonker mate!