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First metro Tailor for Daniel

Submitted by spook on Wed, 2012-10-31 07:39

Took Daniel for a fish for some Tailor yesterday at 5pm. He is visiting from Victoria and hadnt been fishing in WA before.
It looked promising last night, I hooked a good fish on as Bullchop second cast but lost him in the last
jump, this happened again to another so it kept us down there in the nippy southerly determined to land one. Daniel hooked up on his floated mulie and fought this barrel of a Tailor in, went 60cm and easy the fattest fish ive seen.
Not a bad way to open the account!!


Baged out on Bonito

Submitted by Sinohe on Mon, 2012-10-29 17:39

Headed out on Sunday roughly about 5am on the water from Hillarys couldn’t believe how nice the water was!!
Started trolling from 30m of water and bagged out on Bonitos in two three hours.
We were getting board as there were smashing anything we throw at them so we stated using our 1-2kg bait rods. They ranged from 40 to 50cm.


YTK TIME... LANDBASED

Submitted by dunsborough out... on Wed, 2012-10-24 15:34

A good friend and I decided to try some livebaiting from the dry stuff, after hearing a few reports of small YTK  being landed around Margies. We Got prepared last night, with rigs, and bait being prepared for sunrise. After the trek from the Main road into the spot, we felt the wind pushing from the wrong direction, which made the proposition of sending livies out a whole lot tricker. After getting some live herring in the tank for the session, we attempted our first big rig, and as it made it past the protection of the land, it whistled out to about 150-180m from shore, and was in very fishy waters. The second livey was about half way out to its area, and we watched the first balloon disappear and explode, shortly followed by the rod loading up, and a host of yelling and cursing. Experienced angler Mick grabbed his rod, took up the slack, and struck into some thumping head shakes, and a solid 50m run. We both called it for a small shark, as the head shakes soon disappeared, and its head was turned. About 10 minutes into the fight was when we both decided either a Sambo or a YTK were on the cards, as the fish continued to dog it out, making its way from structure to structure, one side of the bay to the other. With some careful guiding, and forgiving drag pressures, we got first sight of the fish, and the flashes of yellow and silver instantly distinguished the YTK. What we saw swimming with this fish was impressive, another King free swimming made the one we hooked look like a jelly bean.

After bringing the fish to within gaffing distance, we were hoping to make light work of the gaff shot, and secure the fish on land. Little did we know, with swell, wind, and an angry hoodlum working against us, it was going to be 20 minutes of high pressure hell, I finally ended it with a solid gaff connection just behind the pec fin, and the KING was ours. With guesses on the weight being 20-25kg, we werent looking forward to the walk back to the car. Was great to target a species, and nail it on our first real attempt. Congratulations to Mick the angler, fish of a lifetime.

The fish was weighed at Dunsborough Outdoor Sportz, and at home, with both pairs of scales saying 22kg, awesome LBG Capture!

 

Cheers,

Zac@DunsboroughOutdoorSportz


In the newspaper

Submitted by black gen on Wed, 2012-10-24 09:44

Seeing as the boys the other day got in the paper for the escapades...i thought id share with you lot that my dog kennel is on the inside cover of todays paper.he is devo that export is being shipped east....hope u like it!

 

Jess


Mahi Mahi off Exmouth

Submitted by martinvanaswegen on Tue, 2012-10-23 10:28

Mahi Mahi caught off Exmouth last week in 500m of water using richter pink skirt.

 

Should've weighed it in hindsight but we estimate it to be between 15 - 22kg!


Maiden Voyage

Submitted by beau on Sat, 2012-10-20 18:32

 Some of you might've read my post during the week of the purchase of my mates and I first boat, well today we put her in the water for our maiden voyage as boat owners. As per usual for this time of year our target was some surface action tailor, hopefully hook and land a sambo, and some King George Whiting for the table. Well we can put a big red tick next to all of those and we are so soo happy with our purchase, as a lot of you guys mentioned it really is the perfect size for a first boat. Here's a couple photos to wrap up todays efforts!

Day started a little slow but we eventually found some fish, heres Dad with a richtered tailor..

 

Once we found the hidey holes it was on for young and old. Biggest tailor for the day was around 55cms. Lost plenty bringing fish in slowly to attract some bigger predators.

 

1m+ sambos were boofing these fish on the surface as we were bringing them to the boat. It got a bit chaotic as Ben and I scrambled around the boat rigging up live herring on our heavier gear. Unforunately we lost both decent sized sambos we ended up hooking, bit of a mission in 5m of water. We gladly settled with this lil guy that was following up wrasse dad was catching on bait as the rest of us pinged surface lures around the reef. Bens first decent size sambo.

 

Drifting live herring around the bombies.

 

Drifted in 1-2m of water for a big haul of kgw! Yummo!

 

Gear for the day, we like Stradics ;)

 

Not a bad day getting used to using the boat eh! Definitely no bad luck with this tub!

 

Cheers blokes


Gotta Love School Holidays!! (LOTS of pics)

Submitted by ca11um on Fri, 2012-10-19 21:13

Well i went back to school 2 days ago and my first thought was "...oh HEELLL nah..." I wanted to be back on holidays
 
I had just got back from a two week trip up the coast, all the way to Broome in fact, and what a trip it was!! Those few days before any trip are always a strange time. We all know that feeling, and it drives your mind crazy!! That feeling that sends your mind into overdrive and send out a barrage of questions. What will we catch?? What will we see?? Will i lose that dream fish or will i rise above and finally catch that beaut trophy fish?? Will it be a waste of time or will it be the complete opposite?? Thoughts like these went mental in my head the few days before we finally jumped in the car and headed north. There was one fish i really wanted to catch though, and i wanted it so bad!! It was none other than the mighty, Mangrove Jack. I had never caught one of these brutes and i was just dying to tangle with one. I knew that they hit with ferocity like no other fish and required some serious nerve to try and tame. That maroney red colour that intertwined between its scales and skin. Those vicious teeth that made mullet float up dead out of sheer fright, this was what i was after!! I took all my fishing mags and read every single article about MJ's on the way up to our first destination, Carnarvon. After 12 straight hours of driving and reading i could not only qoute every single word from my mags but i also couldnt walk properly, which is what happens when your squashed up against 40 million bags. I was hoping to finally get that slab of angry red muscle right here, after i could feel my legs of course. That would have to wait though, as we had some terrific weather further north up in Quobba and we were going to use it to try and get some dinner!!
 
The next day we made our way to the Blows. We opted to go spearfishing first but brought the rods anyway just incase. The weather was a bit swelly and there was a slight onshore wind but i was keen as a bean to get in the water and have a look around!! We loaded the gear into my brothers dinghy and the three of us set off. The plan was to anchor away from the island on the deeper side to dodge the swell. We would then swim in and dive the steep crags and boulders off the back of the island. Anchor down and the clarity was looking pretty bad but it didnt dim my enthusiasm. We all jumped in and the fish life was astounding!! Heaps of those "Happy Moments" swimming mid-water and hundreds of Fusiliers flitting around plucking tiny little plankton with an influx of water with their mouths. Big buffys came in milling around the bottom and forming huge balls of silver and grey. I swam in towards the island and spotted a nice reef edge and dived down. The vis was about 8-10m and you could only JUST make out the bottom from the surface. Dad, Dan and I followed this edge along for quite some time and Dan was the first on the board with a nice eating sized Estuary Cod. It stirred up a bit of commotion and I spotted a big Spanish Flag underneath the reef. A bit of a scratch on the bottom and he came right out, curiosity killed the Flag!! DOONK, hit him in the glory spot.
Chucked him in the boat and kept diving. I spotted some more fish and was doing a bit of filming, just mucking around. I filmed a big school of Barracuda and i was laying on the bottom when a massive school of PERMIT came through!! There would have been about 15, some big boys as well. I kept filming them as they schooled up around me and it was so surreal to see such an amazing creature elegantly cruise past me. The bonuses of Freediving, even if you get nothing you see some absolutely amazing stuff and you feel 10 out of 10 after a dive. Not long after we decided that it was time for a change of spot. 
 
We went further south to some deeper ground where there was a reef point that went from about 6m to 20m. I was hoping that i might be in with a chance of a Mackie or pelagic. The water clarity was bad here as well but we jumped in knowing that there was some good fish beneath us. The first few dives were relatively featureless but once we found the edge we were in business!! Massive Sand Snapper hovered over the drop off and the Fusiliers and Happy Moments were here as well. I dived down and the first thing i noticed was the Whales, listening to their songs was so cool as it echoed all around you!! I was first on the board with another nice flag which was as stupid as Paris Hilton and nearly ran into my spear tip, luckily i shot it before it did!! Close one :p As i popped up to the surface i see Dad holding this big red thing right next to me. Its an absolute stonker Trout that was a good 80cm!! He stoned it and i followed him back to the boat with my almost forgotten Flag. As we were heading back i here Dad scream "MACKIES!! MACKIES!! THREE OF THEM, BELOW ME!!" I still had my Flag on my spear so i was out of business which was very disappointing and Dan was a good 30m away so we missed out on that opportunity... I chucked my Fish in the boat while dad stayed in the tinny. Me and Dan were on the hunt for some more Mackies, diving the deeper edge in the hope of pinging one. I took some more photos and did a bit of filming. Danno diving down in the hope of a Mack.
I took a dive in about 15m of water and sat on the drop-off waiting for something to come in as i tried to stir up some commotion. A big Rankin of about 7kg's came right in and sat there. My gun instantly pointed straight at it but then i remembered Daniel had already shot a cod and i wasnt sure how many you could spear so i passed up the opportunity and left him. I surfaced and went in a bit shallower for a change. I had the camera rolling and as i hit the bottom i spooked a solid Baldie which i was quick to follow. With camera rolling i followed this guy for a while, waiting for him to broadside but he just kept swimming straight, so i got sick of it and shot him right up the rear. Some how the flopper had managed to come out in the middle of the fish so i was stoked to have a yummy Baldie in the esky!! Just as i was swimming back i hear Daniel calling out to me, i then see him raise a fish which makes my jaw drop. A Pink Snapper!! These fish are the Holy Grail of spearing and have to be one of the toughest fish to shoot anywhere in the ocean, they can smell a diver from a mile away. Dad took a photo of us both with our fish and we had an awesome bag of delicious fish that would last a while.
We hopped in the boat and got some more pics.
After that the decision was made to make the trip home as the winds were rapidly picking up. What a start, some awesome fish already speared and this was only the first day!! 
 
On day two me and my brother decided that we would have a flick around the fascine to see what we could find. Fishing the rock walls was so exciting, reason being was that there were Jacks here!!! We were flicking little Plastics on the base of the rocks and twitching them just above the rocks. The first few casts got us some very small Fingermarks which had a knack of spiking your thumb. I seen an awesome looking over hang in the water that just screamed fish so i flicked a cast in and watch it drift down the face. Its little head poked out and i twitched my lure in front of its face, it came out further,  got a little closer and then BANG!! JACK :D finally got one!! It was only about 15cm but i was just so happy to land one. It felt like a huge weight had been lifted off my shoulders.
Dan was next to hook up with a little flattie and for the next hour we hooked onto some little cods and other bits and pieces. I hooked up solid to something big and as it came to the surface i seen a better Jack of about 40cm's or so. Nek Minute, PING. Gone :( He busted me off at my feet, not one of my happiest moments!! But thats what happens when you fish silly string in Jack country o.O We pressed on despite losing the fish of the day. We both landed some powerful GT's after that, awesome fun!! Also hooked another little Jack which was a little bigger than my first.
 
 
We packed it in not long after the Trevs left us and headed home, hoping to have some more fun tomorrow!! Between us we got 4 Jacks, a few cods, 3 flatties, few trevs and some other random stuff :)
 
Well the next day was extremely windy but we still went out. Fished Pelican Point in the late arvo on the estuary side in the hope of a Tailor but quickly found out the abundance of Flatties there!! So they became the main target and had a heap of fun watching them smash the plastics.
 
 
The Sun was going down quick though so after we snatched a few tasty Flatty tails we went back home to get some rest for the next big day of driving!! Next destination - Broome.
 
The next day we drove all day till we reached Point Samson and stayed the night there. Such an amazing place and i know they get some top fish here!! The scenery is mind blowing as well, fishing next to big red earth pinnacles that drop off into crystal clear reefy slopes. I only fished their on the way home though, more on that later.
 
Sunrise signalled that we needed to make the final leg of our journey to Broome. Straight back in the GQ and another days driving and squashed legs... After what felt like an eternity we finally arrived and unloaded the car. I hit the bed like a sack of potatoes and fell asleep straight away!!
 
Next morning was awesome, gotta love that warm tropical weather!! I was talking to my uncle Mike, who owned the unit we were staying in, about barramundi and wether he gets many around the area. "A few" he said in a monotone voice "Ill take you out later today to see if i can get you one!". HELL YEAH, there was no way i would refuse that offer!! An hour later and we were in the tinny planing it along Willie creek. 
 
 
He knew exactly where to go and we were quick to get our lines in the water. I started out with some bait (that disgusting stuff that smells bad) and it wasnt long before all three of us were getting bites. Mike was first to hook up with an exceptional...Catfish!! That kicked off the barage of the bloody things and Dad and I were quick to also catch one of the pesky blighters. I was watching dads rod as he was getting some bites and at first i thought it was something little by the size of the taps but once he set the hooks it went nuts!! Drag was screaming off his reel and i hear Uncle Mike utter those words "Its a Barra, for sure". I certainly didnt doubt him but as luck would have it, Dads line pops on him... I was just as upset as he was... We put it down to either a Giant Threadfin Salmon or big Barra. After that exciting but disappointing moment i was next to hook up with a nice Javelin fish of about 45cm. Things went quiet after this and the bites slowly diminished. I had my line in the water and just as we get the call to head home i gave my line a flick out of disappointment that we hadnt caught a barra. Next thing i start getting bites again and then the fish starts swimming off with my bait so i strike, to feel a dead weight. It gave a few head shakes but it was very lifeless. I pulled it to the top, thinking catfish. What happens next i will never forget. I pull up this stonking Flattie that gets everybody on the boat flipping out like monkeys, trying to find the net. Easily a PB and Mike slides the net under where we hoist it abroad!! I was so shocked, the last thing i expected was a Flattie, especially one of this size!! It pulled the tape back to 58cm, the biggest Bar-Tail Flathead i have ever seen!! 
 
 
I love fishing the northern creeks. 
 
 
Some of the most amazing fishing i have ever done, would have loved to have tried with lures.
 
Next day and we were back into it, this time we were going to try for Jacks and whatever else was around, fishing underwater trees. It took us a while to find a good spot but once we found it we were getting bites left, right and center!! I drew first blood with a 38cm Pikey Bream, my first of the species.
 
 
Then the wildlife came out with turtles, sea snakes and sharks all milling around the boat. Thankfully the shark was only about 3ft :P I hooked up again with a 33cm Yellowfin Bream which went beserk!! We fished a little while longer but we didnt get anything so headed home.
 
The next week or so was just full of relaxing and swimming, wish i was back there... Once our time was up though we had to make the very slow trip home. We stopped off at Point Samson on our way back through and there was about an hour left of light so i grabbed the flick rod and headed down the beach to see what was around. I discovered the largest population of Charlie Courts i have ever seen and i also tangled with some small Coral Trout, they went hard for their size!!
 
 
I was flicking my Plastic along a nice reef edge and i hooked up solid that definitely felt better and had some power behind it, a nice little Blue-Lined Emperor!!
 
 
Things toned down a bit after that but i did manage one last thing which had me guessing what it was for ages!! I felt a lot of weight, it was definitely a fish but it just wasnt doing much. Once i got it onto shore i realised that it was a little Flatty, but i had hooked it in the belly, which is why it was so heavy.
 
 
I headed back to camp as the sun was rapidly going down and the sand flies were going ape!!
 
Next morning i got up super early for a quick fish before we left. Once i got there i spotted a decent Squid straight away and quickly put a Yozuri jig on. I caught a few of these guys in quick succession before they wised up. Spot the Squid!!
 
In this photo you can see a big Bream hanging in the background.
 
 
As quick as i found them they were gone so i focused back on the fish. I found a nice point that ran deep into the water and there was bait everywhere. There was also some large boulders below me and i could see some stonker bream slowly cruising through them as well as a big Tuskfish. They were so finicky though and the crystal clear water did not help at all. Then out of the corner of my eye I seen a massive Queenfish leap out of the water for a pack of gardies, they all went flying and tail-walking away from the Queenie as he bolted after them. I quickly tied a Surface lure on and tried to entice him. Big boil behind my lure then he slammed my lure but quickly spat the hooks!! He was a monster, would have pushed 1m i reckon. but i doubt i would have landed it on 10lb braid and 8lb leader in such hairy country so it might have been a good thing!! I stuck at it for a while, hoping he would come back but i never seen him again so i headed back to camp. The next day, back in the car...again!
 
We decided to stay in Carnarvon for another day, just to relax a bit before the big drive back to Mandurah. I was of course planning on fishing though :D So i got up in the morning and headed down to the marina. Jacks were everywhere and i landed one within the first few casts, new PB of 28cm as well!!
 
 
The place was alive with fish and it was rare not to get a hit on your cast. Not only was their Jacks but some solid Bream as well.
 
 
I decided to put on a Cranka Crank and see how HB's would go up here. 1st cast and another little Jack!! They go nuts on Bream gear :D
 
 
It was then that an elderly man who owned the yacht club came up to me and told me that you weren't allowed to fish in there so i high-tailed it quick smart!! I was wondering why there was so many fish there. I went back to fishing rock walls and found an abundance of small Jacks here as well. On that day i would have caught about 10 or so.
 
 
I also managed to hook a very powerful Sand Bass, this thing went crazy, i thought it was a decent Jack at first but when i got it to the top i realised it wasnt :P
 
 
Then i had one of those moments that haunt you for ages, losing that goood fish... I had left my plastic sit there for ages at the base of a rockwall and i seen a short tug so i striked and felt some good weight, i quickly got his head up and seen some silver flashes and the tail of a Bream. It was a horse!! It could have possibly beaten my PB but i didnt get a good enough look at it cause next thing it drilled me in a nasty oyster covered rock :( a bit of dud way to end the trip but it certainly was a heck of a lot of fun, those Jacks are their own class of fish, the battle is either lost or won in those first few seconds of the hook-up and its awesome fun trying to get them out of their holes!! That was my goal and thats what i got, to say i was stoked is an understatement!!. I kept fishing for a little while longer and only managed a few Pike and a nice Trev but packed it in early and headed home. Standout lures were the Atomic Plazzos 2-3/4" and the 3-3/4" Jerkshads, McCarthy 3" Flickbait and the Squidgy 80mm Flickbait. The next day went so slow but we finally got home and unpacked everything. But god do i miss being up North!! Especially those Jacks ;)
 
Cheers for reading, 
 
Callum


Harlie on Jig

Submitted by woody on Fri, 2012-10-19 14:37

Had an early morning session today,  took my young fella out...he loves it that much. On the water by 5am after a 40min drive... Tied on an octajig for him when he was sick of bait, boated a solid harlie straight up!! These things love them!

 

Then I landed a nice queen on squid/mulie in only 8 meters....

 

Rounded out the morning with another Harlie, BA and a couple of big sea sweep for the mother in law (haha) we were done, plenty enough to keep us in fillets for a while. Plus the young fella got totally smoked on his little 80gm jig...I suspect a big blue was the culprit!


rainbow trout

Submitted by scott99 on Mon, 2012-10-15 19:24

a few trout from the other day ,dosent get much better fishing with a view like that in the back ground an no one around


PB Swan Chopper

Submitted by PT on Sun, 2012-10-14 20:47

Heya fellas, so i've been getting into fishing for tailor and i thought i'd post up my new PB for the swan river. I've been told than anything above 35cm is pretty alright for the swan, i'm land based and i nearly lost it to a dolphin on the way in lol

 

Anyway, he measured just over 47cm and tasted bloody delish. Its safe to say i have a new favourite tailor spot =D


BIG BALDIE

Submitted by dunsborough out... on Wed, 2012-10-10 16:35

Local angler Micko with a allround stoinker baldie from the midwest! great fish, great location!

 

cheers,

Zac@dunsboroughoutdoorsportz


Geographe Bay Tailor Run

Submitted by dunsborough out... on Wed, 2012-10-10 15:01

Found a great patch of ground holding plenty of Tailor. We stayed for an hour on sunday and monday arvo, and here are the rewards. Any lure we cast at them got hit, including a murray cod spinner bait. size ranged from 35-50cm, and great fun on the 3lb gear.


Big Pinks

Submitted by Noxious on Tue, 2012-10-09 09:35

G'day

 

Mate bought a share in a new rig. Catch is the boat lives down in busso and we are both Perth lads. Never mind.

 

Anyway, we thought we would go give the new tub a bash. Neither of us had ever fished Busso at all.

 

Morning started off a little slow. At 11:30 we pulled up these two pinks. Mine went bang on 100cm and just shy of 11kg. Mates was 80 something (not sure on weight). THe extra 20 odd cm made a big difference in weight of the fish. Mine gave me an absolute belting fight in 23m of water.

 

Biggest pink I've ever caught.

 

Needless to say, I'm a big fan of busso now ;) 

 

Were ~20km off shore in ~23m of water.

 

Few pics.

 

 

 

 

 

 


Narrows Choppers

Submitted by PT on Wed, 2012-10-03 19:09

 Hey Fishos, after a bunch of reading on here and 4 fishless days under the narrows I've finally caught my first 2 tailor ever =D Caught with a 10g Halco Twisty that someone on here recommended. Both about 40cm.

Also my first time catching a fish on any type of lure =D =D 

 

Ill chuck a pic up in a min 

 

Stoked

 

Some other guys also got a nice Mulla, about 2-3ft long
 


Land based Sambo.

Submitted by vis22 on Tue, 2012-10-02 10:05

The fish swam back strong.

Big thanks to BobbyG for helping me land it with all the weed around .


Dhuies

Submitted by fishmad69 on Tue, 2012-10-02 06:09

Hey Guys

Went out from Two Rocks Sunday morning. Seabreeze could not have been further off the forecast if they tried. Anyway my mate got this 15KG Dhuie and I lost one approx 8-9kg at the boat to a hungry 3.00m Bronzie. The biggest Bronzie I have seen down here Also picked up another Dhuie, 2 x Black Arse and a good KG. Good day in all with the weather came good.

Photos not the best

Cheers


left pinks alone

Submitted by little johnny on Mon, 2012-10-01 15:07

went for trip to cervant. had a great weekend away ...dhues and baldys like blowies,,,awsume trip my dan the man with 18 kg one best off trip (sat sun) 10 to 14 kg ones regular...95% let go ..great fun awsume 2 days ...


madeye breambo

Submitted by aussie_breamer on Mon, 2012-10-01 13:45

I haven't posted in quite a while so thought I would share a decent bream I picked up recently at spot X.

This fish fell to a 3.5" MadEye Whippy Worm fished slowly. I got it on my new custom Flats rod that I just finished building about a week beforehand... so stocked with its performance!

the old girl measured 43cm ttf (approx 46 to the tip) and was fat as! would have gone around 2kg. was successfully released after a few snaps.

attached is also a pic of my rod.

cheers tom


2 Big Sea Mullet

Submitted by thebrett on Sun, 2012-09-30 23:42

Finally i got back into some fishing tonight, went chasing some big tailor at my local spot but got none, instead ended up catching 2 big sea mullet and lost a few more,


Dunsborough Run 30/9/12

Submitted by Lamby on Sun, 2012-09-30 22:15

Had a run out with Seaquest & WindOnDave today in some cracking conditions off the cape, we planned to hit up some Dhuies first up with a few fish tagged & Doaky with this keeper

Frustrating tentative swipes on the jigs & placcy's had us moving on to the deeper water for a feed of Nanny's instead, this little pinky hit a shout slide actor which was a surprise, especially when one of the assists lodged in my gut (lucky I have been working so hard to get rid of that six pack)

Next drift & I couldn't believe it with a Grey Band hitting the jig, a first for me

Doaky with a horse of a Nanny

We started getting stuck into Dave about some dropped fish when he nails this Pinky on jig

...and follows up with this

He lent me a new jig to try which is about to hit the store at Dunsborough Outdoor Sportz, my fav colour & suffice to say this puppy is the goods

Shallower drop on the way in produced some more tags

Sweet ride home in magic light, great day


Some recent fishys

Submitted by ca11um on Fri, 2012-09-28 18:26

 Hey guys, heres a few fish i have been getting. Recently purchased a Daiwa Exist 2004 which has been an absolute dream to use!! The mullet i somehow managed to jag and took a massive first run which went absolutely ballistic on 4lb!!

 

Cheers, Callum

 


first fish on jig

Submitted by TROOPY on Thu, 2012-09-27 11:17

went out on whiteys a few weeks back now, and got my first fish on jig ever, and what a fight on light gear

couldnt wipe the smile off my face, first time using jigs and was on my first drop too, all i can say is im definately hooked on them now.

all in all three drops with the jig for 3 horse pinkies they went 790mm, 830mm and 850mm.

were on the fish all day, bloody fantastic charter they are,  cant recommend them enough, top blokes. definately be heading out there again


Don't you hate it when

Submitted by grantarctic1 on Mon, 2012-09-24 13:55

Don't you hate it when you get everything ready to go fishing, get up way before the sun comes up, get to your fishing spot and the fish are going of, start to organize your fishing rod the realize "I LEFT THE TACKLE BOX AT HOME "

Thats what i was faced with this morning at Harvey dam. I couldn't believe i left all my lures, Flies and terminal tackle at home, and to make things worse the trout were rising all over the place, most only a few feet from the shore.

After a bit of screaming i thought , at least i have one rod and reel. So i took of to the local servo and grabbed 2 cheep lures and headed back to the dam. By now the sun was up and the trout were starting to thin out. The lures i bought were not the best and i couldnt temp any fish to bight.

So i took the chance to look around a few areas that i havn't fished before, at the last spot i gave it a few cast before heading home and finaly got a strike. At least i salvaged the trip down with a nice Rainbow.

Cheers Grant


Yvonne's PB Pink Snapper.

Submitted by De-Crais on Mon, 2012-09-24 12:36

My wife Yvonne hadn’t been out on the water for a few weeks and after some pretty good snapper sessions out in the sound with my mate Dean (Dirt). She was pretty keen to get out for a pinkie session with me herself. So Sunday afternoon we headed out from woodies to her favourite spot and yes it is even marked on the plotter as Yvonnes spot. Wasn’t long and we were anchored up on the ground and set up with a couple of rods out and Yvonne doing her magic with the burly, it was about 5.30pm and we’d had a few smaller pinkies caught and released when Yvonne gets a big hit on her rod and some line is peeling of her Pflueger Salt. This fish is giving her a bit of stick, it’s quite amusing as each time the fish takes a big run she doesn’t know whether to laugh or have a little squeal. Eventually she brings her prize to the side of the boat and into the net and she has her PB 84cm Pink Snapper laying on the deck of the boat! One happy girl.

A little while later and she is on again this fish is giving her a bit more stick than the first snapper, we eventually get some colour at the rear of the boat and it’s an even bigger pinkie than the last, but unfortunately before we could get it to the net her leader gave out and the fish was lost.

Shortly after I get a touch on my light gear, I can feel some weight so I strike next thing line is screaming of my poor little Penn Applause 4000 going by the big head thumps I could feel, I was pretty sure this was one horse of a snapper I gained a little line back but then this fish said I don’t think so! Drag locked up to the max all I could do is watch as my poor little reel was stripper of it’s 20 pound braid.

I dropped a few more decent size pinkies as the evening went on just couldn’t get the hooks to stick. Oh well that’s fishing. So ended another great pinkie session out in the sound going home with Yvonnes PB and three other nice snapper all over the 60cm mark.

Cheers

Paul.


Coral Bay Pics Sept 2012

Submitted by tolch10 on Fri, 2012-09-21 15:51

Coral bay week in September and the Weather was shit but loads of fish.

3 days inside the reef and 3 days outside. High wind and swell to contend with. 

Check out the Chinaman . 25kg Fish of the trip

 

Hope you enjoy the pics.


last pic

Submitted by little johnny on Fri, 2012-09-21 00:06

going to give it a rest for few days now...i would like some advise on jigs..ones that work would be good.


good fun night

Submitted by little johnny on Fri, 2012-09-21 00:00

only few boats out ...great session ...ryan doing great job with tagging fish ,(good to have a chat) ...had a white smash into side off boat...and no i didnt have fish on ..just came out the blue?? passenger side off boat...made both up us jump...i think it needs glasses like walfootrot...


Some pics from Coral Bay April/May 2012 - Part 3

Submitted by Simo_ on Thu, 2012-09-20 18:53

More again.

Cut my hand on the bait knife. Went out fishing again the next day and got the most fish

 

 


Some pics from Coral Bay April/May 2012 - Part 2

Submitted by Simo_ on Thu, 2012-09-20 18:33

More Coral Bay pics


Some pics from Coral Bay April/May 2012

Submitted by Simo_ on Thu, 2012-09-20 18:19

Finally got round to sorting the pics out from Coral Bay trip.