Went Fishing. Caught Fish, and a new PB

[Blackened]

G'day,

Picked these up this morning......

New PB of 84cm (up from 80 on bait) and an increase from 64cm on plastics!

Sizes for the Snapper were 84, 51 and 39cm, with the Tailor going 35.

I think I know why they call them Zman's... must be something to do with all the ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ from your reel!

Dave

[Rufus]

Hey Dave,

Great fish, what part of the bay did this monster come from ?

Regards, Mark

[Blackened]

G'day

Mud, of all places. who would of thought?

Dave

[Agrav8_and_Lulu]

Great work on that monster, how long did the fight go on for?

[Blackened]

G'day

Not sure, I'd say 10 mins? To busy concentrating on fighting fair and landing it. Have had "unstoppables" on at that size before and been smoked, mainly due to having older braid on the spool without the quantity that I have now.

I have a 7' phleuger 2-5kg rod with 2500 Stradic, 10lb braid and 12 lb flurocarbon leader.

There's no spot x's, just find the god ground, spend the time, drift it, be QUIET and all will fall into place.

Dave

[fisho8]

Very nice lot of fish there mate well done. The bay is turning on some real nice Snapper ATM.:)

[T1]

Hey Dave! Good to see some old faces still around and well done on the Snaps!!! One day, I'm actually going to land a stonker from that god forsaken place that is Mud... One day!!

T

[MEG-A-BITE]

Well done Dave great fish,

[ddobson]

Hah seems our idea only Dave,s hook the big ones. Well done Dave and good solid snap and a huge PB upgrade and on plastics is even better.

[netmaker]

well done on the new pb mate. top fish. those zmans really are the goods.

[Blackened]

G'day

I also weighed the big girl before cleaning.... 5.5kg. Is this avg. for one of this length?

Dave

[malby]

Congrats Dave. You just nailed one of my dream fish on a plazo! Go the plastics brigade!!

Just wondering...how do you keep your Zmans from slipping off the hooks. I really like them for sustainability and stickability but they always get pulled off. My only answer has been super glue which go's everywhere and sticks my fingers together and also permanently sticks the jig to the plastic.

Any answers from you or anyone else.

This is my only complaint with Zmans..

They are definitely fish catchers as you have proved...by the way...what one/type did you get it on?

[Blackened]

G'day

Superglue, just be tidy with it! It isn't ideal, however it's one of those necessary evils. I just throw the jighead out when the plastic has had it (takes quite a while).

I used the use the Zoom superfluke in 4'', baby bass color, and I now use the "StreakZ" in the same color in the zman (it's only 3.75'')

Dave

[bugman]

Bout time you were catching fish Dave. Makes a break from working doesn't it

[Blackened]

G'day

Brett, sure does mate.... keep in mind the next report you'll see from me will be from ..... Canada, Colombia and Panama.

Dave

[Mossy247]

Just wondering...how do you keep your Zmans from slipping off the hooks.
They are definitely fish catchers as you have proved...by the way...what one/type did you get it on?
Loctite 406. Last forever in the fridge. Hold like super glue without melting your plastic.

[Scott Ashe]

Nice fish you have there mate, well done on the PB.
Cheers

[chief]

Great fish mate good to see a report from you cheers

[madmackrel]

Good work Dave , all that polishing has paid off mate
Cheers MM