Mud Island. I'm excited!

[Hsvjones]

Hello,

Headed out to Mud this afternoon with Jim (Seaduction) for a flick
with the plastics. Armed with my new “early” fathers day present hopes where
high for a decent fish to break her in.

Got out to spot X around 2:30 and from there a few fish came aboard around the 40cm
mark.

It was about 4:00pm on the clock when the reel started to scream off line, and the chase
was on and the boat in full reverse. After a few heart stopping moments and some outstanding netting by Jim a new PB was on board going 84cm on the lie detector.
To say I was a little excited was an understatement, with high fives and the rest of Mud
hearing the cheers.

The fish weighed in at a bit over 6.5kg, (Thanks to Steven78 for the loan of the scales.)

Ended up with a total of 6 fish for the afternoon, the others all around the 40 mark. Jim
also lost another big one to the bottom after a long chase.

The damage was done with 8lbs fireline and 10lbs leader with 4 inch pumpkin seed
Turtleback worms by far the best performers this afternoon.

I will have Jim post the pics when he gets home.

HSVJones.

[charleville]

Goodonyer HSV!! :) :) :)

That is a terrific effort. :)

...and looking at the weather beacon reports, it must have been magic out there. :)

Congratulation! :)

[Steven78]

Well done. I saw it first hand. It's a Monster. I cannot wait to see the photos.
I gatherd they were still on the bite when I left.
Cya Steve

[Hsvjones]

Hi Steve, we got another 2 after that and then left about 6pm. Jim is going to load the picures up when he gets home. The smile is still on my face and thanks again and hope to see you out there soon.

hsvjones

[Mudlux]

Can't wait to see the pics. What depth of water were you fising in if you don't mind telling?

[Poodroo]

Absolutely exciting stuff. Well done. I only wish I could break a new rod in like that. My turn will come. I have a new rod that I am itching to christen myself. Can't wait to see the pics. 8-)

Poodroo

[Seaduction]

Hello,

Didn't want to leave it to long before I put the pics
up. It was certainly a brut and one that I'll be trying to beat
for a while I bet. ;D ;D.

Thanks again Steven for the lend of the scales, It was nice
meeting you.

Enjoy

Jim

[Seaduction]

Here it is.

[Seaduction]

Another

[Seaduction]

One more of the catch.

Makes the rest seem ordinary.

[Poodroo]

Well thanks for showing the pics. Certainly that fish meets all expectations by your description. What a snodger. Once again well done and of course I am assuming it was caught after the protest rally? ;)

Poodroo

[Hsvjones]

Thanks for the comments guys and thanks Jim for posting pictures. Just wanted to add that this fishing session was after 2.30pm today and not when the rally was on. Caught this dream fish in 10 metres of water.

Hsvjones

[Steven78]

Mate those pictures look grate :)
Same here HSVjones I could not get there as the wife had a doctors appointment and i had to attend as well all is ok and I could not get the car until 12:30pm.

[StevenM]

Nice Fish

Had the excitement going

Cheers

Steven

[chief]

what a great fish, i was mowing the yard and i thought i could hear someone cheering ,good on ya mate ;D

[solwota]

congrats HSV. real nice fish and in gentlemen's hours to boot
cheers
richard

[LUMOX]

love gentlemans hrs fishing. great fish mate well done. :D

[snapperm8]

yer m8 great fish
:)

[BR65]

That is an excellant fish, and on 8lb fireline as well.
Congrats.

[Cheech]

Like the others said,,,, great fish. I thought I recognised Steven's boat. You were a bit more north that I expected. I did 3 or 4 drifts with plastics before heading east side to drown baits. Now I know where I need to start my drifts [smiley=thumbsup.gif]

Am about to fillet mine (couldn't be bothered doing them last night) and was going to take a couple of pics, but my biggest were only 55 and 61, so look like tiddlers compared to yours.

Interesting that my biggest mud island snapper also came in the middle of the day when there was hardly any run.

Cheech

[jim_bream]

Good work Jonesea!!
I was beginning to wonder whether you were just taking me out to the "no fish spots"!! Would much rather have been watching you tangle with a big knobhead like that (I tackled a few at Riverfire- with pram!! >:( >:( >:( ) than watch the pretty fireworks. Kids loved it though and nearly droppped their icy poles for th dump and burn!!
I guess Father Day is set for you!
Bloody good work matey, see you tomorrow at work!
>:(

[novice23]

snodger mate!!

[maxwellson]

wow!!! what a session !! go the plastic things !!!!....


congrats guys

great pics !!!


cheers Maxi

[snapperm8]

good to see there is still (was) a nice size snapper in the bay [smiley=tekst-toppie.gif]

[Scalem]

Dirty Rats!!

You bettered my PB by 1 cm!!! :o :o Good on you!! [smiley=2thumbsup.gif] Steven has a new Avitar photo I see, I told you that you love only one other thing more than your boat, but I think your wife will object to her photo being on Ausfish. ;D ;D The bigger fish seem to be on their way, I will have to try increase my PB just to keep up with you guys! Do you think a 100cm is possible??

Can't wait to try again!! Need to clear the next few weekends of house maintenance and weddings. Why can't life just go on hold while fishing is so good??? [smiley=bigcry.gif]

Scalem

[richieboy]

Well done on the PB. Once again the light line is still doing the damage and pulling the big ones in. Great pics great report. Cheers.

Rich

[aquarius]

Congratulations HSVJones thats one impressive looking bay snapper.
They sure go for the gulps.
You did well to land it on very light gear.
Cheers Brent

[foggy]

Excellent fish guys. Thats two w/ends in arow with good fish at Mud. Alllokks god for next months new monn hey Brent ;)

[Lager]

Congratulations Awesome fish. Myself and Craig had the pleasure of watching the fight. We were about a hundred metres away and we could clearly hear two things - your drag going off and you going off!!! You played the fish like a champion and the skipper did an equally impressive job with the net. Craig and I were following a similar drift pattern with the plastics and got blown away by some big fish. I think the score ended up Mud Isl Snapper 6 Craig & Nathan 2. Good to see that Mud can still produce some quality fish as evidenced by your capture and Steven's recent monster.
We had an awesome arvo and seeing you catch that fish just topped it off.

Nathan

[NeilD]

Great fish to test the new outfit on. You must be pretty happy with the rig now.
How did you rig the Turtle Back Worm?

[smiley=2thumbsup.gif]

Neil

[T1]

Excellent fish guys! I can see CHEECH is starting to get the bug for placcies... ;)

Take Care T

[Hsvjones]

Hi guys,

Thanks again for all the replys about my successful fishing trip, I hope every angler gets the chance to experience a fish of a lifetime. It was a feeling that I can not discribe and I will never forget. I owe this experience to my cousin Jim who has proven to be the world's best netter, his big one is just around the corner.

Nice fishing

Hsvjones :)

[Smailesy]

well done great feed there

[Great_White]

What a top fish, bet you are still smiling ;D ;D ;D

SP's in the arvo sounds like all the big ones are getting caught on SP's these days ;) ;) ;)

Cheech, nothing wrong with 55 & 61 cm fish mate, I would be over the moon :D :D :D

Scalem, beat you by 1 cm on your PB better leave the weekend jobs and get back out there ;) ;) ;)

Some day I will catch one, until then I will have to be happy on looking ar others achievements.

Well done again guy's.

Peter :)

[SURLY]

Hey Chris,

Just reiterating what everybody else has said on this site and congratulate you on a job well done. I was lucky enough to actually be there when you caught it and it was truly a fantastic catch ( and great driving by Jimmy). I was actually on the phone to your brother in law at the time some 100 metres away and he could hear you.

As nathan said I just had one of those days loosing 2 really good fish. I too was using the turtle back 4 inch but unlike you I was using a 2/0 hook. I think the turtle backs work really well around mud especially where there is little or no run. Saying that however I lost both of my big ones on a new type of 5 inch plastic. I think they are called Hardnose or something like that and I will definitely be getting some more of them.

It was also the first time nathan and I have fished the afternoon as normally we get out there around 4.30 in the morning. We arrive probably 20 minutes before you and lost the big one second cast of the day.

Next time you will have to drive your boat and take Jimmy out as a good skipper always leads his crew to the fish, isn't that right Jimmy.

Once again well done.

[mickstar001]

Well done hsv very nice work - the type of fish i dream of catching ;)

[straddy77]

great session! thats a quality bay fish mate, congrats

[rysa]

good fish..

How many is the limit?? ;)..

[rysa]

good fish..

How many is the limit?? ;)..

[Roo]

AAAAAAAArrrrrrrrrrggggggghhhhh :-[
I went to mud for the first time on sunday. drifted (very slowly- no current no wind) along the edge in 3-6mtrs on the NE down to the SE corner. 2 pinkys less than 20cm and a few rainbow runners. had a 4in Atomic Glider worm in blue pearl pepper rigged on a 2/0 mustad megabite with a tiny splitshot clipped to the belly of the hook. Not a touch. tuna cubes were getting picked off too quick. pillies were not much better on either a 3 gang set or a two hook sliding snell rig.

I took my 2 Bro' inlaws out and caught nothing but sunshine. :P

I'll be back next weekend to give it another go..........weather permitting.

cheers, roo.

[themisses]

Yes Roo, But you will have your good luck charm this week!!.....ME!!
And you did neglect to mention the Grinner you caught while you were out too. ;D
You are still the "Grinner King" honey!!
LOL Kim. :-*

[MidgieFood]

Great googleymoogley your lucky that thing didnt catch you.
Well done, you've made my mind up about whether to try the turtle back worms or not.

[Barra_Hunter]

Magnificent fish Jonesie,

Looks like you're struggling to hold it up - well done, seems you and Jimmy have mastered the technique