graeme
03-04-2006, 09:36 AM
OK, I see that Touchy has beaten me to the punch...but I have the piccies to prove what he says! As you can see his smile is as wide as the Snapper.
All I can say is a huge thankyou to Fred for an amazing day on the Bay. I am truly converted to the ways of soft plastics now, very very effective fish catchers in the right hands (not mine :-[). Fred at least did not mention that I managed to embarass myself by losing two absolute rippers as well, had to the let the old fella show me how to do it right.
The fight Fred had on the largest Snapper was truly amazing, it swam incredibly fast and Fred really showed his class by dictating his terms to it....really put a severe bend in the rod and tested the tackle to its limits.
A wide range of plastics worked, I cannot get past using Berkley as they seem to work very well...whereas Fred used a much bigger variety and all took a good share of fish. We stopped counting after putting over 20 squire back between 30 and 34 cm, kept 5 keepers (37, 37, 39, 58 & 74 cm). Only one undersize sweetie caught and released.
Also need to thank a few other people who have encouraged me to join the "dark side" of soft plastics fishing...Tim "the bream" Morgan and Pete and Col at Mossops (Gabba) for expert advice on tackle etc.
Thats it, I am hooked....bank balance will never be the same again!
Cheers,
Graeme
All I can say is a huge thankyou to Fred for an amazing day on the Bay. I am truly converted to the ways of soft plastics now, very very effective fish catchers in the right hands (not mine :-[). Fred at least did not mention that I managed to embarass myself by losing two absolute rippers as well, had to the let the old fella show me how to do it right.
The fight Fred had on the largest Snapper was truly amazing, it swam incredibly fast and Fred really showed his class by dictating his terms to it....really put a severe bend in the rod and tested the tackle to its limits.
A wide range of plastics worked, I cannot get past using Berkley as they seem to work very well...whereas Fred used a much bigger variety and all took a good share of fish. We stopped counting after putting over 20 squire back between 30 and 34 cm, kept 5 keepers (37, 37, 39, 58 & 74 cm). Only one undersize sweetie caught and released.
Also need to thank a few other people who have encouraged me to join the "dark side" of soft plastics fishing...Tim "the bream" Morgan and Pete and Col at Mossops (Gabba) for expert advice on tackle etc.
Thats it, I am hooked....bank balance will never be the same again!
Cheers,
Graeme