Mud Snapper

[marty+jojo]

I have been on holidays for 2 weeks and today is the first chance i have had to get out to Mud Island, been very busy due to the birth of my son "Kobi" and the wind has not stopped, until today . It was a late start with me sleeping in until 4.40am, anyway by the time i got to Pinkenba boat ramp it was 5.40, i quickly dropped the pots out and nailed it across to Mud. The bay was not to lumpy, i was out there fairly quick.When i arrived at Mud i did a bit of cruzing around watching the sounder for bait, before long i found a big show of bait holding close to the bottom, i marked it on the gps then i went a bit passed it and set up for a drift.
First cast and i set the rod in the holder, as i was putting a plastic on my other rod and zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz..................zz zzzzzzzzzz after a few more zzzz up comes a 55cm squire . I was thinking this is going to be a great day . The next drift i got a few touches and then i got smashed on the drop zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz.... thump, thump zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz i new this was a good snapper. After a couple of minutes i had him boatside, took me a few times to get him in the net. i was thinking i had beaten my pb ,but i had only equaled it at 72cm.. After a few yahoo's and some pics i had about a dozen more drifts and picked up 2 more small squire around 40cm, sent them back to grow a bit as i already had plenty of fresh snapper. After that about 8.30am things went very quiet with only a couple of touches, so back to the river to pull the pots. Unfortunatly i only got the one sandy. It was a great morning and hopefully the wind will co-operate for my last week of hollidays next week
Cheers Marty.

[T1]

Nice work Marty!!

I'm going to have to depart with my 2nd home (Wello) at some point and explore Mud a bit more...

Which side did you manage to get them on?

Take Care T

[chief]

a couple of very nice fish well done mate,

[OB1]

Great work Marty,

Good to meet you at the ramp this morning. Saw you fly past us when we were out the front of the wall. We got a couple around 42 and then went out looking for tuna to no avail. Stopped back at Mud and scored a few more squire but no real goodies like yours.

Well done,

Ollie

[Sneazer]

that 72cm looks awesome! nice work...

[Murph77]

Nice snapper Marty, i bet he went hard.

[Silent]

Excellent work and love those zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz at Mud...
Any luck with crabs on your home way?

[sharkbaithoohaha]

Firstly I would like to congradulate you on the birth of your newborn son "Kobi".Secondly congrats on the great snapper.Well done.

[Mattg68]

bloody hell Marty, can't you see I'm workin' here.



well done mate, on fish & bub.


matt

[foggy]

Bout time we saw a decent fish out of you.

Great work mate. I might give them a bash tomorrow morning

Foggy

[Poodroo]

Great stuff Marty. That's so much better than seeing injured dolphins huh? At least Snapper are good on the table.

Poodroo

[marty+jojo]

Thanks guys.
T1-
all i can say is . Mate you should know, find the bait the fish will be there.

OB1-
good to meet you to mate, i was looking for you on my return but you were gone.
see you there again.

Silent-
only got the one sandy

Sharkbaithoohaha-
thanks mate. I tell you what, you tell me the where and when on the threadfin and i'll share my spots

Biosbro-
Thanks mate.

Foggy-
Yeah mate your right it has been to long. I used to fish Mud all the time but now i live at Redcliffe so i fish here most the time. Your reports gave me inspiration to get back there.

[BAR UP]

Well done marty, going to mud tomorrow cant miss my boat. If you see us give me a hoy.!

[snapperm8]

yer i c mud has produced another nice 1..great stuff mate

bar up that looks like a beauty of a rig there mate



cheers dave

[TimD]

Nice snapper there Marty...Well Done

Great looking rig there BAR UP...Is it a galeforce ???


cheers tim