Had a quick flick for lunch yesterday,scored a few mullet in the net and went to creek. Poddies were a bit bigger than what i normaly like to use but it was worth a try anyway,threw out the smaller one 1st and scored a catfish,let him go and put on a bigger poddie about 20cm. After about 5 min i had a few good taps,then she took off,set the hook and bang lost the lot. Rigged up again and same thing,some good taps but this one was different,felt like a crab had him untill the rod tip started to pull quiet hard,same thing bang lost the lot again,was getting pretty peeved off by this stage,thought it may have been a big flattie rolling the bait around in his mouth for a while. got to the 2nd last poddie and thought i would use stips off him this time which paid off,some very hard taps and the line takes off like a train,put up a good fight and i saw the 1st flash of red, i was stoked,landed him took a couple of pics and let him go,he went 44cm. Used another strip and same thing as the first couple of times,tap tap,lost the lot,then got a call from work and had to head off,still what a great time for luch hey.
Was using 14lb fireline to a 40 lb leader,so what ever was biting me off thru the leader must have had a good set of chompers on him,maybe a bullie or big flathead maybe?
Told my dad about it and thought a good size crab can bit thru the line,what do you think?
Cheers
Geoff
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Well done mate
