Mud Island produces again. Friday 11/7

[SummerTrance]

Fished Mud Island again today. Was a solo mission today. Plan was simple, hammer the same area I scored on Monday, and try to get that reel screaming again.

Again didnt get on the water until 9am. Was a bit windy and bumpy this morning, and the first couple drifts were quiet. Slightly changed drift patterns and found some small squire coming onboard. Mostly throwbacks but got a couple keepers at 36cm & 37cm. Then got a big hit and heard that reel scream I was after. Fish took a big run which had me thinking it was a 70+ snap. Unfortunatly I didnt get to find out. A few big head shakes and it spat the hook. Obviously was disappointed, but thats fishing.

Over the next few hours was getting lots of throwback pinkies, and a 38cm estuary cod. Kept drifting the same area, just slightly changing the angle each time.

About 3pm I just as i started a new drift, First cast got smashed, line peeling fast, and I was on edge after losing a nice fish early in the day. This was the first decent fish on my new reel, and it slowed the fish well whilst gently applying the brakes. Slowly worked him back to the boat, and loosened the drag in anticipation on it running again when it saw the boat. With its last run finished, I saw the colour of a nice snap coming up. Slipped the net under him and pulled him in the boat. I was stoked! Measured up at 76cm. At that time I had to head back to the ramp to pick up the missus from work.

Once again the winning plastic was a 5" jerk shad in blue pepper neon. Tried a few other natural colours today aswell, and 4" lime tiger minnows accounted for lots of the pinkies. Again I was using 10lb fireline and 12lb flouro carbon leader. I also think this shows you dont need to spend a fortune on gear to catch nice fish in the bay. Im using a Wilson LCS snapper light rod ($99) and I got the Daiwa Capricorn 2500 off ebay for $106. That outfit handled the fish no probs at all.

Was another great day and mud produced for me again. Goodluck all those competing in the R2M. I wont be participating.

[Leighton]

crushed Marc I feel like I fell out of someones a$$
Great fish mate, sorry I missed it

[RAT-KING]

Great session there really starting to turn on
cheers Simon!!!

[SummerTrance]

Bugger off mate!!! Anyone that knows me, will know I dont bullshit!!! Look at my previous threads mate. I fish Mud every week.


This post was in response to a post which has now been deleted (by the mods)by a fake member who is now banned. He claimed the fish wasnt caught in the bay because it has a big knobby. He was trying to stir shit.

[Pistol_P]

Very nice snaps...Great effort.

Pete

[ffejsmada]

not sayin ya bullshittin mate, but i have seen a lot of posts from experienced ausfishers on the topic, all i know is what i have learned about bay snappa having a rounded shape, ask horse for example!

What a load of crap!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Is there a line in the bay somewhere that states all knobbies keep out????

Nice fish ST, well done, go catch another and shut the sceptic up will ya!

Cheers

[SummerTrance]

crushed Marc I feel like I fell out of someones a$$
Great fish mate, sorry I missed it

Too bad you couldnt come mate. Pity about that work stuff, gets in the way of fishing I could have used a good deckie for the net work.

[SummerTrance]

not sayin ya bullshittin mate, but i have seen a lot of posts from experienced ausfishers on the topic, all i know is what i have learned about bay snappa having a rounded shape, ask horse for example!

Mate did you even do a quick search b4 you opened your gob? Have a look back through my previous threads. I got a 45cm snap with a big nobby from mud a few weeks back. I fish Mud at least once or twice a week. Pulled a 77cm snap there on Monday. Thats the fish in my avitar. Have a close look, you can see Mud in the background.

Im sure most ausfishers know that im genuine. Oh, by the way.... why dont you ask Horse where he thinks I got it.

[MeePee_99]

Great Work!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Aquarius]

Mate you are on fire, another great snapper yet again.
Did you leave us some for the RTM? LOL just kidding.
You will find this time of year the offshore snapper frequent the bay waters to spawn so there should be plenty of fish with knobbly heads so to speak.
Cheers Brent

[Obi _ Wan]

Well done ST, you are on a purple patch mate, hope it keeps going for you.

Good report and pic's too.

Cheers,

John.

[ALB78]

Hey ST, thats crap about knobs and no knobs on snapper caught in the bay!!! I've caught many of large snapper in the bay with very large knobs on them and also some without. The best part about your post is that you didn't have to spend 100's of dollars in fuel and bait to get offshore to get a decent snapper like some others do!!! Well done on your result, persistance pays off hey! My opinion is that Brent's on the right track with some more of the "knob headed" snapper come into the bay to breed throughout the cooler parts of the year. Good catch and keep the reports comin!!!!

[slyman]

Nice one marc! On fire indeed, I see blue pepper neon did it again.

I'm surprised I didn't cop that "bay snaps have no knob" line with my fish the other week, although I was half expecting it.

Good stuff mate.

[T1]

Too many 'KNOBS' in the bay now!!!!

Take Care T

[Scalem]

Sitting here after only a few hours sleep before the R2M, I can only hope to get onto decent fish like you have been getting Marc. I have the camera ready and might even show off a recognised land mark if I get anything worth a post.

Scalem