Mud Island Bagout!!

[bluefin59]

GReat effort ,good to see you have a great session and good enough to tell people after last weeks effort by some members ...matt

[ianr]

Gidday all, firstly thanks for all the positive comments.and secondly a big thankyou to Phil for putting the photo up.
The spot we were at was no secret and with so many boats around we couldn't be too choosy. So on the east side of Mud we found a gentle slope going from 18ft-22ft and anchored up. No real structure or bait shows.
Other than the suid my wife caught we were using cuttlefish and whole baby squid for bait. Rigs were shimano 6500 baitrunners (2 each) with 25lb shogun red mono and 40lb leader with size 1 sinkers and 6/0 gamakatsu hooks.
Kim my wife did actually get smoked once, she was getting a snapper off her hook when her other line exploding. I picked up the baitrunner and locked in to gear for what I thought was a good hook up. I then realised it was Kim"s rod and dutifully handed it over to her. After about a 5 min fight with the fishing getting closer to Moreton the line went limp. No fish and lot"s of swear words. My wife said I was thinking about changing that leader! The leader had snapped or been ground through- maybe the snapper swallowed the hook. Normally I find the Gamakatsus hook them in the side of the mouth so leader breakages are rarely an issue.
Anyhow we'll look for him next time.
It was sure nice to have a good trip after so many average ones this year. Why were thy there I dunno but the fishing gods were smiling upon us.
See Ya
Ian

[whatscracken]

Good on you mate, thats the sort of sessions we are all after. Well done

[SummerTrance]

Well done again mate, ive been thinking about your catch all day and just been amazed. Thats a very nice photo too. Cant say ive ever seen my esky looking like that.
Also good on you for disclosing the location, sounds like you just stumbled on a winner that day. Im sure there will be a lot of boats in that area tomorrow and on the weekend. I wont be one of them though, gota work.
Once again top catch from Mud Ian! Im jealous!

[ddobson]

Met a guy at the welly ramp sunday am who did good till to many boats spooked em. He had a horse at about 68cm with the biggest head i everseen on one that size. Good to see he wasn't the only one. Well done. I hope my luck changes soon.

[Skusto]

hardly ever see many people pull nice squirey snaps from there let alone a bag limi well done mate.. all the many trips of returning with nothing finally paid off!

[T1]

Great work Ian!! Just goes to show that there's 'Ideal Conditions' & 'Ideal Conditions'... Sometimes 'Ideal' is just being out there!!

Well done!
T