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    Ross on Saturday night

    Hey all,

    Got a call from a mate who is as mad as I am about fishing that he had borrowed a small tinny. The plan was to hit the Ross for the evening rising tide, get some livies and then try and find a deep hole out of the wind. Late start due to battery problems but when that was sorted we headed down......

    It is important to remember that I have never fished the Ross off a boat and he has fished it once or twice......point being this was all very new to us and highly exciting


    So there we were, him driving and me poised with cast net off the bow looking for livies on the surface. We worked hard for our bucket of livies and I must admit I really enjoyed stalking bait and getting a good cast in. Once again this may be old hat to some but to us it was so absorbing I reckon we almost forgot about chasing the bigger fish and if sense hadnt prevailed we might still be there chasing bait balls now

    Eventually find a spot and anchor down and send the livies out to swim up a Barra or some other large denizen of the deep. We waited and waited and yip waited some more......nothing! Just when team spirit was getting a bit low on SS Bath tub my mates rod starts tapping gently....a crab perhaps? then nothing.....then it almost buckles in half and out of the water explodes the Barra we had been waiting so long for! This fish tried everything to get off-head shakes tail walks, somersaults.....that I was left feeling like a judge at the olympics and scored him highly on all manouvres. Ultimately not a beast at all at 74 cms but we had hatched a plan and it had worked.

    The rest of the night was pretty uneventful and we returned to the ramp happy men.

    By the way the owner of the boat received a fillet of the Barra for letting us use his tinny.

    Got home and continued to nag the wife about the virtues of having a boat.......groundwork foundations almost complete

    Later
    RS

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    Re: Ross on Saturday night

    Thats the way RS give her something she can't fight about results on the table are the best reasons for women to understand.

    I'm sure another report will be appearing soon.

    Jack.

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    Re: Ross on Saturday night

    74cm Barra o the plate is hard to beat.....great eating size and full of beans when caught.

    Hoping to ger a barra before the season closes

    cheers

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    Re: Ross on Saturday night

    Quote Originally Posted by reel screamer View Post

    Got home and continued to nag the wife about the virtues of having a boat.......groundwork foundations almost complete

    RS
    LOL thats gold, well done on the barra too.

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    Re: Ross on Saturday night

    Woohoo RS!

    That woulda got the adrenalin going. This wind is starting to get me down - here's hoping for a change to the long term forecast.

    Mozza

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    Re: Ross on Saturday night

    Good story RS

    Jimmy

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    Re: Ross on Saturday night

    Toor right Mozza! I've got the week off and its nothing but blowouts! Should be able to get out in the bay Tues/Wed I think, if a bit uncomfortable.

    Good to hear a barra coming from the ross, well done RS. Haven't got myself a legal one for the last 2 seasons, been too busy concentrating on other piscatorial foe.

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