Reply With Quotewell done there smithy
cheers
Mick
Tuesday I had Jodie aboard. Jodie had won a free day out with me by winning the Awoonga Ladies Tournament put on by Bev Chiffens. With her were husband Dale and mate Herby. After meeting at the boat ramp we headed off to grab some livies at my most productive spot at the moment. A good tank of yakkas jigged and it was back to mackerel ground. The first baits out didn’t take long to draw attention and Jodie was hooked up. This fish did nothing out wide but chose near the boat to play up. The problem with podded boats is you are a long way from the propeller in the cockpit and this one gave Jodie the chop treatment.
The boys had a bit more luck with Herby ending up with the biggest Spaniard I have seen in this bite period going about 7kg rather than the 85cm school size fish.
Herby and his fish.
Dale and the typical size fish out there at the moment.
We plugged away at them getting bites on the surface and the downrigger with boats all around hooking up as well. With 5 in the ice box and the bait exhausted due to lost fish and bites that didn’t connect we headed out wide to the baitfish grounds.
It was a quiet day with one game boat going 1 from 4 plus a dolly and another trailerboat of the three of us trailerboats on the grounds getting a dolly as well. The bait looked really good around the tide change and lifted right up off the bottom, went red on the sounder as it got tightly packed in and there were dolphins of the Flipper variety all around. The predators or dolphins even had acres at a time of pilly schools flicking on the top all to no avail.
Being quiet I headed in to have a look at the blinker but no kingys or ajs were in attendance. With a little bit of time left we put the lures out once again and had a quick troll near the blinker losing a Spaniard, landing our 6th for the day and just as I called lines in and had throttled back we gotimon. Jodie was now connected to a little black missle on a minnow on 10kg line. Grabbing the leader secured the capture for a catch and release but it was well hooked so we tagged it, bought him or her aboard quickly to dehook and take a quick snap then sent it on its merry way.
Jodie and her black.
Back at the ramp.
Again.
Just another day at the office at the moment!
Last edited by Smithy; 17-12-2008 at 06:09 PM.
well done there smithy
cheers
Mick
excellent work smithy
cheers justin
nice Smithy - good stuff
Where was that.
Yep great work. Can't wait to start targeting the old spanish.
Some nice fish Smithy
Champion stuff
JT
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There is a fine line between fishing and just standing on the shore like an idiot
I wonder how much deeper the ocean would be without sponges
Up here we Use Hussar as baits for real RED FISHS (SHSIIFDER)
Hell yeah great session!
nice one smithy
god to see a bigger one apear
pete
top stuff rob,
loved the comment at the end.
cheers dale
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