barwon banks 7.6 kg snapper

[aerordauto]

Russel.john and myself left mooloolaba about 5am and headed out to the marlin grounds and started to tow skirted lures one small xmas tree and one blue soft squid.before long we had 6 dollies landed 5 of which where about 580mm long and one that weighed at 5.7kg.
It went slow so with beautiful conditions headed off to the banks and dropped some floating pillies down on the drift as there was no current and no wind they went straight down.
Not long after russels rod was buckled over and after a good fight he landed a 7.6kg snapper and 970cm long.
We managed 5 snapper 1 dollie, 3 pearlies and 1 parrot in total.
the conditions where glassed out and a great trip to remember.
cheers mark

[bdaearth]

wow those conditions look hard to handle!! And I sat at home all day feeling sorry for myself with a hangover!!!!

[Smithy]

Nice Mark. Good to see a realistic snapper weight line up with its length! ;-)

[trueblue]

well done mate

don't forget that 58 cm is a legal dollie now (Its been changed back to 50)

cheers

[aerordauto]

yes thanks bd, smithy and trueblue.
I heard of the new size limit today after speaking to a mate.

[hookinin]

Hey Mark good to see you out and into some fish. hows the boat going after all the mods you done on it. Looks to be getting along nice.
Cheers Gaven

[aerordauto]

gday gavin the boat goes very well now and pulls up about 88kmh.
we will have to catch up and go fishing.
cheers mark

[hookinin]

Sounds good, moved into the new house ten weeks ago and finally getting on top of things so can get back to some fishing. The boat forgets what water is but has a good home now. Will call in sometime and have a chat.
Gaven

[aerordauto]

gday gavin that looks the goods where abouts did u build.
cheers mark

[hookinin]

On Yandina-Bli Bli road a coulpe of kms from the yandina end. It's nice and central and can be anywhere on the coast in 10-30 minutes.