upgrade.

[nathank]

A very good friend of mine, came last night to a spot i had a fair idea there were some decent trevs residing. Now i dont condone fishing where your not welcome but if they allow big fish in there well its fair game.... im not hurting anyone nor am i leaving a mess. (think that justifies it)
So my mate Ben has caught a few bream and his biggest fish to date was a 50cm flattie. He was looking on in shock as i pinned a decent mullet and threw it out on a rod for him. I had another rod for my self and after 5mins a big swirl followed by my reel screaming to life ended in tears as my 20lb leader failed... bugger!!!
Ben then decides to get something out of his bag about 15 minutes later.. I told him to click the baitrunner on "justincase" thank god i did!!! His mullet was sitting in full view about 6 meters of the edge when an explosive surface strike occured, i was right next to the rod and was lucky enough to engage the reel and hand the rod to Ben. 20 minutes later after some close calls and freespooling Bennyboy slides this one up like a true pro!!!!
Do you think he was stoked? check the grin

Bit of an upgrade from the 50cm Flatty.
I didnt have a mat with me but took a measurement off my rod. Getting home the beast went 74cm!!

[nigelr]

Great work nathank, IMHO that is what fishing is all about!
Fantastic fish and fantastic pic!

[carnster]

Decent upgrade there boys.

[Chris1984]

that's a great idea with using your rod as a measuring tool and checking it later if you dont have a measurer with you.............. cheers mate, nice fish to. Hoping to get some of them myself soon as i'm relocating to Darwin

[Jackinthebox]

That's a rather large bigeye!

[geoff72]

Holy shit that's a good size by any means,well done mate And good on ya for handing the rod over to him,nice work

[mangrovejacks]

My view is fish wherever the hell you want! Like you say mate, we ain't leaving a mess or stealing or doing drugs or hitting old ladies over the head etc etc

Nice big eye that! Horse actually!

[nathank]

Yeah agreed Mangroves.. especially when there is no damage that you could do anyway.... Could understand it if you were sneaking onto jetties with million dollar boats etc... i would be out there with a stick!!

[loophole]

Unfortunally Security and Police see it as Trespass on Private Property.. But I dont.

[.:::stotty:::.]

Unfortunally Security and Police see it as Trespass on Private Property.. But I dont.

Thats good to know Loophole.

[loophole]

Thats good to know Loophole.

Wouldn't want to give away any of your Nerang spots

[wayno60]

mate thats a whoa

sneaking onto jetties with million dollar boats etc

lol that sound firmiliar.....not that we ever sneaked in there..

[nathank]

lol Wayno.. sux hey that spot (you know what i mean) is off limit's. Anyway half the fun is finding a new spot and working it out to catch some cool fish!

[Genesis]

nice one Nath. For a moment there I thought you were going to show us some new fishing gear that you got. lol.

Very good of you to put your mate on a fish and a very decent fish at that too