Well being off the water for well over 6 weeks I was ready to sell the tinny and buy a horse or a dirt bike as I was loosing the plot with cabin fever. So met the mate down the boat ramp and we headed out into the bay as we were going to stay away from mud island.
There was a little slop on the water as we headed out so made the right turn over to mud,I knew I wouldn't last long, so though why not.....
So we get over to mud and there is three of us on the boat talking the usual crap and the boys were getting smashed by just under squire.... Oh how you going mossy.... still not a bite?Ok so thinking now maybe the dirt bike wasn't a bad idea I was awfully quiet as I was concentrating on getting that first fish for me.... Well more squire coming on board nothing legal and a few grassies on 30 and still zip for mossy.... Alright, mud what is the deal? So underneath the spotters I could feel it coming... a tear not the fish
.... Cast out and lift n wind.... as I lift the tip of the rod she takes off.... zzzzzzzzzzz ohh yeah I'm back boys! Get your rods in were chasing... it was taking plenty of 10lb line but didn't have that distinctive snapper feel where it takes you rather than you control it.. The fish was darting direction and still pulling some line... A good fight and to my disbelief up comes some colour... no snapper, but a trev and a nice one at that. A few flicks and pinch myself and I spear the beauty back into the water. So few more drift and the peanut gallery seem to have lost their voice as the talk had dwindled to silence... Oh silence is Golden a trevally in fact!
Was due to hit the cape with a mate on Sunday but the poor fella by the sounds had fluids shooting out both ends so best not pushing something like that and he pulled the pin, so made the call and packed the tinny and met my mate along with 2 other mates down at the boat ramp. So threw on of the boys in with me and we headed off out the mouth. Was chatting to my mate asking if he was going to fish bait today? He was going to but keen to try plastics, so said right'O I'll show you how its done, well how I do it anyway.
Few drifts and not much around, change over the plastics and few more drifts and out a few meters deeper. Ol mate gets a few hits and is looking excited, not long and he gets a nice undersize squire zzz.. takes a little drag and just tell him to slow it down, let the drag do the work, I lost too many fish going crazy on the rod, so he does and lands a nice squire just under. Few more squire and he is getting the hang of it. Move out towards the shipping channels plenty of bait around no bits so head back in close to mud island. Not much else and I am getting ready to rock n roll, few fish boated and was a good morn. Decided to give another mark I rarely hit a go with my mate, by this time the other mates were in another boat not far off. Ol mate was asking plenty of questions about how you fish plastics etc, I explained nothing is wrong man, mix it up and try new things.... Few casts I was getting a few taps then.... zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz I hear ol mates line ripping off a speed... he was wondering what to do as if in shock, so he kept the pressure on an stayed tight to the fish, up comes some colour and a nice snapper. Bam. He is happy as sh!t. A drift or two more the pulled the pin to go grab the wife from the horse paddock she forgot her water bottleSo dropped the mate in the boat with the others and headed off. Great weekend on the water a new PB for me and a mate.
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