B Banks 30th

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left Mooloolaba 5pm Sat for spot X into a NE wind & small swell, not the best of trips out >.
Anyhow started fishing at 6.45pm for 1 pearl perch then nothing. No bites & couldn't loose a bait so we moved to 80-100m depths, still nothing over the next few hours so we rotated from chairs to bunk.
4.30am Sun moved 6 miles back to spot X, anchored up & started to see some action. Ended up with a good feed of 15 snapper (lost a few), 3 P-perch, wrasse, 1 sweetlip & some parrot. We had 4 battles with some lump which lasted from 5mins up to 20+. , this thing liked a size 10 hook with a flank of Iodine Bream. I told Col to get rid of that useless 80lb briad & go for some real line.
some pics to follow.

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I cried when I let this go.

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i wish they were mine

[Thunderbird]

It doesn't matter what size line you use, you just can't seem to shift the plug.
It happens to all of us and i bet we've all tried to pull the plug once or twice.

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the lot, see out board for the 2 we shared with the man in Grey

[SeaSaw]

Well done Snap .... bagout of snapper is a top effort and sounds like you had to hang in there for a while to get them.

Cheers,

Mark

[-spiro-]

Congrats snap for a big effort on staying out on a overnighter...... Were you north or south on the Banks. Good catch

[reeldreamer]

Love the pictures of half snapper! Looks like you had locked horns with something serrious in that first picture! Well done!

Mitch

[rocket]

I'm wonder how fisheries would go if you kept an extra snapper?!?!? I reckon that the two halves should only count for one!!! Let's see 10 snapper each all bitten in half would make for a great catch.

Just thinking aloud ... well done guys!!!

[620sf]

Ended up with a good feed in the end. Looks like a solid fish your locked up. How was the conditions for the night out there?

[grunta_75]

Good feed there Snap...glad to hear we weren't the only ones drowning pillies on the banks on 29/10!

[Snap]

Hello spiro, we were mid to north end of the banks, 27nm NE of Mooloolaba.

620f: i thought conditions were a bit sh*t, wind blew 10-12's till morning, seems worse when nothings biting.

rocket: if we had caught 17 we were going to bring the half's home, surely you would be right with that

[Lauter]

Snap,

Very well done. I was ecstatic catching 3. It would have been fun to have a go at what ever took a bite out of the two half snappers. Next time your heading out let me know.



LAUTER

[DALEPRICE]

nice effort snap,
do you all sleep at once or does
one person stay up and keep an eye
out for ships? good hall of snaps
dale