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The morning started off to a bad start with the boat I was going to go on was not going anywhere I was the decky and now became the captain. The idea was the take the larger boat due to the forecast. So with my 4.2m boat we headed to Whyte Is ramp. Once we got there Nugget was on the radio and the weather report was not that bad so off to mud we go. With Nuggets prediction of a 100% peak at 1:30pm we thought things would be hot but I was wrong. Only small squire made it to the boat in the morning. So we decided to have a bit of explore of Mud Island. We got back to our spot X at about 1pm and things started to go off four legal fish with the biggest been 45cm. Dale my decky got a PB of 44cm he was very happy about that and got straight on the phone to his wife " Fish for Dinner" With a fish a cast I did not think things could get better. THEN ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ ZZZZZZZZ Yellow backing ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ Stop regained about 200m of line then with small ZZZZZZZ and allot of weight. I did not keep track of the time because I was thinking would that knot hold? Would that jig pull? Would I run out of line? All of these things going around my head I was becoming a nervous wreck.
I got the fish finally to the side of the boat it was nearly dead on arrival and so was my arm. I grabed the net and picked it up first time I did not want to miss as I miss the last time. I was over the moon as this beat my PB by 29cm.
The weapon was ¼ Jig Babybass a 16lbs leader and main line and a 2500 sized reel
The Squire went 90cm 7.165 KG can I call this a Snapper?
Duncan posts those pics?
I would like to thank my wife for putting up with not having the lawn cut dog bathed and me not been home on most Saturdays and Sunday and for allowing me to get the boat
I would like to thank Brent and Jim for putting up with and for passing there wisdom on to me.
Thanks Duncan Fishhead for supplying me with top quality equipment and advice.
Congratulations Mate that snapper is truly awesome..........with a catch like that i would be over the moon to.
Lucky you hooked up in the corner of the mouth.
Now tomorrow you have to sit back and let us have a shot at the big one..lol
Cheers Brent
Nice fish steve, Im the guy who was in at Duncan's the same time you where bragging. Very envious, most people would be happy with one that size out side let alone in the bay. One day I will get one that big and I will be bragging to everyone who will stand still long enough for me to tell.
Wot a MONSTER!!! excellent work on a 2500 size reel!!... You didnt check him for extra jigheads did you?? I lost a steam train last week... might have been a mate of his
I listened to Nugget's podcast yesterday where he suggested that people try Peel Island also and don't worry about going where everone else is going. By that I suspect that he means Mud which has been getting a caning from anglers lately. However, Mud is firing just so well, it is hard to bother trying elsewhere at the moment. Unless of course, you are one of the Wello mob.
Nonetheless, I have printed and laminated maps and Google Earth pix of Peel to explore that area but Mud is just so great at the moment so it will be a great temptation to keep fishing there for a few weeks yet.
..and your effort today is partially to blame for that!
A fantastic effort. You will be talking about that for months!
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