Hi All
With a mild break in the weather, ADAMY, TINN and myself decreed a trip was in order to Spot XYZ at Wello for another session. ADAMY and I decided we'd take both boats - he accompanied by GES and yours truly with ole sparring partner TINN...
ADAMY & I agreed we'd meet at the ramp at 4pm although i'd have to come back and collect TINN at 5.30ish. So when i got a call from ADAMY at 3.30pm advising he was on the water (obviously trying to get a headstart), i ventured on my way. Meeting him and GES out there, we drifted around in the hope of a Squire or 2 but with the prime purpose to gather some livies for the evenings bait & burley session. I was landing everything but the bait i required while ADAMY & GES seemed to acquire a reasonable supply. The call came and back to the ramp to pick up TINN as planned. Straight back out to XYZ and anchored up while ADAMY decided a spot 200m away tickled his fancy.
Within 30 mins and TINN is onto his 1st legal fish - a 37cm Squire - not a bad start nice and early! Almost simultaneously, ADAMY is on the phone advising that he too had scored one of similiar size! 30mins later and ADAMY is on the phone again this time to advise that he scored one at 40cm on a placcie! Bugger me i thought, may as well stick a placcie out! 1st cast and what do you know, the ole Baitrunner (baited with the highly rated 'Mullay') starts screaming away into the evening ZZZZZZZZZZZZZzzzzzzzzzzzzzZZZZZZZZZZZZZzzzzzzzzzzz zz. Throw the SP rod at TINN as he belatedly screams 'that's what we came to hear!', grab baitrunner and flick drag into action. Think that slowed the fish down? No siree ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ..... lot's of zzzzzzz and TINN is clearing the deck ready for the landing mission. More ZZZZZZZZZZ & ZZZZZZZ and finally retrieval and then colour, with intermittent zzzzz in between. After what seemed an eternity of TINN trying to position himself with the net, Finally, and i mean finally, he's got it in and lifts into the boat to my sheer delight! Straight on to the ruler and what do you know? A new PB at 69cm!!
TINN remarks, get your lines back out as where there's one, there's more. Yeah yeah yeah like i care right now?! Anyway, put lines back out, take photo's, measure again (just to be sure) and plonk into esky - oh and a phone call to ADAMY of course. By this stage, 30mins had elapsed and i though i'd add some more berley to the equation when as i've reached into the bucket, ole faithful Baitrunner screams off again ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZzzzzzzzzzzzZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ. 'Oh bloody hell!' TINN exclaims! 'I have to do this again?' as the reel zzzzzzzzzzzzzzz's away. This time, retrieval was a lot quicker with smaller bursts of zzzzzzzz in between and again colour. This time, TINN nets it relatively quickly (practice makes perfect) and on the ruler at 55cm!And of course, on the phone to ADAMY. Not before long he motors over....
Meanwhile, TINN was in the process of accumulating a nice feed of Chopper Tailor. Things quitened up to the High before we decided at 10.30 to pick up anchor and have a few drifts with placcies then call it a night! An hour or so saw a couple of undersize Squiries returned and we headed back!
Total catch for the evening was 3 Snapper/Squire 69cm, 55cm & 37cm; 4 Chopper Tailor (33-36cm); 2 wobbygongs; and a black tip reef shark.
A great night on the water with the full moon although a little lumpy at times but still beat sitting in front of the box!
Take Care T
PS: MICKSTAR, i promised photo's - here they are....
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, looking at your photos doesn't help my dilema. To go or not to go?
well done guys, allways a great read.as Dylan said keep them coming.dinky
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