Howdy Folks, Jim and I decided to do an overnighter around Mud.
We left Whyte Island boat ramp at 3-pm Saturday and it was a bumpy ride to the western side of mud.
Once there it was much calmer due to shelter from the n/e wind.
Started drifting the plastics and only picked up 1 squire to 40cm before darkness set in.
Lost a nice mackerel due to the braid digging in on the spooloh well you get that sometimes.
Switched to bait..(yes i know it seemed strange) for the night and had a 5 minute fight with a giant stingray......thought it may have been a good snapper...lol
We moved around several times during the night from deep to shallow water but just could not find a decent fish anywhere.
Time to have a few hours sleep before the mornings plastic session.
We started our drift at the crack of dawn and found a few undersize squire and then all of a sudden my rod bends in half and the line screams out at a hundred miles per hour...We both yell SNAPPER
5 minutes latter and after half a dozen good runs Jim nets my biggest snapper to date......4 kilo (66cms) of prime snapper.
Not a nobbie but i reckon its ok for the bay.
10 minutes past and then Jim had his plastic take off before 2 head shakes and the light 8 lb leader gave way.
One lucky fish gets away to fight another day ;
Not many boats out last night over at Mud but after that wind abated it was a pleasent night with a few small ripples on the water.
Looks as if im still asleep in the pic but sun was shinning in my eyes..lol
At least the snapper was looking into the camera lense.
Cheers Brent
