Mud Is Sun 16th

[webby]

Left the river at 5am, 2 on board anew
southwind 640. seas 1m, wind 12kts
tide outgoing, headed to the wreck
near the coffee pots to collect some
livies, not many around. Then off to
the 10m contour between the 2 card'l
east side mud, anchored up wind of a
deep hole we know. Few boats about
especially close to mud inshore. gear
2 x shimano tr200g on 7'6" shimano
signatures. loaded with 20lb whiplash
and 17lb vanish leaders. Bait fresh
squid,humble pillies and dead livies,
left the drain plug open, and couldnt
revive them when we got there.
Started berleying with pellets, to get
a trail going.last of the outgoing.
Set a couple of floaters with 4ball,
squid and butterflied the dead livies.
After tide turned started burley with
cubed squid/pilly(10min gaps).
Frst strike 1hr after tide turned, to
anxious and missed. Some small squire released.(wind picking up)
not long after first good strike and
boated a 65cm squire. So set a third
line. Berled a bit heavier. Half way
thru a Bundy and coke and myshimano
buckled and the reel screamed, let it
run lifted the rod and set the gear,
hookup line still peeling, tighten drag
a touch and started the fight, good
fish on the end, abt 14 min later, the
biggest Snapper i've caught in the bay
or offshore was beening gaffed and
brough aboard, then Geoff shimano
did the same and abt the same time
later we had a identical twin on board.
1st 6.7kg 2nd 6.9kg. both congrats
each other, one on squid one on
yellotail.
reset the line again (wind up around
15kts + pushing incoming tide) geting
choppy. (noticed when we had strikes
there were a lot of bait fish coming
thru) . Few more hits but no hook ups
Said 3 decent fish was good enough
so headed to s/e cnr mud for a try
at some bream.. landed few small
ones, so headed home like lot of boat
entered the river abt 2.00pm and home.
(the old saying fishing wind/tide same
driection worked for us)

[Fisherman02]

[stevedemon]

Hi Webby
nice fish webby good to see that they are getting bigger catch you later this bloody storm has force me to go
see ya lateron the weekend
Steve 8)

[aquarius]

Hey Webby,Good snapper there mate...Looks to be shaping up for a great season in the bay especially around Mud!!...Must get out there as soon as possible to try for my first big snapper.
Cheers Brent

[Lucky_Phill]

Nice work Brian. Looks like I'll have to make the effort again.

Could be heading to the Captain this weekend.

[Nugget]

You mention getting livies at the wreck near the Coffee Pots - I guess you're talking about the Mt Elliot?
Have you ever tried the Kate ?
Dave ><>

[webby]

Hi Nugget, usually the mt elliott or
the coffee pots them selves due to the tripod stand forms some good
eddies , only been to the kate once
just to see what was around it, but
never jigged for livies them , there were bait fish there the day we looked. usually only try at those two
spot if heading to mud for bigger
livies as usually only small herring or
hardihead around mud. i've been to
the spot near the cardinals before
and only caught small to medium
squire but with the amount of bait
fishes going thru on sunday , the bigger 'red" must have been chasing
them. did u get my msg about the
bay
regards

[Nugget]

Thanks mate - replied via instant message.
As you know because of the new boat I'm about to get serious about Bay fishing and was interested in getting livies - researching wrecks etc.
I've never looked at the Kate but notice it's 50 years older than the Mt Elliot.
I thought it might be an alternative spot for livies if they're not around the pots - although it's nearly 2klm away.

Dave ><>

[Lucky_Phill]

I thought you'd remember the day the " Kate " went down Dave.

[Nugget]

November 1890 - I' old and fat not ancient and decrepid.

Dave ><>

[Ron_Collins]

Hi Webby
I liked your Mud Island report. Nice fish, too.

Ironically, the July edition of BNB, which is under production right now, has a good bay snapper report by Jason Comino. It was interesting to me to compare your stuff and Jason's. There are quite a few similarities. Which suggests you're both telling the truth!

Well done on your report and the fish. By the way, is there something wrong with your head, if that was you holding the spoils? Ron Collins, Ed.

[adriancorrea]

Nice fish brian 8)
I see that you also made the local paper, I thought I reconised the name. .
I will have to try and get to mud one day, Ive been there once with steve but only on the western side.
Wind to strong that day
well done not only once but twice

Tight lines
Adrian