Back in the saddle
After four months of being off the blue i jumped at this weekends chance and prepped the gear for a day out chasing what i thought was gonna be some inshore pinks. After the first 10 spots without so much as a undersize blackass and a wrass things looked grim, only one spot had bait on it the rest were quiet. I decided to move to a spot ive only fished once before where i got dusted before the weather changed on me and had to turn home. On arriving the sounder showed fish stacked over a ledge so i dropped the jig, one lift and i was on, only small but the leader popped from a previous snag that must've weakened it. So tied on another jig and dropped down first lift on again pulled up a just leagal dhu that went back, called a mate over and 10 mins later something hit the jig hard and started making me piss, i made the call that i was gonna have trouble getting him up with out getting buried in 9m, quick battle and few tense moments at the net had a 78cm 8.7kg dhu onboard 5 minutes later ol mate dropped a cuttlefish head down and pulled up a slightly bigger one and off we went. Another rat on the way in but no pinks. Home for bbq dhu wings with a bourbon to warm me up and get the gear prepped for a beach session with the old boy in the morning.
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sea-kem
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Livin
Livin
Love the West!
Gadsy
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Very nice Dhui Rob
Haven't been out for a while up here.
Would be stoked with a Dhu that size.
rob90
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Yeah it was good to land a
Yeah it was good to land a good one for a change.
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Faulkner Family
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well done. worth the effort
well done. worth the effort
RUSS and SANDY. A family that fishes together stays together
meglodon
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cold
By the way you are rugged up it looks like it was quite cool out on the water but the is nothing like a good bourbon to get some warmth back in the bones well done on the dhuies.
rob90
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It was freezing! Glad i ran
It was freezing! Glad i ran back into the house before i left to get a pair of socks otherwise i would've lost my toes. Bourbon fixes most problems haha
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dano83
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Good work man looks like you
Good work man looks like you did better than most. we had a very quiet day
rob90
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Seemed that way at the ramp,
Seemed that way at the ramp, most guys seemed to have a difficult day
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Meeuwissen
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very good effort
braving the cold for a good dhuie seems worth it for sure. How did your mate have the cuttley head rigged up?
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rob90
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Think he was just running it
Think he was just running it unweighted on a big single
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NORUN NOFUN
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Wow, nice work mate and great
Wow, nice work mate and great photo.