>> Club Capricorn Shark Bash Saturday Night <<
Hey all,
So after 4 weeks of planning saturday finally came and the night of the Club Capricorn Shark bash was on!
first to rock up was me and after about 5 mins member george rocked up. because of the strong SSW wind we decided not to go south of the rock groyne but to go north about 100m. after about 20-30mins Graham rocked up with his family.
after about 30mins, when finished rigging up the rods and waiting for more members to come down, Cuthbad walked to the group of us settled fishos and asked if this was the fishwrecked shark bash, after saying yes it was he said "oh okay we actually just put our gear on the otherside but we will come over soon".
after the rest of the crew came down, we were all rigged up and i was ready to paddle out some baits with the thought in mind about flangies... after paddling 80m or so i dropped the bait and signalled to dad to keep tension otherwise it would have gotten tangled in the weed as mentioned before... after 10mins of having the first baits out my rod was getting some aggressive tugs so i ran over and held the rod in my hands, tug, tug tug,,,,, TUG!.... STRIKE! unfortunately i think i was the second too late as i didnt hook up... so i reeled in the line and my whole bait was gone! ***ended up paddling out 5 or 6 times!!!!!
after it got to sunset i decided i wasnt touching that water anymore, and seeing as CuthBad was using slides, knowing I had a few good ones myself, i decided to change rigs and give it a go! Although i didnt have a CLUE what to do at all! so i walked over to Cuthbad and asked for some help and let me tell you he gave me every single tip and more! from rigging up to getting the bait down the line!!!
good job cuthbad! i was sure enough impressed and knew this guy knows what hes doing and sure enough as i finished rigging up just about to put the bait in the water,,, Cuthbad's rod get the strongest run pulling the rod holder over and sure enough dragging the rod down the dunes!
after about 5mins, told by Cuthbad that it was a baby bronzie. it hit the wash and sure enough it was! there was me taking pictures of what was happening (only put up the good ones). this baby bronzie was released shortly after and made my night!
after that capture there was not another fish hooked.. but there were definately some out there as cuthbad was getting a few tugs every now and then. now here is the funny thing. Cuthbad thought he had cast over dicey (who was 30m north) and every time cuthbad reeled in, Diceys rod would start tugging. Cuthbad stopped, Diceys rod stopped and so on. well after cuthbad completely reeled in, diceys rod was still tugging! and the thing is that whole time dicey was standing right next to his rod! ahahahha! we ran over and told dicey about it and he reeled in and sure enough his bait had been chomped on!
but other than that the night was quiet, apart from the odd yell from me dying from all the midgees attacking me! ahahahha!
Cheers for all the crew that made it down, it was GREAT to meet people and put faces to names!
Cheers,
Eric
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flangies
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I Flangies Flangdang
I Flangies Flangdang flangmeist Owe you diehard $10 Australian Dollars.
Sounds like a good night to be out, how many went in total? did anyone land any tailor also?
sherbert
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Good report
Sorry i was not there, Looks like you guys had fun---- WHAT time did you guys finish up
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big john
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Nice
Nice work crew, good to see you made it happen.
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Faulkner Family
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sounds like a fun night and
sounds like a fun night and a bit of rig learning was had. pity you didnt get the big one you were after but at least you got 1. hopefully next time they will show up in numbers
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fisho-ron
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well done. you's done better
well done.
you's done better than us and didnt spend $100 in fuel.
Bungel
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Got rooted by a decent
Got rooted by a decent tailor... had been so many hours before the first hit... took the guts straight out a big pilchard on a goood run, sdly grabbed the rod just as it dropped the bait.. .. was quiet for me other wise. :(
I was out of there not long after Eric 11pm ish... think Pob and Dicey would have kept on till closer to 12.
Only a few fish around there that night sadly. but would definatly head back there again with the guys for a fish.
Cheers,,
George.
Rig
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good 1
sorry i couldn't make it down my car needs to be repaired this week hopefully in time for sherbies weekender.
good to see you got 1 and cuthbad showed you how to slide bait
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cuthbad
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plenty of tailor around,
plenty of tailor around, most baits i sent out got chomped a fair bit. would have put out a mulie but figured there were enough lines in the water and adding another might have been asking for trouble.
pretty dissapointed in my trusty rod holder not holding its ground. rod almost got taken out of the holder by that little guy with less than a kilo drag set. only myself to blame for that though i guess...
cheers to everyone that came down, was good to fish with some different crew, will have to do it again south of the river soon, hopefully get some of the big guys!
Reefmonkey
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Good work guys sounds like a
Good work guys sounds like a good night,.. ahh cuthbad shark hunter extrodinare I going to imagine you as the old salty sea dog off jaws in a few years, good to see ya dominating your craft keep it up man
Dave J.
cuthbad
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haha cheers man feeling old
haha cheers man
feeling old enough these days without people thinking of me as old salty though lol
DieHard
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ahah cuthbad remember your
ahah cuthbad remember your comment... "didnt think you would be so small mate..."
ahahah
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cuthbad
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lol yea i knew he wasnt big
lol yea i knew she wasnt big but that was rediculous, the bait was almost as big as its head lol
had a quick go last night at a reefy spot near my house but just plagues by port jacksons.... need to find a new local spot
DieHard
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hey cuthbad send me a PM
hey cuthbad send me a PM when your next going down! would love to join ya!
do port jackons put up a fight?
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cuthbad
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only on tailor gear
mate they put up a fight on the tailor gear, but feel a lot like seaweed on the heavy gear. Just a pain, spend all that time getting a decent bait out deep then you see the little tap tap on the line of the ba&!ards destroying a well placed bait
Dunno when im gonna get out next mate, works pretty full on. might not be till the SOR shark bash, will let ya know.
DieHard
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cheers ayye!!! will
cheers ayye!!!
will defiantely be practising my slide baiting at hillarys and see if they hold up on those big rays that lurk around! maybe a little bronzie here and there.
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