Diving the Mud
After the crrrrapppp winds swell and everything else down south for us all lately , i got lucky and found a deckie spot with a mate today. Andrew has only just bought a 5.5m fraser centre console with a 140 suzi on the back and was keen as to get it wet! Decided to throw the dive gear in just in case (with all intentions of jumping in regardless lol) and hit the water about 10am this morning. Looked like poo! Recent 4-5m swell turned it to shooooup!
Andrew didnt have any marks on the new plotter so we hunted around for abit and stumbled onto some reasonable ground that held plenty of tiny trout in about 15m. The viz was atttttrocious and diving that depth with a slight north tide and whales song calling non stop makes one keep on the look out thats for sure!
The 3 of us dove there for maybe 1hr n half and i finally fluked a 700mm trout sitting under a overhang which was stoned with the euro 120 and thrown on the handle! Happy days
Prouty ended up bagging a small trout himself and we moved off to find some new spots. The next try proved fruitless altho the ground looked the goods , very trying tho diving to 16m and missing the ledge due to the viz so we moved again to some other ground closer to the ramp....
Abit of sounding showed some ok looking gear and i was first in while the other lads chatted like old ladies..... First in best dressed they say! Breathed up and dropped into the haze... Slowly made out bottom , then a massive sambo , then a ripper dhu! Again the euro made no mistake and as i surfaced with the dhu in hand you shoulda seen the other boys! Yup this spot'll do! Weighed in at 11kg so very chuffed for average conditions!
The lads continued to do some drops and Dan managed a nice 600mm dhu for himself before the north tide just turned the water to absolutely undivable and we came in to fillet and listen to the Eagles pump the Dons!
Great day out
Fear The Spear............!
mullows
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Nice fish there Poddy.Always
Nice fish there Poddy.
Always good to get something when it's a bit shitty and those fish are very bloody nice. Well done.
Cheers
Mullows
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bod
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great rewards
sounds like really trying conditions, didn't seem to matter though. Well done.
southcity104
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quality fish again!
esspecially in dirty water!
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Paul G
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Well done poddy ,always enjoy
Well done poddy ,always enjoy your posts .keep up the good work
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till
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You did well given the
You did well given the murk.
A few glum faces down this way, my brother and a friend were supposed to be up there with wa undersea this weekend, instead we got conned into lifting paving!
poddyfish
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wa undersea
yeh jamie i was humming and harring on joining the lads at the islands but the weather just didnt look the goods and it all got canned.... they have another trip planned soon but i betcha a few lads woulda been disheartened with it not going ahead! long way for a average trip and yuck conditions
Fear The Spear............!
Chongy
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MEH
MEH
fishmad69
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Poddy you are the King
Poddy you are the King
Lucky Tim
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Always hard work in the
Always hard work in the shitty vis but well rewarded with that pair podman.