Evening Pinky session
Long time since I've posted anything. But had a good evening on the Pinks last Wednesday. With the full moon on the Tuesday, Wednesday looked good with the moon rising at 6:15. Got to the ramp at 4 and made our way out. Someone had left a few good size Pinkies frames under the ramp, so that was a good sign. Although I got a bit disappointed to see the wings still attached, each to their own I suppose.
Headed out and found some likely ground in 10 m no big shows on the sounder but a bit of bait around so set the anchor and got the burley going. Was pretty quiet for a while and was thinking it might not be our night but as soon as the sun had dipped below the horizon I had a hook up, a Pinky but a few cm under. About 10 minutes later I was on again this time a much better fish, after a great fight on the small gear up came a healthy 70 ish cm Pinky. Next the brother in law hooks something a fair bit bigger but not a Pink. After a couple of laps of the tinny and a dance around the anchor rope we net a nice size Sambo. Dispatched it for some yummy Thai fish cakes. After the commotion of the Sambo it seemed to turn the Pinkies on and we got our bag in about half an hour. All the fish were pretty close to the same size and solid. Doug did battle with another even bigger Sambo that we released and we were back at the ramp by 7:30. Was a great evening and will be back out there to do it again soon hopefully.
Cheers
Kirky.
uncle
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Very nice
Hoping for the same tonight
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Coastrunner
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Good session mate
Dont forget to tie some chain and rope on that anchor before chucking it in lol
Brock O
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Great fun catching these in
Great fun catching these in close, good healthy size too.
I'm due out for a crack myself next week before a trip away with the long weekend.
Faulkner Family
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Certainly wouldn't be
Certainly wouldn't be complaining about that lot . Well done. They all go hard in the shallow water
RUSS and SANDY. A family that fishes together stays together
Daniel Westerduin
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they are good fun to catch in
they are good fun to catch in shallow water. Also interesting that you got them close around the full moon period.
Reefsta
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Great fishing
Well done on four perfect pinks. I've been doing similar, but drifting away from shallow reefs into around 10m. Finding pinks more often than not lately, just using herring fillets. Haven't tried the anchor and berley approach yet, but plan to give it a go.
sea-kem
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Absolute cracking bag Kirky!
Absolute cracking bag Kirky! Worth the effort.
Love the West!
uncle
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Couldn't
Find then last night, too bloody calm I reakon
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kirky79
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Cheers fellas
Going to give it another crack tomorrow evening. Might have the same problem Uncle, looks like it's going to be a glass off.