Soft Plastics Day off the Cape
Headed out for a fish today off Cape Nat. Decided to give the SPs a go today as the conditions where great and I had a new SP combo that I had not use as yet.
After a bit of sounding a few fish where located and down went the SPs. Wasn't too long before Clint was on.
Not long after a good fight on the light gear Clint landed the first dhuy of the day.
After a couple of more drifts and not much luck we moved on to another spot. As approaching the ground we came across some more fish on the sounder.
Down went the SPs and Clint was on again. Another good fight resulted in another dhuy.
With our dhuy limit reached and it still being early we decieded to sound around for some more ground. I also was to still pretty keen to boat my first fish on a SP.
Wasn't too long before we came across some good ground with a few fish showing on the sounder.
Down went the SPs again and after a couple of drifts you wouldn't believe it but Clint was on again. This fish went hard and again Clint had another dhuy boat side which was the biggest of the day.
This fish was left in the water, dehooked and sent back down within minutes of being landed for a successful release.
Decided to go over where Harro was fishing and see what he was up to. On our way we came accross some more good ground with fish on it.
Down went the SPs again and this time it was my turn. Not a dhuy but a nice BB and my first fish caught on a SP.
Decided to give it one more drift as I was keen to catch my first dhuy on the SPs.
Well it wasn't too long before Clint was on again. Another solid dhuy was brought up and quickly released.
As you could image I was a little bit cut at this stage with Clint having caught 4 dhuys on SPs to my one BB.
With sea breeze on its way in it was time to head home. Guess I'll have to wait to the next trip before I get my first dhuy on a SP.
carnarvonite
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Top report
Top report on a good days fishing for Clint. Always happens, take someone else out for a run and they catch all the cream!! Better luck next time round on the softies.
STEVE231
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Nice one mate, sounds like
Nice one mate, sounds like it was the Clint fishing show though!!
harro
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fun
was a good day brendan, :-)
clint now should be able to offer massive discounts on 3d led tv,s , for this , lol
good work and good to meet u clint finally,
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till
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Nice work with the McArthy
Nice work with the McArthy 10"! I'd love to put them up on the McArthy Baits Gallery, mind sending me a few higher res pics?
Brendan, as skipper you get a claim to all fish, as you put that pesky Clint onto them ;)
Seaquest
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Will forward the pics on.
Will forward the pics on. They are a great soft plastic and it was a real eye opener today.
My other mate pulled out this morning, wish he told me a bit earlier and you could have come along.
till
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I got a free-mileage car atm
I got a free-mileage car atm so give me a holler any time before term starts ;)
Good to hear you had fun with them and you got onto some great fish too. I droped a McArthy 11" today down in 300m, but it was a very slow day today out there.
Ta for the pics!
Lucky Tim
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I hope that mileage free car
I hope that mileage free car isn't a white ute Jamie..... Maybe I should have written those km's down
till
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Bwahaha!
Bwahaha!
Lucky Tim
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Nice one Brendan, bit of bad
Nice one Brendan, bit of bad luck on the 4-0 score card but it's better to see fish in the boat than none at all.
You heading north this year again?
Seaquest
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Hope to be up there for the
Hope to be up there for the FW comp but work is a little crazy at the moment as we have just started work on a big contract that will take a while to get sorted.
If I don't make it then I will come later in the year.
SamC
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Mint
Top effort there boys.
Nice Dhu's on the pink dildo Clint!
Unlucky day for you Brendon...i was in the same situation as you a couple of weeks back
Cheers,
Sam
MattMiller
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Nice fish there
fella's, good to see the Dhuies are still around in good numbers.
What sort of depth you fishing the SP's in and what jighead weights?
Feral
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those pics turned out a
those pics turned out a treat Brendan .. and nice to meet a few more of the southern fishwrecked crew :)
Matt i changed the weights a bit today .. it was a bit windy in the morning so i started with a 8oz then as the wind dropped i went to a 4oz and finished the day on a 2oz .. depth was about 45m ..
i found the 4oz to be the best as it teamed up with my PE2 gear a treat .. and the 10" sp's are great .. but the last 2 (and bigger dhu's) came from the 2oz and a smaller SP .. about 7" i think .. but it was hard to hold bottom and tighten up on bites with the lighter jig head ..
Bloody great day out there tho .. thanks to Brendan for taking me out and allowing a NO BAIT day :)
soooo much easier to clean the boat with no dried on bait and crap sticking to everything
Adam Gallash
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Shirt
Wasn't the plastics mate, it was the shirt - we all know it. :) Top effort!
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Seaquest
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Mid 40s. Jighead weight
Mid 40s. Jighead weight ranged from 8oz to 2oz.
Faulkner Family
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sounds like you found the
sounds like you found the dhuie ground but unluckily for you it wasnt your placcies they wanted. nice bb tho, better luck next time
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deepwater
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nice work there brendon and
nice work there brendon and clint ,4 dhuies and bb and a pb now that is a great day
jeff
grayzeee
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good stuff and another albino
good stuff and another albino dhu.
what plastics gear are you using there??
If I spent half as long fishing , as I do reading this bloody forum , I'd be twice the fisherman I am.
Feral
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i was using a certate hyper
i was using a certate hyper 4000 with PE2 .. the rod is a eurpro PE 1.5-3 ... brendans reel was a saltiga game 3500 with PE3 i think but not sure of the rod ,, its great fun catching big fish like that on tiny gear :)
soupster51
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Top Stuff
Dhues on SPs, top effort. Some days they don't even seem to care what the colours are either by the look of it.
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grayzeee
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agree. my plastics gear is
agree. my plastics gear is limited as only rated up to 1 oz.
actually , looks like seaquest was using the jig force.
If I spent half as long fishing , as I do reading this bloody forum , I'd be twice the fisherman I am.
Seaquest
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That reel and rod in the pic
That reel and rod in the pic is my light metal jig combo (saltiga game and jig force 120g)
For the soft plastics I was using a certate 3000 and a hearty rise sylphy 20g - 80g
Markie
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Good catch
Reguardless of who caught them ya hit the jackpot. Devistating no dhuie for you mate but looks like clint had fun :P Hopefully next time youll get one and hope its ya PB :)
Marko
harro
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Specs
I was using a rod n reel with a fukin sharp hook, lol with bait
lol had to say that hahah
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Faulkner Family
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cant forget it had line on
cant forget it had line on it, and a sinker to get the shark hook with bait on it to the bottom
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damo6230
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Solid work Brendan
Clint does need someone to put him on decent ground and fish
look like nothings change down south..... ha ha
have fun in Exi if you guys make the comp
Feral
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oh thanks for that comment
oh thanks for that comment Damo :)
havent seen much fishing from you mate .. what ya been doing ??
damo6230
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doing a little fishing....
heading to the Victoria River in the NT next week so hope the rain stops for a few days.
looks like you, Brnedan and Harro have the fish surrounded....
got a couple of weeks with the Bunghole crew at Warroora come May which should be interesting.... ha ha
Colin Hay
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Good onya Brendan Some quality fishing and
some quality pics as well.
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WADRay
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And here I was thinking Clint
And here I was thinking Clint was a liar, he seems to always be the one with the Dhu's, been on a boat with him one or two too many times with Clint hauling the dhuies (on his mini rod and reel) in and everyone else sitting there thinking they are doing something wrong.
Think he must pay someone to sit down there on scuba and hook them up for him...:P Saying that I currently have a shopping list for Mcarthy sp's and some big TT's...