Scratchie

Thanks Andrew! Well the marlin scene is quiet, the snapper the same, so lucky the longtail turned up!

Cheers. No snapper. Only made a short attempt at that. Plenty of tuna species about though! That’s a nice cobia! It’s the one fish that has eluded me!

There’s was a heap of them out there today! If we stayed all day the hook ups would have been double digits!

Well, a few different setups! First fish was on 30lb braid and 35lb leader. Then Woodsy got smoked on 50/80, so we set up a tyrnos 30w with 100lb and that got hammered too! But we landed it. Using 6 or 7/0 black magic circles!

Haha, lots and lots of string pulling. They go so hard! Great fun indeed. 👍

Thanks Pete! Yes mate, beautiful eating. I even ate some as I was filleting it.

G’day raiders, Well, I was thinking we might make a trip up to Crowdy considering all the good reports from the area but we decided to fish our own backyard as reports of longtail have been coming in. Woodsy and I were first at the ramp and first to the bait grounds. Loaded up with slimies amd off we went. Got to our spot and tried drifting for a few snapper first but kept a livie drifting behind us. No luck on the snapper but the livie starts to scream off. Shite, we found one already and we haven’t even set up properly yet. After a good fight on lightish gear up comes a nice 8kg plus longtail. Sweet donut broken and hi5’s all round. Next we set up and deploy the balloon floaters and didn’t have to wait long and Woodsy’s rod lights up! This thing is in a hurry, so much that it took nearly 300m, pulled the hook and kept going. I didn’t even get a chance to lift the anchor! Boy these things move fast. Set up again and whilst we were waiting a started casting metals and was hooking up on every cast, bonito, Mac tuna and having a ball. Then another livie gets smashed and pulls the hook. By now the wind was getting up and we made the call to move. Good decision, we set up the bigger rod this time and lucky we did! It got nailed and Woodsy was in for a fight. After a good 10mins with this rod past sunset a gaff shot was in sight and onboard comes a solid 12kg plus longy! Yewww After that, we lost another and callled it quits as the wind was now gusting and we already had enough to bring home! Yet, another beautiful day in Port Stephens! Thanks for reading, Cheers scratchie!!!

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Congrats on your pb! It’s alway rewarding landing a good fish and I think the smile on your face says it all. Well done 👍 cheers scratchie!!!

I have also caught two “green backs” in my time over the 4kg mark. Both off barrenjoey headland. One was in November and one late March for memory. The recent thread was locked as there were too many sidetracks from the topic and to prevent any further breaches in site rules! Discussions are always welcomed but please remember to adhere to site rules. Cheers scratchie!!!

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That’s a cracking session yowie! Congrats on the pb too! Enjoy your trip to SA. I’m sure the fish on the hacking will enjoy the respite 😝 cheers scratchie!!!

Good onya Sam! That’s what it’s all about, keeping the kids interested. Nice work! Cheers scratchie!!!

Yes mate! And on sps in 8-10m of water! All in the space of hour and a half. 👍

You go girl! 💪 Nothing better than wiping the smile of your partners face! Lol. Especially Dave’s! Haha Thats a cracking bass and you should rub that in at every opportunity! Well done 👍 cheers scratchie!!!

Out tomorrow for one more go! The pointy bastards have missed PS this year. But there’s still plenty to chase! Fingers crossed! Cheers scratchie!!!

Hooray Bazza! Finally some success! Good to see you found some legal ones out there! Also using the coconut ice! 👏👏👏 Well done mate and yes it’s a long way to the fad. Have to agree, “gotta love Port Stephens”. Cheers scratchie!!!

Cabbage tree! They were there just but very tentitive!

Haha, I’m very fortunate that Woodsy takes his weapon of a boat! They’re pretty scared of that too! Lol 😝

Maybe Monday when the weather turns crap! 😝

Thanks Andrew! Pretty much sums it up! Cheers It looks good all week. Cheers Craig! Nope, that’s how the hook was. I could feel him grinding the whole time. You should have see the leader! Sure did Yowie! Alway put a smile on my face! 😃

Always good to do something a bit different yowie!! Would have been a far different report if you had of put those spikes in the wrong place 😝 cheers scratchie!!!

Mine don’t stay in the packet to long! I just use them or lose them! Cheers scratchie!!!

Thanks Baz! Mojo has been cranking last few outings! Glad the fish decided to play ball today! Haha, it was for me! I stole all of Woodsy’s good plastics! 🤣 Your choice Zoran! Lol 😝 Don’t think I could live anywhere else! Haha champion! I found your repellent and it’s time for payback from last year!!! To be fair, as we say “just keep casting”. You did and came up trumps! Not many people land an 8 kilo maccy on a snapper stick! Awesome effort! Thanks Sam! As above, just keep casting! That’s our philosophy and we stick to it!! You can’t catch shit if your lines not in the water!