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4 hours ago, Blackfish said:
That’s a great catch YK01. I did see a couple of Long Tail frames at the boat ramp yesterday at Port. Car park is full of Cars and trailers down there today.
No wonder with the amazing forecast today. Wasn’t that busy yesterday but still a good day for it
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Fishing out of Port Macquarie
We didn’t get any pics of the other boat, which is a bit of a shame. Just didn’t think of it until after. Hopefully I’ll see them at the ramp one day.
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26 minutes ago, zmk1962 said:
Excellent outcome and report Tim. Would have given your heart palpitations for sure. Marcus sounds like a quick thinker and top crew. Congrats.
cheers ZoranYes he was definitely the one who made it all happen. He’s never gaffed a fish before so was a bit nervous but he did it perfectly
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Here’s the fish
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Hi all
I just had to share this one. Fishing yesterday morning off mid north coast with my mate, Marcus. It was a pretty quiet morning for the most part. We'd been trolling livies around for a while in hope o a mackerel with no bites so decided to just drift and throw some plastics around for a change. There were 2 other boats near us trolling their livies and they both hooked up to some solid looking fish at the same time.
I was watching them fight their fish and contemplating whether to go back to trolling when I get hit from a solid fish on my soft plastic! It was obviously a good fish and I was a bit undergunned with my snapper gear. It took off on a long run just below the surface and circled around one of the other boats and I thought that was going to be the end of my fish but the line never popped and it continued around the other side. Unfortunately though, I could feel the other boat's line against mine so we were both at risk of losing our fish.
A couple of minutes later I could see a longtail getting closer to the boat and Marcus was able to gaff it. As soon as he gaffed it we realised it was the other boat's fish. Mine was still out there probably 30m from the boat and still connected. I let the other boat know we had their fish and the guy complained and said that he wanted to fight it himself 🤣. As we went to try and free my line, it snapped! So now I was standing there handlining a longtail on 20lb braid thinking first run it takes this will all be over. However that's not what happened - it kinda just hung around and pulled a few times but didn't try to take off on a run. Marcus grabbed one of my other rods cut the rig off it and tied my line onto the end, and I was back in the fight! I was on a heavier rod now but I still only had a 20lb leader on so was a bit wary of trying to go too hard on this fish. It took another few minutes of circling around the boat before we finally got our chance and Marcus expertly gaffed it and we had 2 longtails on the deck and high fives all round!
How's that for teamwork! Not a massive fish at around 6-7kg but I'll remember this one for a long time!
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1 hour ago, blaxland said:
Ok I camped there years ago would like to take my boat there do you think a Subaru would handle it?
I think it would depend on the day. The couple of times I’ve been there the sand was compact and hard so it was easy. A lot of locals have tractors for launching so I assume it must get very soft and difficult for any 4wd at times.
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Cool report, well done. I was planning on heading there this Friday for an overnighter but with 4.5m swells I think I’ll wait.
Did you head down to north solitary?
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8 hours ago, GordoRetired said:
They are some seriously nice Snapper. Never caught one on SP's, not caught any big ones on bait either. Must try and put an SP out next time I go after Snapper.
Can I ask what general area you were fishing? Not after the GPS coordinates unless it is off the Northern Beaches of Sydney and you want to share🙂Thanks Gordo
I’m fishing out from port Macquarie. Mostly been fishing in about 20m depths and drifting over reefs that are holding bait. There’s no doubt it’s a bit easier up here though
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12 minutes ago, GoingFishing said:
If the inside of the mouth was orange then its a trag. Looks like a trag to me.
Rare to get jews reef bashing off Sydney
I’m at port Macquarie. I’ve caught jew and trag in that spot before and it’s pretty common here. It’s definitely a jew. When I landed it I was more focused on its stomach hanging out of its mouth and thinking about how it looked like a giant tongue, and didn’t really pay attention to what the rest of the fish looked like 🤣
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1 hour ago, Hoods said:
Well done. The purple on top & tail says Jew. You are lucky you caught the Jacket rather than losing your gear to them.
Thanks, I lost a bit of gear to them but they weren’t too full on thankfully
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I think that trag is actually a jew, isn't it. Oops! Oh well, still over the legal size so no harm done
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I went out this morning for a sneaky mid week jig and got myself a 77cm kingy, 72cm trag and a leathery on the slow jigs. Slightly choppy conditions but not too bad. It’s been a while since I did any jigging as I’ve been more interested in chasing snapper on plastics, so it was good fun to do something different today. I’m no expert on this form of fishing but it always seems to produce fish for me. I think it’s a very effective way of catching all sorts of funny looking things off the bottom, but occasionally I get rewarded with something more appealing like today (not talking about the leatherjacket).
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Not as many fish around today but I got another beauty! Had a couple of other guys with me today, they got a couple of good ones too but no pics on my phone.
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Nice one! Glad I could provide some inspiration. I’m inspired to go again this weekend now🤣
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4 hours ago, zmk1962 said:
Awesome fish mate thanks for sharing. BTW what’s that shiny clear blue stuff all around you?
I vaguely remember it.
cheers ZoranYeah I feel for you guys. Most of my family are in lockdown too and it's no laughing matter for so many people. Feeling very fortunate to still have my freedom up here and will enjoy it while we still have it!
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1 hour ago, Rummers said:
Good report mate. What do you do with the rod in the holder? Drop it straight down and let it float with the drift?
Yeah pretty much, I just cast out to the side and stick the rod in the holder. I imagine the lure was probably sitting about 2/3 of the way down to the bottom but I honestly don't pay much attention to it. Rodney Rod Holder has bagged me quite a few snapper this year.
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Hi all
Had a great start to the day today chasing snapper on soft plastics. Really nice conditions this morning that only got calmer during my short 2.5 hour session.
I went to a spot that I have visited a couple of times before with no luck but today there was a bit more action on the sounder. I was drifting over an area about 20m deep casting ahead of my drift and also had a second line out with a plastic just sitting in the rod holder. 5 minutes into my first drift I came up tight on my PB snapper of 75cm! Stoked with that, even though the rod holder gets the credit for getting the bite🤣.
On my second drift I got lucky again with a 58cm model, again credit goes to the rod holder. While I had him on the deck getting my phone out for a pic the other rod went off and I fought the fish for a little while but the hook pulled.
I can't remember now if it was the same drift, or the next drift, but finally I managed to hook a fish with the rod in my hand and landed a 70cm snapper which also would have been a PB if I hadn't already caught the 75cm fish earlier. I think my old PB was 65cm.
I had a couple more hookups that didn't stick and landed some red rock cod before deciding it was time to go home. Off the water by 8.45. Boat is clean, fish filleted and I'm now looking forward to a game of soccer this afternoon. A win will top the day off nicely 🙂
The bigger fish came in on my little 2500 freams with a 3-7kg spin rod 1/4 oz jighead and a blue/white 5" bait junky. The other 2 fish were on slightly heavier gear with a certate 3012 and 1/4 oz jighead, and a 6.5" powerbait nemesis in bloodworm.
A bit more effort into this report than usual as I know a lot of you guys are stuck in lockdown at the moment and could use the distraction. I hope you enjoy this little report, I certainly enjoyed gathering the content!
Tim
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11 minutes ago, Brendan Monks said:
Mine is also in the very back of the bilge.
Never noticed the noise before - But I also have a 150hp 2 stroke and rarely turn it off when fishing. 😅🔊🙉
I reckon there’s something wrong with mine then. It’s in the bilge area too but still loud. It works fine though
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You guys using the Shurflo pumps, how is the noise? I've got an 800gph one for my slimey tubes and it is ridiculously loud to the point I hate using it.
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That's a nice snapper. Interesting about your leader. I was using 16lb last week and mates are telling me I'm going way too light. I'm just trying to get the bite! With the conditions so calm and only fishing in 10-15m of water I felt like I needed to go light and it certainly worked but I did lose a few. Do you think you lose many fish because of your leader and what's the biggest you've caught on that?
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57 minutes ago, Maccam said:
Nice bag TK. I'm the opposite with the TT jig heads, I found the Nitros just don't last and you need to keep sharpening them after every fish. TT's have been bulletproof, especially with the new ones with fluoro eyes. Cheers Mat
I agree Matt. My mate is a bit of a know it all and tells me everything I do is wrong so I don’t take much notice of him these days!
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20 hours ago, beachwormer said:
Wow there's some great eating coming up for you....
Did the big snapper drop the lures or bust you off?
No dropped lures. I was using 16lb leader to try to get more bites. Probably should have bumped things up a bit. I ran out of good jig heads after a while and used a lighter gauge one, which got straightened. I also had 2 bust offs where the uni knot came back intact but the line had broken where it went through the eye of the hook. Don’t think I’ve seen that happen before. I was using 6/0 TT headlock jig heads, a mate has suggested that I switch to the nitro ones but I find that they are only good for gulps. The softer z man’s etc always get pulled down. Open to suggestions thanks
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Solo morning session today out from Port Macquarie. My best effort ever on soft plastics Snapper in terms of numbers. Caught 10 keepers (released 5) from 35-52cm in 15m of water. Great session but very frustrating as I lost about 7 or 8 big snapper.
Got a couple of Mack tuna and silver trevs too. Action packed couple of hours!
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11 hours ago, zmk1962 said:
For comparison I’m running an enertia 17p 14.5 dia prop. The vengence props are basic - they get the job done - but are less efficient.
Generally spinning the biggest prop you can (pitch and dia) that gets you WOT and good hole shot gives you the best overall economy and performance. Also having the boat thrust (propeller) as close as possible to be inline with the keel is most efficient. The deeper the point of thrust the more lift it generates at the bow.
I would be making one change at a time so that I can attribute the outcome to the specific change I made. So stick with the 17p but raise the motor.
Carry the 16p with you and swap down at the ramp
It’s a bit of a pain but will help you get to optimum set up quicker.
Cheers Zoran
Thanks Zoran.
It is an enertia, my mistake. Old boat had a vengeance
Crazy longtail catch
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Port Macquarie. They are getting caught here but only sporadic. SWR definitely a better option to get into them.