Penguin Posted May 30, 2008 Share Posted May 30, 2008 (edited) Hi everyone. Some buddys and I went for a run out to Browns on Friday, and what a day it turned out to be. We got to the mount at 2.30, and headed south west for a few kms to a nice looking patch of water. We got our berley trail happening, and then we set out a trio of baits, 2 rods had pillies and I couldnt help myself and whacked on a large peeled Banana prawn on the other.10 mins into it we have a pod of dolphins around our boat and into our trail we stopped berleying till they left us. then 20 mins after starting up our berley trail again, the tyrnos 30 with the prawn takes a screaming run, after a short tussle a nice yft hits our deck. Yft on prawn maybe a 1st who knows, and who would believe, but we saw it. Bait up again and lines are back in the water, 1 hour goes by before any more action, and one of the other rods goes off 15-20 mins later we have yft no'2 on deck. As im dispatching this fish George whacks on another pillie and drifts it out no more than 20sec, and bang hes on again 10mins later yft no'3 hits our deck. It was at this point that all hell broke loose and we had Yellow Fin bustin up all around us, and some of these things were getting totaly airborne, however they were of a smaller variety to the ones we had already landed. But who in their right mind is gonna complain when u can just about touch them. It was non stop action for the next hour, fin after fin came on board, there were some bigger fin down below, and when we did manage to get a bait down there we would hook up. As the sun was going down we decided to call it quits, and left the fish there still on the chew. We landed 19 fin all up, and kept seven, and had 2 bust offs down deep on larger fish. most of the fin were taken on pillies, and 2 were on Banana prawns, as was one of the busted off fish. penguin Bill on a fin Mimo on a fin The prawn eating yft George aka Human and his yft Me and fin The cast and crew Edited May 31, 2008 by penguin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve07 Posted May 30, 2008 Share Posted May 30, 2008 That's a great day out on the yellowfin boys & awesome fun.Never heard of a fin getting caught on a prawn before,but it all counts. Well done! Nexus Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boban Posted May 30, 2008 Share Posted May 30, 2008 That's alright. 19 fin. We didn't see too many fin but they were all big. That would have been awesome sitting out there in the middle of a feeding frenzy. You can't help yourself with the prawns can you. From the subtitle, I thought to myself, your joking he's caught 19 fin on prawns. Well done mate. Cheers Mitch Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted May 30, 2008 Share Posted May 30, 2008 Great work guys ,looks like you hit a purple patch of Fin Cheers Stewy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrt11n@hotmail.com Posted May 30, 2008 Share Posted May 30, 2008 Your Kidding me!!! how funny are you and your peeled prawns...Nice catch!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kiwi Dan Posted May 30, 2008 Share Posted May 30, 2008 well done fellas, 19!!! thats massive - ill be happy with one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fishhunter76 Posted May 31, 2008 Share Posted May 31, 2008 Thats a GREAT catch. Would of been a great day for you guys. I'd be happy with just one. LOL Great catch boys. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jewgaffer Posted May 31, 2008 Share Posted May 31, 2008 What a day on the YFT Penguin not only that but bloody 19 of them !! All jokes aside that's bloody outstanding!! John tell Mimo to get himself around my place, we're starting to miss the big guy He's either throwing people head first into garbage tins or buggarising around up north somewhere with chicken mince. Cheers jewgaffer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hodgey Posted May 31, 2008 Share Posted May 31, 2008 Incredible session Penguin! 19 Fins Amaaaazing stuff! Hodgey Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
big_steve Posted May 31, 2008 Share Posted May 31, 2008 GREAT work there lads some very fine YFT there for sure.. im ITCHING to get my 1st cheers steve Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fishmaniac Posted May 31, 2008 Share Posted May 31, 2008 Mate, you are utterly obsessed by peeled prawns But seriously its very believable. I was also out on fri (you whooped our arse though haha) and threw some small hawkesbury prawns in the berley trail. The fin i caught upon internal examination had ben scofing the unpeeled prawns and pilchards as well as chunks of reef fish such as wrass. They'll eat anything!! Well done on the great fish mate, will have to chuck out a few peeled prawns myself! Can't beat the old prawn and pillies Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jewhunter Posted May 31, 2008 Share Posted May 31, 2008 Congrats on a top session there Penquin. 19 fin!!! The conditions look unreal as well. What a sight, having that many fin milling around the back of the boat. Bet the boys arms were sore eh. Well done again, Cheers, Grant. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris 55 Posted May 31, 2008 Share Posted May 31, 2008 Penguin's Peeled Prawn Nothing is safe in the sea when the prawn is unleashed Great days fishing guys Chris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CR@ZY OS@M@ Posted May 31, 2008 Share Posted May 31, 2008 well done mate ,who would imagine peeled prawn,what did your biggest one weigh at. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
netic Posted May 31, 2008 Share Posted May 31, 2008 Top work Fellas...awesome stuff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ray R Posted May 31, 2008 Share Posted May 31, 2008 Great fishing guys, lots of sore arms the day after I bet... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Penguin Posted June 1, 2008 Author Share Posted June 1, 2008 well done mate ,who would imagine peeled prawn,what did your biggest one weigh at. John we caught 3 more bigger yft that we released later in the day, these were under the school of smaller fin, but we had already dispatched 7 fish and it would have been cruel and unnecessary to kill 3 more fish just to upgrade to larger models. We didnt weigh the 7 we kept after capture, but big George got 15.5kg of fillets off his, and I got 17.8kg of fillets from another. Maybe someone else can guestimate what these fin would have weighed. penguin What a day on the YFT Penguin not only that but bloody 19 of them !! All jokes aside that's bloody outstanding!! John tell Mimo to get himself around my place, we're starting to miss the big guy He's either throwing people head first into garbage tins or buggarising around up north somewhere with chicken mince. Cheers jewgaffer Byron i passed your message on to Mimo, and up north he uses chicken breast covered in parmesan cheese, it works a treat on the Bream and i have even caught a school jew on this bait. penguin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dreamtime Posted June 2, 2008 Share Posted June 2, 2008 (edited) Hi everyone. It was at this point that all hell broke loose and we had Yellow Fin bustin up all around us, and some of these things were getting totaly airborne, however they were of a smaller variety to the ones we had already landed. But who in their right mind is gonna complain when u can just about touch them. penguin Great effort Penguin, had many a day like that. As I mentioned in a previous post, when the water is boiling like that, we start throwing Xmas trees or small metal lures on light lines. Great fun, only problem is the multitude of schooling fin invariably swim across your line and bust off your hooked up fin. Congrats to you and your mates for an excellent days catch. Great group shot, viewing it with envy. Did you tag any of the fish you released? Cheers Carl Edited June 2, 2008 by Mariner 31 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Penguin Posted June 2, 2008 Author Share Posted June 2, 2008 Did you tag any of the fish you released? Cheers Carl Carl I wouldn't know the 1st thing about tagging a fish, the where, who ,and how its done is something I have never looked into. Plus we were having so much difficulty trying to get the yft on the boat with out gaffing them so as we could de hook em, it was like one big comedy of errors, with me once nearly joining the fish in the water for an untimely swim. Thanks to Human for his quick reflexes, and for grabbing my belt and saving me from a dunking. penguin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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