Pb Fh On Sp In Mh

Tiger Cam · November 8, 2008

G’day Raiders

After a short debate on wheather we should given that rain was predicted for yesterday morning, we headed out of Tunks Park armed with bait and SP’s. After reading Slinky’s articles on squidding and being inspired, I bought a Yo-Zuri squid jig which I put to work on a couple of spots including the Spit bridge. Unfortunately the eight legged buggers didn’t come out to play or I still have to serve my apprenticeship…. which I think is more likely.

We had a full squid out (bought) for a passing kingy while I flicked the plastics and the two mates were using bait. We tried a few spots in the main harbour including Sow of Pigs reef, Wedding Cake and Clifton Gardens. They caught plenty of undersized fish with a trevally going 27cm being the largest. I was getting the odd enquiry. The wind started to pick up so we decided to head back into MH seeking shelter.

At this point I was considering switching to bait but I persevered with SP’s. We found a sheltered spot, started a drift and after my third cast I felt a decent tug so I struck. It performed the odd head shake so I was thinking (hoping) Jewie…? It was taking line and it felt reasonably heavy so I started to think is the 4lb braid with 6lb leader sufficient? I played this fish for 3-4 minutes resisting the temptation to tighten the drag each time it ran. As it surfaced I couldn’t believe the size of the croc on the end of the line. I don’t think she liked the look of us as she made another attempt to escape. In the net she went – measured 71cm weighed 5.1lb caught with a 3” minnow in nuclear chicken. My PB for a flatty on SP …..and bait too actually.