olitay Posted December 12, 2008 Share Posted December 12, 2008 (edited) Well finally a keeper for the season, and boy did i have to work hard for it. Landed about 30-40 rats on sp's and then realised i needed bait!, went to my trusty spot offshore and landed one mumu within seconds, it took ages to get outside the norwester was blowing like mad, it was raining and the conditions were rough but i wasnt going to let that stop me from getting my squid. I landed one within 5 minutes and the mungrel squirted ink all over my console too...... after a pic of the squirt i headed back to spot x and downrigged some strips, a few more rats then finally a keeper of 65.1111111cm Then another..... wohoooo I even d-rigged a nice sambo... Was smoked by something HUGE too, felt like a snag on 15KG drag lock, but it had a few mamoth runs and finally got the better of me, lasted a good 10 minutes though. A great day downrigging on my flathead gear! I dont have any pics of the keepers casue by the time i got back my battery died, however i managed a few from the beggining of the day. Thats the mess of my console Using my baitboard as a tripod Edited December 12, 2008 by olitay Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnno Posted December 12, 2008 Share Posted December 12, 2008 Looks a great Day oiltay good work for sticking it out Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
james7 Posted December 12, 2008 Share Posted December 12, 2008 Dark skies, pretty average looking conditions, but your hard work paid off! Congratulations on a couple of keepers amongst all those rats. It must have been a fun session. Persistance pays! Great report and some nice photos too. Cheers Peter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaccaPoint Matty Posted December 12, 2008 Share Posted December 12, 2008 Your one keen fisho out in these conditions today Olitay.. Congrats Glad you finally got your keeper... im still yet to get mine this season.. bloody rats.. but can't wait for few seasons and those boys will be HUGE... And those bloody squid, looks like a nice mess to clean up.. or hopefully the rain got most of it off..! Cheers, MPM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sebastian Posted December 12, 2008 Share Posted December 12, 2008 nice work on the keepers love this photo: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sails Posted December 12, 2008 Share Posted December 12, 2008 Hi Olitay, great report and pics and well done on a miserable day; but what a way to make it better. We can only wonder what the big one was - well done with a couple of keepers. cheers Sails Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
olitay Posted December 12, 2008 Author Share Posted December 12, 2008 We can only wonder what the big one was - well done with a couple of keepers. cheers Sails Cheers Sails, i dont think it was a king now.... maybe a bug shovel nose or something.... was big whatever it was! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amalfiblue Posted December 12, 2008 Share Posted December 12, 2008 Nice one, looks like fun in the rain... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jawbone1 Posted December 12, 2008 Share Posted December 12, 2008 hey bludger got some good pic's, you love fishing friday's , rain hail or shine you will be out there , hey i will be over in feb for my bday guess we gotta get some fishing hey. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sportfish Posted December 12, 2008 Share Posted December 12, 2008 Got to give it to you for commitment - weather must have been pretty crap out there Well done despite the conditions Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glennmreid Posted December 12, 2008 Share Posted December 12, 2008 well done and getting some kings. that squid made a real mess of your dash. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xtosea Posted December 12, 2008 Share Posted December 12, 2008 Great stuff champ, gotta love those Kings! Good to meet you tonight too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
olitay Posted December 12, 2008 Author Share Posted December 12, 2008 hey bludger got some good pic's, you love fishing friday's , rain hail or shine you will be out there , hey i will be over in feb for my bday guess we gotta get some fishing hey. bludger!!! yoou made it to FR....... do a report on SWR. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
olitay Posted December 12, 2008 Author Share Posted December 12, 2008 Good to meet you tonight too. Nice meeting you too mate, and thanks for the Fridge!!! ive filled it with beer already! LOL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jigholio Posted December 13, 2008 Share Posted December 13, 2008 Good effort there Bro, I go out of the way to find bigger (10" plus) livies for the rigger, really wakes the big boys. Now please don't think I'm being condescending but... you MUST lose that Scotty rod holder. It will snap sooner rather than later with_____well it doesn't take much imagination. And none of us want to read yet another one of those reports Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
olitay Posted December 13, 2008 Author Share Posted December 13, 2008 Hey bud, you recon it will snap ah?? hmmm, may have to sort that out then! Hi Olitay, We were out as well on Friday....bit windy but we managed a few I took out Billy(1975)....he should do a report soonish. Cheers, Wacko Hey Wacko, i saw you out there actually!!! looked like you were battling the noreaster on your way back into Balmoral, was gona catch up and say hi but it was just too blowy!!!! See you out there again mate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
big_steve Posted December 14, 2008 Share Posted December 14, 2008 nice report and well done on the kings. mate i also agree with the scotty rod holder, it wont last long at all.. all u need is a b igger king to hit and yeh im affraid it will def snap.. cheers steve Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VA911 Posted December 14, 2008 Share Posted December 14, 2008 Nice report. +3 on the scotty holder. Just take it off so your not even tempted to use it. I have had fixed plastic rod holders snap downrigging luckly didnt loose the outfit. Use nothing but strong heavy duty stainless. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
harold Posted December 14, 2008 Share Posted December 14, 2008 good on you. You deserve something after going out in that weather. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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