Recession Beater

[jenno64]

There's a recession so I haven't bought lures for 2 weeks Hit the river this morning armed with 20 fat poddies caught the day before. Scored a 40ish flatty on the first drift then hit deeper water and lost a good fish that held onto the whole poddy until the net appeared. Lost a cracker squid and thought it wasn't going to be my day. Picked up a couple more flatties between 40-50cm then sometning started stripping line in very powerful bursts. There was good weight to this one and after last week's kingy I thought maybe another but after a short tussle a corker of a big girl swam into the net (half of her ) She then thrashed her tail around the kayak and snapped off the last 10cm off rod tip and ripped the cables out of the back of the sounder. She was gut hooked so I snipped the line and with the help of a nearby boat Got a couple of happy snaps then let her swim away. The boys on the boat were in disbelief and it was agreat feeling and a new PB on this kayak. I have a 50cm sticker on the hull and I did my best to measure her in two bits estimating her a tad over 90cm although the photos don't do her justice. She was as fat as and around 5kg. With one last poddy I went back to the same drift and whammo I was on again and this fish felt very similar in weight. With the tide ripping I tried to steer her around the back of the yak so I could land her on my good netting side and the line caught in the rudder.....PING another cracker fish gone. What a morning, I had 5 nice flatties for the table and a warm fuzzy feeling that brings the mojo back! Also saw some big tailor ripping through dark coloured bait balls all morning and flicked platsics at them to no avail. Maritime pulled me up to check the catch and license and then I fought my way back home through jet ski races. Spent the arvo on my mate's cruiser and landed a big donut! Who cares?

Edited March 15, 2009 by jenno64

[Jewhunter]

I think the photos do her justice mate. She looks beautiful!!!

What a mixed session. A true combination of the good, (fish landed), the bad, (fish lost) & the ugly (broken rod).

Great report mate & well done on a top session.

Cheers,

Grant.

[arpie]

Well done on catching & releasing such a CROC!! Shame about the damage to rod & sounder ...... but what a high you must have been on!

Awesome day on the water ..... CONGRATS!!

Roberta

[Hodgey]

You are on fire Rob! Another great bag of fish, and that big girl was certainly the icing on the cake. A damn shame about the rod mate. A 90cm fish has a biiig mouth that would have inhaled an sx40

The photos were tops mate. Congrats on another terrific session

Cheers

Hodgey

[tide'n'knots]

sorry to hear about the rod and sounder but it could have been much worse with all those very spikey bits sitting in your lap!! one thrash and I dont think you would be smiling anymore

Top fish by the way!

and top session.

Pete.