On The reds Posted May 28, 2009 Share Posted May 28, 2009 Last year i booked the trip for my dads birthday, just hoping he might catch the snapper he will never forget. We flew down to Adelaide then jumped in the hire car and drove to whyalla. I invited two mates to come along, Shane the human esky and Dazza. 5.30am Sat with a 20km north wind blowing we made our way to the first drop 23km to the south of whyalla, with no hits after ten minutes we moved to the next reef. I picked up a small red of 42cm. Skip said pull em up boys were movin so to the next reef we go, shane hooked up on stingray that could not be lifted so the line was cut. We moved again to the next reef were the ol man hooked a gummy shark which kept him busy for a while and then we moved again to the next reef, by this time the wind was around thirty five and the sea was a white out so we called it a day. The skipper had done everything in his power to put us on fish but no result, On saturday we covered 100nm in sloppy conditions. The wind was around 40kts before i went to bed it looked like we had not much hope for sunday, up at 4am i could hear rain hitting the roof. I opened the front door looked out and to my suprise the trees where dead still not a breath, had bacon & eggs then we made our way to the marina for a 5.30 start. We headed out to the first reef i baited dazzas 8/0 with a lump of squid that would choke a horse, only five minutes into it dazzas bait is smashed and the drag on the penn was screaming the fish was netted a 8kg red. Didnt that lift the spirits of everybody looking at the fish bang im on now, and shane a double hook up then dad is on aswell triple how good is this i thought. when my olmans fish came on board even the skipper was impressed, this snapper went 1mtr long for 15kg the rest of them were between 8and 12kg. We bagged out before the sun came up HAPPY BIRTHDAY DAD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jahajo Posted May 28, 2009 Share Posted May 28, 2009 very nice thumper snapper mate well done Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam D Posted May 28, 2009 Share Posted May 28, 2009 Good to see another gong member. Last year i booked the trip for my dads birthday, just hoping he might catch the snapper he will never forget. We flew down to Adelaide then jumped in the hire car and drove to whyalla. I invited two mates to come along, Shane the human esky and Dazza. 5.30am Sat with a 20km north wind blowing we made our way to the first drop 23km to the south of whyalla, with no hits after ten minutes we moved to the next reef. I picked up a small red of 42cm. Skip said pull em up boys were movin so to the next reef we go, shane hooked up on stingray that could not be lifted so the line was cut. We moved again to the next reef were the ol man hooked a gummy shark which kept him busy for a while and then we moved again to the next reef, by this time the wind was around thirty five and the sea was a white out so we called it a day. The skipper had done everything in his power to put us on fish but no result, On saturday we covered 100nm in sloppy conditions. The wind was around 40kts before i went to bed it looked like we had not much hope for sunday, up at 4am i could hear rain hitting the roof. I opened the front door looked out and to my suprise the trees where dead still not a breath, had bacon & eggs then we made our way to the marina for a 5.30 start. We headed out to the first reef i baited dazzas 8/0 with a lump of squid that would choke a horse, only five minutes into it dazzas bait is smashed and the drag on the penn was screaming the fish was netted a 8kg red. Didnt that lift the spirits of everybody looking at the fish bang im on now, and shane a double hook up then dad is on aswell triple how good is this i thought. when my olmans fish came on board even the skipper was impressed, this snapper went 1mtr long for 15kg the rest of them were between 8and 12kg. We bagged out before the sun came up HAPPY BIRTHDAY DAD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
diver1 Posted May 28, 2009 Share Posted May 28, 2009 awesome stuff and gr8 report. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A.dawg Posted May 28, 2009 Share Posted May 28, 2009 Monster fish Congrats:thumbup: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glennmreid Posted May 28, 2009 Share Posted May 28, 2009 That's one great snapper. Well done Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ray R Posted May 28, 2009 Share Posted May 28, 2009 Mate that is a great story, how about that snapper ,what a b/day pressie for Dad. Congrats mate, do you have some more pics ? Cheers.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kiro Posted May 28, 2009 Share Posted May 28, 2009 top report brother...! your a good son! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sanger Posted May 28, 2009 Share Posted May 28, 2009 What a top day!!!! Glad you got into some after being skunked the first day!!! That is a huge red well done Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robeebee Posted May 28, 2009 Share Posted May 28, 2009 awesome fish mate congrats to your Dad Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
On The reds Posted May 28, 2009 Author Share Posted May 28, 2009 Thanks boys it was a good trip, booked for next year. , Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luckytom Posted May 29, 2009 Share Posted May 29, 2009 Super Snapper mate....But better yet to share the moment with your Dad...I miss my Dad every time we head out, now that he's gone....... savor these times mate! I know that my Pop waits for me at the big Marlin Boat in the sky where the bites' always on and the bar tab just keeps a'runnin........ Cheers to all....Tom the Yank Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
squid hunter Posted May 29, 2009 Share Posted May 29, 2009 thumper red there mate regards Squid Hunter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prawn* Posted May 29, 2009 Share Posted May 29, 2009 awsome post ive always wanted to plan a trip to whyalla awsome fish down there reds and jew's but the memory's that will last a life time are worth more! my first kingfish was caught infront of my dad he's not much of a fisho but wow he was happy! excellent post !! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jlloyd Posted May 29, 2009 Share Posted May 29, 2009 wow thats some nice reds there bet there was a party afterward Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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