The President Posted October 21, 2009 Share Posted October 21, 2009 (edited) First time poster, Enjoy reading this site, prior to choosing my fishing location for last Sunday (19/10/09) I read the blog about snapper at Long Reef, so off I went with two mates (Butch & Dog). 5.30am start, moderate rain, arrived at Rose Bay boat ramp where the rain totally stopped. Straight to location 1 (45m depth), after about an hours fishing only one flathead. Moved closer inn, water depth 22m. Started burley trail, bread and pilchards. Fishing both the bottom and all water colum with soft plastics. Tally after three hours, 2 x 1kg snapper, 3 x bluters, 1 x 1kg marwong, 1 x previous flathead,lots and lots of pike and seargent bakers. Decided to clean the fish and return to boat ramp. Flicked out my outfit, 5 inch pink shinner jerk shad on 7g squidgy fish head, 10lb braid,15lb black magic fluro carbon leader. Flicked it out as far as I could and left the bail arm open on my little 2500 stella. Started to clean the fish, 10 minutes into it, my rod slowly starts to bend, then buckles over with line racing. Pick up the rod and close the bail arm, no need to strike as line kept sreaming off. Intial run about 25m,could feel the weight and slowly turned the fish and worked it back. The fish had two more decent runs before it came to the boat beaten. Weight,just under 4kg and measured 65cm. There out there- go get em. Edited October 21, 2009 by The President Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ray R Posted October 21, 2009 Share Posted October 21, 2009 to FR mate, great first report , very informative and it is good to see you used the site for info, lovely reds.. Congrats and hope to see more reports.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salmon_Hunter Posted October 21, 2009 Share Posted October 21, 2009 Great fish and good work. Just wondering if you seen any kingie action on LR? Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jtjt Posted October 22, 2009 Share Posted October 22, 2009 well done. very nice i'm looking to hit up longy this weekend Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
framedtrash Posted October 22, 2009 Share Posted October 22, 2009 cya out there Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roffo Posted October 22, 2009 Share Posted October 22, 2009 Great first report Mate... Cheers Roffo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
olitay Posted October 22, 2009 Share Posted October 22, 2009 Top fish mate! Ive had Flatties take a dormant SP but never a snapper.... nice work Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The President Posted October 22, 2009 Author Share Posted October 22, 2009 Thanks for the encouragement Raiders. Salmon Hunter, I fished well last season for the Kings at long reef catching plenty . Have not seen one in my last two trips out there. Hopefully in the next month or two they will arrive in plague proportions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wahoo76 Posted October 22, 2009 Share Posted October 22, 2009 Well done do you have to travel far from long reef boat ramp to get onto fish like that? Please help Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
a5corray Posted October 22, 2009 Share Posted October 22, 2009 Thats a good Red mate! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jenno64 Posted October 22, 2009 Share Posted October 22, 2009 Se what happens when you read this forum Top effort!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
STAY CALM Posted October 24, 2009 Share Posted October 24, 2009 SENSATIONAL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
erroll Posted October 25, 2009 Share Posted October 25, 2009 now that' s a red. Well done mate. cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aleung Posted October 25, 2009 Share Posted October 25, 2009 Great capture Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnv Posted October 26, 2009 Share Posted October 26, 2009 fisrtly top report there & some great lookin fish there well done cheers john Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jahajo Posted October 26, 2009 Share Posted October 26, 2009 Great couple of snappers you got there Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
con.tsiorvas@bigpond.com Posted November 1, 2009 Share Posted November 1, 2009 President your crew sounds interesting. Butch strikes me as a very unique individual. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The President Posted November 1, 2009 Author Share Posted November 1, 2009 Dogus I c u share the same name as one of my crew members. As for Butch he certainly is a peculiar individual. He's called 'The Butcher' because of his bodgy fishing techniques. But as usual after we have bagged him out all day he ends up catching something decent. Whith the name dogus u would fit right into our fishing gang. Maybe c u out for fish. The President. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bergo Posted November 2, 2009 Share Posted November 2, 2009 good job mate they r some top snapper!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
con.tsiorvas@bigpond.com Posted November 3, 2009 Share Posted November 3, 2009 yes what a coincidence abt my name. this butcher character seems like a real jag off. personally i wouldnt have these types of individuals on my boat. they ultimately demolish everything and cost you fish. get rid of them whilst you can. ban them back to the rocks and the beach. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blood Knot Posted November 3, 2009 Share Posted November 3, 2009 yes what a coincidence abt my name. this butcher character seems like a real jag off. personally i wouldnt have these types of individuals on my boat. they ultimately demolish everything and cost you fish. get rid of them whilst you can. ban them back to the rocks and the beach. An interesting call Dogus.Blood Knot Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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