Basil D Posted October 5, 2011 Share Posted October 5, 2011 Chris Pongrass gave me a call to go out fishing wed and said common mate, brush of the cobwebs, your Lebanon Holidays was over three weeks ago, I said ok mate lets do it, mind you if Chris didn't call me I wasn't going, Just couldn't get out of this rut I was in, anyway I rang Chris (kourisma) and asked if he wanted to come along and he said yes without hesitation and cancelled his work schedule for today. We met Pongrass at 6am his place and off we go cracking jokes on the way. I was falling asleep, sheeze tell ya what, all of a sudden I cant handle early starts I coped heaps from Pongrass and I said dont worry I will wake up. I reversed the boat into the boat ramp like a snake, I was totally out of it anyway boat and out to the heads we went and first up we wanted to hit the squid but conditions didnt allow it so headed out to Bait bay and tried our luck there for snapper, Guess what, not a bad spot. we anchored and Burlied and about an hour into it the snapper came on just on the turn of low tide, we smashed it for that two hour period snaring 7 snapper and some reefies. First up my snapper then kourisma got and said mine is bigger just the ming rings us up and were talking before putting the phone down saying Im on, nice snapper pulled and I said to kourisma mines bigger Then pongrass pulled in a 20cm snapper saying oh well, Im on the board, 5 minutes later pongrass;s rod buckles big time, 5 minutes into the fight the Snapper of a lifetime is netted, hi 5;s all round. we ended up with 7 snapper and decided to go for flathead netting 21 fish. All fish shared to three families and couldnt have asked for a better day, a very Nice welcome back from lebanon and Thanks chris for showing us that great spot just under our noses We ended going homw and ming and his family met us there but not hide his disapointment as he was supposed to come with us, dont worry ming, next time The Big Snapper came in at 75cm and 6.5kg Great fish. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest hawkesbass Posted October 5, 2011 Share Posted October 5, 2011 Great snapper chris and well done on a goods days fishing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DTROJAN Posted October 5, 2011 Share Posted October 5, 2011 Great session boys!! Awesome looking boofhead snapper too!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike. Posted October 5, 2011 Share Posted October 5, 2011 Nice work guys...how about the size of that hump!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gonfishing Posted October 5, 2011 Share Posted October 5, 2011 Hi guys, you're right about being disappointed that I couldn't go today. Eventhough I didn't catch any fish today but I know where to get a feed of fresh fish. Thanks again guys. Meng Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sanger Posted October 5, 2011 Share Posted October 5, 2011 Man that is a cracker snapper! Well done guys Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jenno64 Posted October 5, 2011 Share Posted October 5, 2011 What a session , That is a great red!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brooker435 Posted October 5, 2011 Share Posted October 5, 2011 (edited) Thats a Nice Reddie and what a hump!!! Sounds like you guys had a great trip. Regards Nathan Edited October 6, 2011 by swordfisherman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PRED-ATOR Posted October 5, 2011 Share Posted October 5, 2011 Awesome read and great catch fellas. So jealous i was working all day lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GregL Posted October 6, 2011 Share Posted October 6, 2011 What a knob! It looks like it has a little hat on or something! Great bag of snapper and fun times! G Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted October 6, 2011 Share Posted October 6, 2011 Hi all , I have heavily edited this post for reasons known to some of our members and we will leave it at that. All parties concerned have been spoken to and we have reached a amicable agreement. Regards Admin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Basil D Posted October 6, 2011 Author Share Posted October 6, 2011 Awesome read and great catch fellas. So jealous i was working all day lol I feel your pain mate, its been two months since I got into them and what way to break my drought Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnnybmw Posted October 6, 2011 Share Posted October 6, 2011 Great job mate where exactly is bait bay is bate bay out from cronulla Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plumb Posted October 6, 2011 Share Posted October 6, 2011 Awesome report Awesome fish More awesome hump on that snapper... Well done Luke Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Basil D Posted October 6, 2011 Author Share Posted October 6, 2011 Great job mate where exactly is bait bay is bate bay out from cronulla sorry mate its batebay, yes in cronulla. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Penguin Posted October 7, 2011 Share Posted October 7, 2011 Wow what a day cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carloi27 Posted October 7, 2011 Share Posted October 7, 2011 Well done guys a very nice catch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
finin Posted October 7, 2011 Share Posted October 7, 2011 Nice haul of fish and a cracker of a snapper. Interesting to note it is only the males of the species that get the humps and although snapper are a world wide species it only seems the east coast variety from melbourne to the tweed get the hump. Only question was did you find the fish dry after cooking it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Basil D Posted October 7, 2011 Author Share Posted October 7, 2011 Nice haul of fish and a cracker of a snapper. Interesting to note it is only the males of the species that get the humps and although snapper are a world wide species it only seems the east coast variety from melbourne to the tweed get the hump. Only question was did you find the fish dry after cooking it? Chris pongrass took it home, I haven't asked him how it turned out yet but mine was awesome baked Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aqua Naut Posted October 8, 2011 Share Posted October 8, 2011 Cracker snapper there boyz well done!! It's been a while where I see Snapper caught like that close in. Almost looks like you might be in Victoria. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mulloway/jewfish Posted October 8, 2011 Share Posted October 8, 2011 nice catch bro, what was the depth of water Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Basil D Posted October 8, 2011 Author Share Posted October 8, 2011 nice catch bro, what was the depth of water 80 ft of water Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fisheyes85 Posted October 8, 2011 Share Posted October 8, 2011 Awesome job groper, that's an incredible looking snapper- "it's not a tumor!" great report has me champing at the biot to get back amongst it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Basil D Posted October 9, 2011 Author Share Posted October 9, 2011 Awesome job groper, that's an incredible looking snapper- "it's not a tumor!" great report has me champing at the biot to get back amongst it! and your in foster, great snapper in that area Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keflapod Posted October 12, 2011 Share Posted October 12, 2011 Hey Basil and Chris, I just saw your post today. I don't know how I could miss it with such a lumpy snapper.... Mate that thing should be called Quasimodo ! I didn't know there was a nuclear reactor somewhere near Bate bay.... How else could that fish get like that. You should keep that head as a momento. An heirloom perhaps. Make a bike helmet out of it.... I won't make any rude jokes about the head or the hump - I don't want to have to be spoken to as well. Seriously what did you guys get up to, such that you had to be heavily edited ? Check out the sea in the photos - flat as a tack - just the way I like it. I'm amazed that Basil was able to stay awake long enough to bait a hook with his sleep deprivation and such a calm sea... I'm also glad to see that this big snapper didn't make a hole in the net like Chris's last big king did... Well done on a cracker trip. Tony Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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