Team.IFL.Jay Posted August 14, 2012 Share Posted August 14, 2012 (edited) G'day fishos, Had short evening session for pigs last wednesday at a rock ledge near the heads of Botany Bay. The fishing was dead quiet with a few tiddlers being caught. As the sun started to set, a school of trevally came to our burley trail which provided some nice entertainment. On my final cast, my float started to wobble mid drift and then it zipped through the depths in a blink of an eye. Once I struck, I could barely get the rod up higher than my waist as the fish bulldozed its way towards the reef. I managed to get my rod up finally and the fish continued its powerful dives. Decided to go the extreme option of pulling the rod back beyond 90 degrees to turn its head before it busts me off in a cunjevoi covered rock and we were at a stale mate. At that point my rod was probably bending right through to the reel seat and down to the lower butt I managed to break the stale mate and turn its head around. Finally I see my float out of the water for the first time and I knew I had almost won the fight. Seeing it was a Silver Drummer was slightly disappointed wasn't a pig but still they pull bloody hard and last a lot longer than the Black Drummer as even after I had the fish up to the surface it didn't give up and took another 4-5 runs under my feet. My mate netted the fish for me and it was a beast of a Silver Drummer measuring at 62cm and later weighted at the fishing club at 4.11kg. Caught on 14lb line and we managed to get some footage of the fight which was satisfying as catching a 60cm Drummer on camera hasn't been done before. edit: Decided to put this picture up too, my mate Tony with a 63cm Pig caught on 12lb line 7 years ago. The amount of technique required to land a pig of this size on 12lb gear is incredible. Cheers~ Jay Edited August 19, 2012 by J ay Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hotshot Posted August 14, 2012 Share Posted August 14, 2012 thats a great fish!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gatte Posted August 14, 2012 Share Posted August 14, 2012 Brilliant catch jay! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
denzor Posted August 14, 2012 Share Posted August 14, 2012 Great fish mate, won't for get that in a hurry. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cowan-cowboy Posted August 14, 2012 Share Posted August 14, 2012 Great fish and some awesome pics Well done!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
N11 Posted August 15, 2012 Share Posted August 15, 2012 Top catch mate! Well done! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Team.IFL.Jay Posted August 15, 2012 Author Share Posted August 15, 2012 Thanks guys, just waiting for my mate to edit and upload the footage. Can't wait to see how it turns out. Jay Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jestor Posted August 15, 2012 Share Posted August 15, 2012 Very nice fish! Well done champ 8) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
benm Posted August 15, 2012 Share Posted August 15, 2012 That is just bloody incredible. I'm definitely having a go this weekend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Team.IFL.Jay Posted August 15, 2012 Author Share Posted August 15, 2012 That is just bloody incredible. I'm definitely having a go this weekend. The swell for Friday and Saturday is looking good but Sunday starting to look a little dangerous again so watch out. We were planning to go to another rock ledge this morning but had something important come up in the morning so we've decided to just go for a night session for Bream & Trevally tonight. Will update on how the session goes and hopefully have a nice report to post tonight. Jay Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elferoz777 Posted August 15, 2012 Share Posted August 15, 2012 that is one massive fish! Would have been fun pulling him in good stuff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eastwood1980 Posted August 16, 2012 Share Posted August 16, 2012 Nice catch Jay, isn't the dude on the bottom from the campsie fishing tackle shop? Used to go fishing with him along time ago, with the ashfield boys from the pool place. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Houdini Posted August 16, 2012 Share Posted August 16, 2012 Did you eat it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Team.IFL.Jay Posted August 16, 2012 Author Share Posted August 16, 2012 (edited) Did you eat it? I personally don't eat Silver Drummer but I gave it away to my Islander mate, those guys will eat anything. I strongly support catch and release and only take home what I eat on the same day, not a fan of keeping fish in the freezer. Jay Edited August 18, 2012 by J ay Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Team.IFL.Jay Posted August 16, 2012 Author Share Posted August 16, 2012 As promised, here is the raw footage of the fight. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7n0Fju2PUXA Unfortunately my mate with the camera was fishing the other side of the ledge and missed the first 15 seconds of the fight when it was most intense but the rest of the fight is still worth watching. Enjoy~ Jay Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nikon Posted August 19, 2012 Share Posted August 19, 2012 t. Which was satisfying as catching a 60cm+ Drummer on camera hasn't been done yet before in Australia Your not serious? 5kg Silver and Black pigs are caught more than you expect Have you heard of the legend Alex Belissimo? Watch one of his videos and you will see 5kg plus silver Pigs Good catch thought mate, but huge comment about it hasn't been done before Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Team.IFL.Jay Posted August 19, 2012 Author Share Posted August 19, 2012 Good point , I stand corrected. There has already been big drummer caught on camera, with everything being online these days I must have only been thinking of youtube at the time of writing this. Although, this is a different style of fishing and on lighter gear than the Bellissimo videos if i remember correctly. 60cm Drummer back in those days were still a prized fish and with most of the rock ledges being overfished these days, catching one on camera is a something I've wanted to do for a while. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
big Neil Posted August 19, 2012 Share Posted August 19, 2012 Well done, gr8 report. Would have got the adrenaline going...Neil.quote] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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