quintrex480 Posted October 9, 2013 Share Posted October 9, 2013 (edited) Taken a while for me to edit the video but here it is... hope you enjoy it. Hi Raiders, Been a while since the last snapper outing and family commitments last weekend meant I missed out going again. Checking the forecast all week, today seemed the most probable, so took a gamble and headed out. Forecast had the wind blowing about 10kts, which is reasonable but I've been down there with that kind of forecast before, and they got it so wrong. But funny that this time, they had it wrong again! but in a good way! it was smooth as! Got to my first mark, and first cast, landed a nice 55cm red. WOOHOO! great start, and then landed a small pannie, then the next one gave me a bit of grief and knew it was going to be a good size, came in at 67cm. YEAH BABY! beat my PB by 2cm. Soon my little bream stick with a 2500 reel buckles over and the drag is singing, and this thing wouldn't stop, I was down to backing soon and crapping myself. Some head shakes and it felt like a snapper, but then it stopped and I believe it might have ran into the grass bed or kelp or something because I all feel is dead weight now, and then gone, it spat the hook. DOH! By about 11, the conditions went glass, there was absolutely no run at all, and with that the bites stopped as well. So moved off to deeper waters, and with the change in the high tide, the water started to run again, and you guessed it the bites started coming on again, landed another 3 between 45-55cm. All caught on plastics, used every plastic under the sun. hehehe nemesis, jerk shad, z-man, wrigglers. went through the entire range of jig head sizes as well, from 1/2 all the way to 2.0oz. I have all the action on video, so I'll post it up when I finish the editing. thanks for reading. Edited October 14, 2013 by quintrex480 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DTROJAN Posted October 9, 2013 Share Posted October 9, 2013 Good work mate! I'm spewing the wind picked up at lunchtime otherwise I would have come down. Ended up with a nice bag of bream and whiting in the end but unfortunately it didn't make me feel any better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dhype Posted October 9, 2013 Share Posted October 9, 2013 mate - nice set of snappers... well done! no work today Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quintrex480 Posted October 9, 2013 Author Share Posted October 9, 2013 (edited) Good work mate! I'm spewing the wind picked up at lunchtime otherwise I would have come down. Ended up with a nice bag of bream and whiting in the end but unfortunately it didn't make me feel any better. yeah Pete, glad I didn't listen to you about staying home LOL. But was hoping you could have joined me though, but that wind was absolutely howling when I got back to the ramp. At least you didn't waste the arvo and managed a feed. We have to tee up another trip soon. Edited October 9, 2013 by quintrex480 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quintrex480 Posted October 9, 2013 Author Share Posted October 9, 2013 mate - nice set of snappers... well done! no work today cheers mate, i was working! from my office away from the office ehehhe you been fishing? kingies will rock up soon, ready to hunt them down? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Formosan Posted October 9, 2013 Share Posted October 9, 2013 Mate.. Well done! , Very good report with a lot of details on how you caught them and tackle used..you are a very good example of a fisherman who not only inspires but inform as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dhype Posted October 9, 2013 Share Posted October 9, 2013 cheers mate, i was working! from my office away from the office ehehhe you been fishing? kingies will rock up soon, ready to hunt them down? lucky bastard.... i took a few weeks off from fishing locally after coming back from that mammoth fishing trip up Weipa.... Hit the bay/georges last week and landed 20+ flatties and bream in a short 2.5 hour session... heaps around atm Went game fishing just this past Sunday and hooked up to my first marlin with Brickman... see the game fishing report! Now that was fun! See you on the water shortly Cheers Trung Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marto1976 Posted October 9, 2013 Share Posted October 9, 2013 Nice reds mate. Did you fish from Bellambi as I think I may have seen you down there? I went out and landed a few nice ones myself ill be posting it up later on. Great effort again... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
350chev Posted October 9, 2013 Share Posted October 9, 2013 Mate one word.....LEGEND! They are some nice reds. Ps ive got my boat back so open to invites hehe. great read buddy cheers Daniel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Basil D Posted October 9, 2013 Share Posted October 9, 2013 Good work mate! I'm spewing the wind picked up at lunchtime otherwise I would have come down. Ended up with a nice bag of bream and whiting in the end but unfortunately it didn't make me feel any better. you and me Brother, I stayed in the Hacking, weather reports are all over the shop, anyway we scored 8 flathead, 5 pan sized snapper, 6 jackets, couple of squid 4 trevally and some reefies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paikea Posted October 9, 2013 Share Posted October 9, 2013 Great report and Pics, thanks for sharing. Cheers Paikea Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quintrex480 Posted October 10, 2013 Author Share Posted October 10, 2013 lucky bastard.... i took a few weeks off from fishing locally after coming back from that mammoth fishing trip up Weipa.... Hit the bay/georges last week and landed 20+ flatties and bream in a short 2.5 hour session... heaps around atm Went game fishing just this past Sunday and hooked up to my first marlin with Brickman... see the game fishing report! Now that was fun! See you on the water shortly Cheers Trung ehehehe i think you're the lucky bastard, having the chance to hook up onto a marlin! can't imagine what the thrill would be like. One day man one day! =) Nice reds mate. Did you fish from Bellambi as I think I may have seen you down there? I went out and landed a few nice ones myself ill be posting it up later on. Great effort again... cheers buddy! say hi next time... I am in the quintrex 480 coast runner, nothing flash either but does the job as well. Mate one word.....LEGEND! They are some nice reds. Ps ive got my boat back so open to invites hehe. great read buddy cheers Daniel cheers Dan, yep we'll let you know when we head down again. you and me Brother, I stayed in the Hacking, weather reports are all over the shop, anyway we scored 8 flathead, 5 pan sized snapper, 6 jackets, couple of squid 4 trevally and some reefies. mate, you should have let me know you had the day off... we missed out last time, anyways plenty of chances left. Great report and Pics, thanks for sharing. Cheers Paikea Cheers mate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DTROJAN Posted October 10, 2013 Share Posted October 10, 2013 you and me Brother, I stayed in the Hacking, weather reports are all over the shop, anyway we scored 8 flathead, 5 pan sized snapper, 6 jackets, couple of squid 4 trevally and some reefies. Was hoping it would hold off so i could head down after work. I hooked the boat up then 480 rang me and told me not to bother as the wind was at at about 20knts down there. So i swapped the snapper gear for the bream gear and hit the river instead. Wasnt too bad in the end as i caught plenty of bream and whiting for a feed for the family. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
erroll Posted October 11, 2013 Share Posted October 11, 2013 nice work there mate. You are on the money again... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simda Posted October 11, 2013 Share Posted October 11, 2013 Great reds, I thought the season for snapper was over but the bit looked hot this week based on the reports Sent from my GT-I9505 using Tapatalk now Free Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Penguin Posted October 12, 2013 Share Posted October 12, 2013 Red Octobers looking good I see. Well done there. cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdamK Posted October 12, 2013 Share Posted October 12, 2013 Well done mate. I was at Bellambi as well but couldn't get a bait past the birds got off the water at 11am cheers Adam Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quintrex480 Posted October 14, 2013 Author Share Posted October 14, 2013 (edited) nice work there mate. You are on the money again... cheers mate... getting into any kingie action yet? or have you had a chance to take that hobie out yet? Great reds, I thought the season for snapper was over but the bit looked hot this week based on the reports Sent from my GT-I9505 using Tapatalk now Free the water is still cool, so hopefully they'll hang around for a little while longer. Red Octobers looking good I see. Well done there. cheers thanks mate Well done mate. I was at Bellambi as well but couldn't get a bait past the birds got off the water at 11am cheers Adam Hi mate, assume you're floating bait? yeah when the birds around, there'll be no way to float bait past them. I mainly flick plastics for reds. Edited October 14, 2013 by quintrex480 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cflife Posted October 14, 2013 Share Posted October 14, 2013 Great video mate some top fish there. Liked Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PowerFisher Posted October 14, 2013 Share Posted October 14, 2013 Awesome Snapper and video Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skullidug Posted October 15, 2013 Share Posted October 15, 2013 (edited) Awesome video and report buddy. Looks hard work on your own. Cheers Larry Edited October 15, 2013 by Skullidug Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aussieflash Posted October 17, 2013 Share Posted October 17, 2013 Very nice job on the video.Great solo job...left hand fisherman,right hand deckie. Can you tell me if you anchor or drift out there?.....i hate anchoring in the deep,especially on my own. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quintrex480 Posted October 18, 2013 Author Share Posted October 18, 2013 Great video mate some top fish there. Liked cheers mate! Awesome Snapper and video thanks buddy! been hitting the bay lately? Awesome video and report buddy. Looks hard work on your own. Cheers Larry thanks Larry, not too hard, well maybe just the netting part, my bigger net broke so had to resort to my kayak net which is way too dam small. Very nice job on the video.Great solo job...left hand fisherman,right hand deckie. Can you tell me if you anchor or drift out there?.....i hate anchoring in the deep,especially on my own. thanks mate! always drifting, fishing between 30-65 metres so too deep to anchor. I use 2 sea anchors if the drift is too fast. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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