finin Posted March 5, 2017 Share Posted March 5, 2017 (edited) Gday all, well lucky i must say. After the weather we have had through caution to the wind and ventured out. Harbour was a little quiet a few boats around sow and pigs and that was really it. Harbour is a bit filthy but strangely from the heads out, blue water and 24.8 all the way to 80M+. I actually thought the usual mushroom of brown would extend out due to the rain but no. Grabbed a heap of livies from the old pilot station, even wondered if we would get any due to the water. But they were there in abundance took about 10 min of work to get them to appear all small, index fingerlings. Headed to the colours and marked kings at the sth edge, Swell Sth1-2M, odd set at easy 3, wind 10-15 SW, current at 1.4 going uphill. 1st drop to the bottom, up w winds and straight on , continued like this for an hour every king at 53 and a bit and a less. Tended to wise up at the end so we switched to squid strips as they gave up on livies. Decided ro let the kings go and headed wider to try for a snapper or two. The trying didnt last long as first bait down, a livie lasted exactly 35 seconds and what i thought was a jew, changed colour to a nice 74cm 2kg snapper. Decided to ply it for a while and ended up with 2 more at 36 and a few of yowies favourite, mowies. Wind had picked up to around 20kn, so happy with the day and went home. Edited March 5, 2017 by finin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
samjames95 Posted March 5, 2017 Share Posted March 5, 2017 Well done on the snapper mate, Id be stoked to pull one out amongst the current wind & weather! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bradcrosso Posted March 5, 2017 Share Posted March 5, 2017 74cm would be closer to 4 KG Finin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jenno64 Posted March 5, 2017 Share Posted March 5, 2017 Cracker red and well done on persevering in the conditions! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
halrax Posted March 5, 2017 Share Posted March 5, 2017 Well done on both ,didnt think any one would be out there today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Mullit Posted March 5, 2017 Share Posted March 5, 2017 Nice one. Gotta be in it to win it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dan88j Posted March 5, 2017 Share Posted March 5, 2017 Nice work mate! How deep were the reddies? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
REELCRAZY Posted March 5, 2017 Share Posted March 5, 2017 Cracking snapper mate. That's some trying conditions today, well done on persisting Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
finin Posted March 5, 2017 Author Share Posted March 5, 2017 Yes took a chance, but worth it and the bottom has warmed as well. Didnt find it to bad in the morning chasing kings as the cliffs protected us from the wind. Swell wasnt a major problem bit rolly but you get that. The wind did get stronger as we moved out. Bradcrosso oh well ive been lying about weight for a while then, time for new scales i think lol, anyway the neighbour has a smile so thats good weight for me. Dan 88j, m8 80M. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scratchie Posted March 5, 2017 Share Posted March 5, 2017 Nice catch finin! I wouldn't have went out either. I was out the shelf on Saturday and that was bad enough but the conditions looked worse for Sunday! And horrible all this week I might add! Cheers scratchie!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Croydon Posted March 6, 2017 Share Posted March 6, 2017 Nice catch mate, some good eating size reds there. Shame about the kings but I'm sure they were good fun. Cheers........ Dave Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yowie Posted March 6, 2017 Share Posted March 6, 2017 Finin, Under that nice reddie is a funny looking fish. I have a picture of it on the side of my boat, it has a red circle around it with a red line right through the middle of the circle. It means a Mowie Free Boat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dan88j Posted March 6, 2017 Share Posted March 6, 2017 Thanks mate Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bradcrosso Posted March 6, 2017 Share Posted March 6, 2017 Least your not saying its an 8 KG Snapper Finin like some blokes would hahaha Well done mate!! Great Red Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rickmarlin62 Posted March 6, 2017 Share Posted March 6, 2017 that's mean everyone has a mother in law to give mowies to..hahaha Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveBM Posted March 6, 2017 Share Posted March 6, 2017 On 3/5/2017 at 8:20 PM, bradcrosso said: 74cm would be closer to 4 KG Finin Would also be much longer than the ice bag. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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