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Port Stephens- Back at Em!


Scratchie

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Gday raiders, 

Its been a while between fish. Too many kids sporting commitments and then the weather turns sour when I have the chance. 
So today, I managed to get out with @back cruncher and his mate! Filled up with livies pretty quickly and headed north. It was smooth sailing with small seas and very little wind. 
Hit the mark and our initial drift was all over the place. Reset our drift and soon the fish started coming. Mick was on first and a nice one at that. Then his mate was on, first time really fishing with soft plastics and nailed a PB at 65cms. Then I managed to hook up but it wasn’t a snapper, it’s a king and it wasn’t stopping for anyone. Had to re-rig and the boys caught a few more for the box. Then I cast out again and bang I’m on, good snapper and used every bit of current to give me grief but fortunately the hook was set well and was able to land it. 
It was then time for plan B and work some lures to the fad before heading home. We were trolling for about an hour having a nice chat before the diver screams off! We give the rod to Micks mate and after a short battle up comes a decent skipjack which was soon returned to the water! Tried the fad but no bait and lifeless before heading home at 40 plus knots in magnificent conditions. Top day out water! Thanks again Mick 👍

cheers scratchie!!! 
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Epic catch Scratchie!
I'm actually heading up there next weekend.
Don't think we can go out as far as you do though, smaller boat etc.

Would love some tips on fishing the area if you have any you'd like to share?
I can message you if you'd prefer to keep it off here :)

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54 minutes ago, steeevooo said:

Epic catch Scratchie!
I'm actually heading up there next weekend.
Don't think we can go out as far as you do though, smaller boat etc.

Would love some tips on fishing the area if you have any you'd like to share?
I can message you if you'd prefer to keep it off here :)

Thanks mate! Pm sent

44 minutes ago, Aerialangler said:

Well done mate!! 
 

Great report and glad u found them- like u always do!! Your a snapper magnet!  
 

 

Thanks champ! It was awesome just to be out on the water and the fish played ball 

43 minutes ago, Peter Nelson said:

Nice one Jeff and Mick.

Some nice fish there.

Hopefully the inshore marlin fire up soon👍

Cheers Peter. No signs of life inshore at all even though we found 26.8 deg water 🤔 

6 minutes ago, Rebel said:

Great report and photos as usual.

Thank you! 

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1 hour ago, wcurrall said:

Well done mate you sure have the area figured out! Heading out wide off port fri/sat so fingers crossed🤞🤞🤞

what size did the skipjack go?

cheers

 Cheers. Skip was about 4-5kg. Put an initial decent scream. Got our attention! 

1 hour ago, kingie chaser said:

Awesome work Jeff.

Do we have to wait for winter to roll around for the next meet 🥺

Thanks Adrian. Might see if we can sort something out in April if there’s interest! 

31 minutes ago, rickmarlin62 said:

Nice fish jeff    measure ??

Cheers Rick! 76cents 

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41 minutes ago, JonD said:

Those really are like gold to me, keep the kings and marlin etc and give me a snapper like that even once every couple of years and I would be grinning.

Thanks Jon. I’d be crying if I only caught them once every couple of years. 

17 minutes ago, back cruncher said:

Hi all....thanks for the great day out Jeff.my mate tony was a bit upset he forgot a photo of his pb.

did you see the boat off it’s trailer on the road ?

Nah Mick didn’t see it. I must have went the other way! Damn, we didn’t get Tony a photo. 

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On 3/2/2020 at 10:32 PM, kingie chaser said:

After Easter maybe??

Leave it with me and I’ll see what I can come up with. Maybe only two weeks notice though, that way we can look at the  long range forecast! 

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On 3/2/2020 at 11:24 PM, 61 crusher said:

Handsome photo there scratchie of the fish 😁 looks like a nice bag of reds you Mick & Co managed 👍 how was the current out wide?

Cheers Dieter. We didn’t head too wide, just looking inshore 100-120m. Fad was 26.8 but lifeless 

On 3/3/2020 at 7:39 PM, Ka-Ching said:

Nice fish there Scratchie!
To pull out results like that on a day that was dead everywhere else is a real credit to you!

well done mate!

Cheers bro! Just gotta be at the right place at the right time! 

15 hours ago, Smobaby said:

Great fish you guys are spoilt obviously done the hard yards make it look easy 

Thanks 🙏 

12 hours ago, quintrex52 said:

Great fish fellas..I'm  itching for the next session.. Only 8 weeks to go 

Start counting haha 😂 

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