SaltyGreek Posted July 12, 2021 Share Posted July 12, 2021 (edited) Tried a new spot within a few minutes ride from my house today with some plastics. Rode down to the trail and hid my bike in the bush, then walked down the trail to the spot. "Looks good" I thought to myself. Nice steep rocky drop off and a bit of structure to flick at with a lot of current pushing through. First cast, nothing. Second cast, couple hops off the bottom and then a solid hit. I struck, feeling the heavy, head shaking fish trying to wrap me around the kalona, but managed to keep it away before getting a first glimpse of fish. Backed the drag off as I lead the fish around onto the beach where I was able to land him. Stoked to land my first EP after only my second time targeting them and wow, they're fun! Got a couple quick photos and measured him, coming in at 41cm before releasing it, where it swam off strongly. Edited July 12, 2021 by SaltyGreek Added photos 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frankS Posted July 12, 2021 Share Posted July 12, 2021 Well done. That is an excellent EP well above average size pretty good PB for your first . Think it might be a while till you top that one. Frank 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SaltyGreek Posted July 12, 2021 Author Share Posted July 12, 2021 1 minute ago, frankS said: Well done. That is an excellent EP well above average size pretty good PB for your first . Think it might be a while till you top that one. Frank Thank you…..yeah I was wondering what the average size for them around the Georges was but like you said it will probably be a while and lots of smaller fish between this fish and my next PB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnny Dory Posted July 12, 2021 Share Posted July 12, 2021 Nice one Salty. Bravo, well done! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dirvin21 Posted July 12, 2021 Share Posted July 12, 2021 Nice EP mate and top effort, they're hard fish to find 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Green Hornet Posted July 12, 2021 Share Posted July 12, 2021 That's a very nice sized EP there, great job. Nice to hear you released it too. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
masterfisho7 Posted July 12, 2021 Share Posted July 12, 2021 Well done nice EPs 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SaltyGreek Posted July 12, 2021 Author Share Posted July 12, 2021 2 hours ago, Green Hornet said: That's a very nice sized EP there, great job. Nice to hear you released it too. It is closed season for them after all so I had to legally release it anyways but I’ve heard they taste pretty good too 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rebel Posted July 13, 2021 Share Posted July 13, 2021 Great report. Always good to fine new spots. Nice EP. Cheers. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Green Hornet Posted July 13, 2021 Share Posted July 13, 2021 2 hours ago, SaltyGreek said: It is closed season for them after all so I had to legally release it anyways but I’ve heard they taste pretty good too Ha, its been that long since I chased them or bass, I totally overlooked the closed season law. They're nice eating as long as they've come out of clean water. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SaltyGreek Posted July 13, 2021 Author Share Posted July 13, 2021 Went again today…..got bricked by another EP, pulled hooks on another big fish and landed this 56cm salmon 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rebel Posted July 14, 2021 Share Posted July 14, 2021 Well done. Like a real Pro. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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