Back in the saddle

 After four months of being off the blue i jumped at this weekends chance and prepped the gear for a day out chasing what i thought was gonna be some inshore pinks. After the first 10 spots without so much as a undersize blackass and a wrass things looked grim, only one spot had bait on it the rest were quiet. I decided to move to a spot ive only fished once before where i got dusted before the weather changed on me and had to turn home. On arriving the sounder showed fish stacked over a ledge so i dropped the jig, one lift and i was on, only small but the leader popped from a previous snag that must've weakened it. So tied on another jig and dropped down first lift on again pulled up a just leagal dhu that went back, called a mate over and 10 mins later something hit the jig hard and started making me piss, i made the call that i was gonna have trouble getting him up with out getting buried in 9m, quick battle and few tense moments at the net had a 78cm 8.7kg dhu onboard 5 minutes later ol mate dropped a cuttlefish head down and pulled up a slightly bigger one and off we went. Another rat on the way in but no pinks. Home for bbq dhu wings with a bourbon to warm me up and get the gear prepped for a beach session with the old boy in the morning.

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 Livin

Sun, 2018-08-12 11:30

 Livin

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Very nice Dhui Rob

Sun, 2018-08-12 12:34

 Haven't been out for a while up here.

Would be stoked with a Dhu that size.

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 Yeah it was good to land a

Sun, 2018-08-12 18:10

 Yeah it was good to land a good one for a change.

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 well done. worth the effort

Sun, 2018-08-12 13:48

 well done. worth the effort

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cold

Sun, 2018-08-12 17:32

By the way you are rugged up it looks like it was quite cool out on the water but the is nothing like a good bourbon to get some warmth back in the bones well done on the dhuies.

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 It was freezing! Glad i ran

Sun, 2018-08-12 18:09

 It was freezing! Glad i ran back into the house before i left to get a pair of socks otherwise i would've lost my toes. Bourbon fixes most problems haha

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 Good work man looks like you

Mon, 2018-08-13 07:18

 Good work man looks like you did better than most. we had a very quiet day 

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 Seemed that way at the ramp,

Mon, 2018-08-13 14:35

 Seemed that way at the ramp, most guys seemed to have a difficult day

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very good effort

Mon, 2018-08-13 13:43

 braving the cold for a good dhuie seems worth it for sure. How did your mate have the cuttley head rigged up? 

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Think he was just running it

Mon, 2018-08-13 14:39

Think he was just running it unweighted on a big single

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Wow, nice work mate and great

Wed, 2018-08-15 12:33

Wow, nice work mate and great photo.