Big Dhuie from the weekend
Headed out on Sunday with the rest of Perth to be greeted with a 1hour queue to launch the boat. Obviously getting to the ramp at 5.30am doesn't quite beat the crowds anymore..
with this in mind, we decided to stay fairly close to get our fish before the chaos at retrieval.
First drop resulted in a little dhu followed by a whiskery, big ray, 49.9cm pink and couple of little pinks too. While retrieving one of the baits, a big squid latched on and we managed to slowly bring it up to the surface. It spat the bait right next to the boat but it hung around long enough for us to grab the squid rod down and jigged up a big squid! surprisingly another squid must've followed it up to, so ended up with 2 squid in the bag.. the hood on the bigger one was pushing 40cm. After that little bit of action it went quiet..
moved a little bit further south, first drift we got onto a nice 45cm breaksea and then hooked up big time on the underdog jig.. with line peeling off the PE3 combo, managed to keep enough pressure to turn its head and after a little tussle up came a BIG FAT DHU. Some seriously solid girth on this fish which explains how much line it peeled off!
With 3 fish in the bag, just needed one more fish for our ticket back to the ramp.
decided to keep heading closer in and found a couple of cray pots signalling some structure amoungst the sand. Found a nice show and dropped down to get a 70cm Dhu. With high fives all round we made it back to the ramp with the smallest of queues in sight. Always a good thing when a plan comes to fruition.. managed to beat the crowds (on one side at least) and get our fish and head back in.
Weather was pretty much perfect and a great session especially for only being on the water for a few hours.
The big dhu came in at 980mm and 16.8kg. So close to the magical metre mark!
cheers
video from the day below
https://youtu.be/gh7Rs9IcW04?si=azKil2YEQiza9zp1
Brock O
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Nice fish and session but the
Nice fish and session by the sounds of it, always nice to bring a big squid up when out deep.
Mackdog tackle
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Cheers mate, good little
Cheers mate, good little session
Thought it was a cuttly - so couple of squid was bonus!
Sea goat
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epic day by the sounds of
epic day by the sounds of it! those underdogs are awesome!
what depth was the big dhu caught in?
Mackdog tackle
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Was a ripper day! Nice to be
Was a ripper day! Nice to be in early with plenty of time to clean and fillet
Caught in 39m just on some coral
davewillo
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Great day out Eugene!
Great day out Eugene!
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Faulkner Family
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Great outcome for you and the
Great outcome for you and the crew. I certainly wouldn't want to be dealing with the cues at the metro boat ramps on a good day .
RUSS and SANDY. A family that fishes together stays together