First on jig for me!
Well after the great session recently up in Tworcks on artificials I went back up again yesterday. I knew the seabreeze would come in early but thought what the heck ... we're going!
Staff member Ben came along again and it was good to also catchup with my step bro Andy. Andy had never used artificials before and I said use one of my outfits and I will rig you up with a softplastic!
Armed with Abrolhos softplastics and metals I ventured back out and first drop Andy hooked up into something solid. I called it for a big dhu and he got bricked after a short fight (spewin). Within seconds I loaded up also to something equally as big and after a great fight on PE2 up came a surprise!
My first bluegroper on jig and we weighed it on the boat with my digital scales at just over 19kg ..... awesome!
I assumed what bricked Andy was another bluegroper and after that I moved around to a few other spots. We ended up bagging out on dhufish and every spot after that was more dhufish so that being a good problem we pulled the pin and headed in!
Both Andy and Ben got into the dhufish and Andy said he's never experienced a fishing session like that on artificials so now he's a convert haha. The Abrolhos Chartreuse & Pink in the Bullwhip minnow & McPaddles did very well for all 3 of us and the bluegroper ate a Abrolhos Allrounder jig!
Great day, good company and a first for me .... happy days =>
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Hutch
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Awesome, good size blue
Awesome, good size blue
Adam Gallash
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Groper
Nice groper, unusual to see the green on a fish that size. Congrats!
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Jason M
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Awesome!
Thats a big blue! You're always doing well out there. What depth works for you?
Dale
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Nice blue there Ryan, he would've gone hard.
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Well done fellas
Ryan I was in the shop today picking up a few packets of the Abrolhos plastics for Up comming Shark Bay trip
just wanting to know what size jig head you got there in the pic and what depths you were using it at
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Guardy
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Another great sesh
Damn, you are going to be making Soupy as jealous as hell!!
Great news that the Blue Groper take a metal jig. Learning something new all the time.
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Kal
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That makes 2 blue gropers
That makes 2 blue gropers caught that weelend mate of mine got one out of cervantees
Bodie
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Top work Ryan, nice groper
Top work Ryan, nice groper indeed
we got one down south a couple years back on jig and busted up on a few too so they defhe nicely take them!