Read some reports of some snapper getting caught out from Hillarys and thought we'd have a go on Thursday just gone. Never done night fishing before from a boat but heck, if everyone else can catch fish at night...

Weather forcast was for gentle easterlies, but its Perth so we got cold brisk southerlies.  This forced us to tuck in behind a reef not far from the marina.

Anchored up by 5:00pm and started a small burley trail. 30 minutes later and I got some small bites, gave a gentle strike wich was followed by a powerful bullocking run into reef. The 8kg braid gave only 10 seconds of fight before it was pinged. Another 10 minutes later and the exact same thing happened! I'm thinking now I bring out the 15kg gear - but we're only anchored up in 8m - surely 10kg isn't needed!

Next comes a solid Tailor - as good as I've seen around here.  Then 10 minutes later my bro gets done on his 10kg gear. I'm thinking (hoping) Sambos. The action keeps coming though with the biggest pike I've seen here, then a smaller one.

The old boy then announces he's onto something - and promptly hauls over a Dhufish that just sneaks over the size limit.

Not to be outdone, after we crank the burley trail up again my bro does the fish fighting dance around the boat. I'm thinking he's out of sorts - its been a while since he's been fishing - but he pulls over a very nice shallow water Dhufish - perhaps 6kg?

Amazing action - no snapper but who cares! Can't wait to see how much of a fluke this was!

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