old fishwrecked member cleans up Saturday night. Cockburn pinks and bits!
Some of you may remember old fishwrecked member and very good friend of mine, Darryl (Dazsamfishing)... Well he moved back to brisbane a few years ago and hasnt had a chance to fish for snapper with me since iv owned a boat. He arrived here on Saturday midday, picked him up from the airport and went straight to my local 'South beach hotel' for a few pints of Swan Draught :) . There was no plans of fishing but a a few beers and the ocean looking pretty dam flat in front of us and checking the weather online had changed for the better we hurried home and loaded the boat and got down to the ramp about 5pm..
He was keen to do a bit of squiding first since he claims brisbane sucks so a quick half hr resulted in just under a dozen nice squid and it was time to head to the snapper spots. Well we were slightly distracted and ended up chasing a school of longtail tuna busting up big time and they were big barrels to. Would cast and cast and cast right into the middle of them and nothinggg. We soon gave up and headed off to the snapper spots again. Found a few fish on the sounder and anchored up. Since poor dazza never fishes in brissy anymore i said every rod that goes down tonight is your take i will just setup/watch. Went to start burleying up and noticed some very big blobs on the sounder. As i threw a few cubes in, instantly a few big sambos came right upto the boat and munched the cubes. Daz puts a bait in the water and before you know it hes on! I only fish cheap 100 dollar combos with 20/30lb mono for drift baiting so i wasnt sure how it was going to hold up in 8 metres of water. After quite a long battle he had a very respectable sized sambo boated considering the circumstances.
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Soon after we played around with another one again. They then dissapeared and it was time to get back to the pinkys. First rod goes down for the night and daz calls it for a pinky. A pinky it was but a bit small and was released. Waited another half hour and the rod buckles and it looked much better. After a nice little battle up surfaces a pinky. Netted and measured (83 cms) it was put to rest and bled. A few minutes after that all went down the rod goes down again and another very nice sized pinky is boated and put to rest and bled. Another 5 minutes and the rod is down again and its a ray so what does good old skipper/deckie for the night do??? I took the rod and fought the ray for him so he can take the other rod which has gone down but wasnt a pinky this time. A small black tip. Black tip/ ray released and rods back in the water. No more than a few minutes and rod goes down again. Another very nice pinky boated. A quick photo with the others on the deck and it was released.
It was 8pm by then and i made the call to head home as we still had to go see a few family/friends and we had a very early wake up the next morning so left them biting but what an awsome night and daz wants to move back to perth alot sooner i think :) Ended up keeping 2 nice fish and some squid and 2 very happy fishermen!
So from landing in perth and having nothing planned except a few beers of his favourite WA beer and a pub feed, to having a night of non stop action in a few hours, a very lucky and good decision made me thinks. Cheers,
Marko
thesupervisor
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Onya marko Good to see you
Onya marko
Good to see you getting into the action
getting the bottom line final answer from a bunch of blokes that use false names and put smiley faces at the end of paragraphs is not the best place in the world to get the information you seek.
Markie
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Cheers. How's your boat
Cheers. How's your boat coming along Mr?
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Session
Great session, especially in 8m.
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mates
Great to see fw mates not bound even being on the otherside of the country. One hell of a session.
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lame
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bloody good evening
Top fish ,good skipper
Brissy if he needs a fix , on the east side of the M7 near fortitude valley plenty of bull sharks and stinking cat fish
bod
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great report
That's a great report and top fishing. Great visit for Daz, I bet he wants to move back
Deleted
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shallow sesh
shallow sesh
meglodon
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Look at the photos look at the grin
No words needed, a great write up this is what we need to protect it the west for future generations.
Scotte
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Squid snapper and a crack
Squid snapper and a crack at longtails..sounds pretty good to me!
Krusty
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Good decision to leave the
Good decision to leave the pub and get out there...awesome few hours on the water
Well done.!
My fishing spots are so secret........... even the fish don't know where they are !!
scano
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Hey Marko
What size and type of boat yourunning there? Looks to be a reasonable side console. I am just about to advertise my current Quintero 435 coast runner this week, with the plan to update to something slightly bigger and a side console also. Yours looks to be the goods from the pics attached
scano
rigpig
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trailcraft profish 510
If you are looking for something a bit bigger and a side console maybe have a gander at the trailcraft profish 510. I had one for a few years and sold it about 2 months ago and it was a great boat. had a 90 Etec on the back which had it going well. I can be a wet boat at times when its really rough.. just a thought..
Markie
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It's only 4.5 metres in
It's only 4.5 metres in length but very beamy. I think just under 2.2 metres in width. It's a stessco renegade with a 60 yammy. She flies but just a little light on the front end.
scano
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Awesome cheers
looking for almost that exact model of boat myself. Either a renegade or a quintrex top ender. 4.6m would be ideal and Sou do like she has plenty of horsepower to get along at a good rate! You buy it new or second hand?
scano
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Sorry also meant to say
great post and fishing session by the way.
Markie
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I bought it 2nd hand with 45
I bought it 2nd hand with 45 hours so barely run in really. Cheers Mr. I always have thoughts on 6 metre +boats but on days like that I think yeh it's not so bad. Not bad at all really. So much room for a 4.5 metre boat.
JohnF
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Well done mate Marko! Much
Well done mate Marko!
Much better than the pathetic effort north of the river on Sunday on my tug.
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Markie
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it happens
you are a proven fisherman and even then when the fish dont want to feed then its just too bad. A few ppl i know had the same deal. Always fun for a catch up and to see daz annoy the hell outt ya (or not) haha cheers anyways mr
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Y_Knot
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Top Effort!!
beau
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Good sesh in 8m marko,
Good sesh in 8m marko, thought there were only wrasse in that depth
