Snapper Fishing
Got out for my first fish in Melbourne with member Streaker Boy. We kicked the day off early meeting at the ramp at 4am and had a pretty smooth and dark ride out to the spot. When we got there we set up the bait and had to wait a little while before we finally saw some action. As it started to get light the action started to happen and in the space of a couple of hours we had six fish to the boat and missed quite a few other runs and dropped a couople of fish.
Once the sun got up in the sky, even though it was overcast, the bite slowed down and we only picked up one more snapper and a few garfish. We ended up with 7 fish for the day with one released to comply with the 3 fish per person per day. Frustratingly for Streaker he did not get to blood the new outfit which he has been hanging out to get a fish on 
I had a great time and what an introduction to Melbourne fishing. Streaker did a great job of putting us onto some good fish and share his knowledge (lots of it) of the local fishing scene. Good stuff all round.
Thanks mate!
A couple of pics.....
till
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Geez Gus, doing it tough I
Geez Gus, doing it tough I see. I sure hope tiff doesn't have the URL for this site.
big john
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Great start
Great start to a new innings there Gus, well done.
Good onya streaker boy for helping out a fellow member.
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Faulkner Family
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well done guys. not fair
well done guys. not fair that you can get 3 each
. great to see the local boy giving up his time to show a newbe to melbourn the ropes (not that he would need an excuse) nice pinkies but pity about not getting a fish on the new outfit
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streaker boy
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nice report there
nice report there gus..... pitty you guys didnt get more fish lol well had a gr8 time with u and glad i got u onto some snapper melbourne style bummer to i couldnt get one on that nitro n sol woulda been fun..... anytime u wanna come out again id be happy 2
Paully
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Gday Streaker
Mate what ramp is that that you launched from. Well done of the fish mate.
streaker boy
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the ramp we fished from was
the ramp we fished from was frankston i do most of my fishing out from there
Alan James
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Streaker Boy & GusG
Your posts about catching snapper are really starting to p... me off. I don't know how you guys could be so insensitive given the bans over here. Find another website to brag on.
GusG
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Ha haa, sorry Alan but what
Ha haa, sorry Alan but what can i say..... You guys get to barg year round about catching fish and we only get a short window of opportunity here so we have to make the most of it.
mako magic
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looks like you had a great
looks like you had a great time out there with Aaron, good to see you got onto some fish, its sure a different way of fishing that what people over here are used to, but the rewards are always there