Thumper pinky on the light stuff
Submitted by Sammy the Salmon on Sat, 2016-01-23 17:40
Pretty stoked with this thumper on the light gear (PE2) today. Really pushed the Daiwa Ryoga Bay Jigging to the very limit in 80m of water off Hillarys!!!
Happy Days!!!
Krusty
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What a bloody nose it's got
What a bloody nose it's got !!
Nice catch.
My fishing spots are so secret........... even the fish don't know where they are !!
cruisecraft02
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Nice one. That would have
Nice one. That would have been awesome fun
scottland
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Craig
craigs still looking for a few to shoot out with monday jump on board guys
i support two teams eagles and whoever is playing the dockers
Madmerv
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Thumping Snapper
Man that is one old man snapper.
Great catch on ligher gear. I bet you thought you needed something heavier at some stage.
Was it jigged, plastics or bait?
Sometimes when the water is quiet, you can hear the fish laughing at you !
Sammy the Salmon
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Yep the first screaming run
Yep the first screaming run had me second guessing my choice of persisting with the lighter gear.... Took a while to slow him down and turn hiis head. Was just a slogfest after that. Get 10 metres, take 5 metres and so on.
Unfortunately he was caught on a whole squid, we really had no love on the artificials today. Very slow day all round to be honest, Which was a bugger.
Madmerv
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Squid
Whole squid will tempt fish that are not even hungry.
Got to ask did it go back or head home for dinner?
Sometimes when the water is quiet, you can hear the fish laughing at you !
Sam_Wood
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"Life is Hard, it is even harder if you are stupid,"
rocklobster
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That's a crackin' pinky!
That's a crackin' pinky! Gotta love the hump head and blue nose
grantarctic1
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Top fish
Mate that thing is a beast . Nice work on the light gear ..
Auslobster
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Bait fishing with a Ryoga...
...sheer blasphemy! But ya gotta do what ya gotta do sometimes! How do you like that reel? I'm guessing it's the 2025. I've recently acquired a 1012 but have only managed a few bits and pieces while microjigging. Great fish, BTW!
Sammy the Salmon
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Blasphemy I know, but I don't
Blasphemy I know, but I don't have any dedicated bait fishing gear and the drift was super quick yesterday. Quicker and easier to let more line out to keep bottom on the Ryoga by clicking my thumb, than by using 2 hands and flipping the Bail on my Catalina or Certate.
The 2025 is absolutely magic to fish with, so smooth, heaps of drag, so small light and comfortable!
Merv, the fish came home for some much needed fillets for my anorexic freezer.
The Snapper wings and the Flathead fillets from yesterday are for dinner tonight
chris raff
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Well done good workout in
Well done good workout in 80m , super fugly would’ve been interesting to see how old it was ..
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rob90
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Good stuff cuz! I was jiggin
Good stuff cuz! I was jiggin of the bow secretly wishing you were gonna pull out a dudd fish. Haha
Hi my name is rob............. and I'm a........... fishaholic
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big fugly bugger
big fugly bugger