loomylover Posted July 31, 2006 Share Posted July 31, 2006 After a solid two months without an offshore session due to commitments and poor sea conditions - the time has arrived for another snapper on plastics assault - with the hope of heading wider later in the session to add some leatherjackets to the catch. Pete and I departed my place at a relatively late (by our standards) 6am to arrive at the ramp at 6:20 and be on the spot at 6:45am. Within 5 minutes i was on to a chunky little kilo fish that lifted our spirits. No pic of this puppy as only fish over 2kg are worthy of piccies. Me and Pete then added numerous just legal fish to the well pior to this puppy - a PB on plastic for the p-man. 3.2kg of hard pulling red. I followed up with my best for the day but well below my PB - a modest red of 2kg. It was to be Pete's day however. After accumulating about 10 reds they went off a bit and we ventured into deeper water in hope of a few jackets. We sent down a doube hooked rig with squid baits and within 5 minutes - i heard an angrily buzzing drag only to turn around and see pete giving a fish that i called for a big or small kingy a bit of stick. After about 5 minutes up came this little baby... ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrmoshe Posted July 31, 2006 Share Posted July 31, 2006 Some thumper reddies there loomy. Cop the bump on that last one Even more remarkable on plastics. Pete. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flattieman Posted July 31, 2006 Share Posted July 31, 2006 Some thumper reddies there loomy. Cop the bump on that last one Even more remarkable on plastics. Pete. that, mate. FANTASTIC! How big did the last one go? Flattieman. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jewhunter Posted July 31, 2006 Share Posted July 31, 2006 Top report & pics Loomy! Some bloody nice Reds there mate. Not a bad Jacket spot either! Maybe you should fish for Jackets more often! Cheers, Grant Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red Posted July 31, 2006 Share Posted July 31, 2006 Well done Loomy. You've kicked butt again. Make sure you leave some for us Cheers Red Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Reely Posted July 31, 2006 Share Posted July 31, 2006 Crazy fish, top effort. Red, seen how many Snapper they been getting in QLD lately? it makes me cry. All within their limits too which makes it sadder. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James Posted July 31, 2006 Share Posted July 31, 2006 what a bloody ripper that last pic was. mate you would normally be quite contempt with your catch prior to the beast. but mate what a beauty congrats Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jewnut Posted July 31, 2006 Share Posted July 31, 2006 (edited) as soon as i crack that elusive big jew a snapper like that (the first one will do!) is on my list. Awsome fish, did you get a weight on the big one, looks a good 7-8kg Edited July 31, 2006 by jewnut Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest crow Posted July 31, 2006 Share Posted July 31, 2006 mate can i come fishing for jackets with you?????? Gr8 stuff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wettingaline Posted July 31, 2006 Share Posted July 31, 2006 Nice catch mate, i might have to head back home to port mac for a fish soon...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martin Posted July 31, 2006 Share Posted July 31, 2006 Looks as though you know where to fish and how to target species. Those snapper for many would be a fish to talk about for years. Is that a normal day for you guys or an extordinary day???? How did you cook them up, any good recipes Cheers Martin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wrasseman Posted August 1, 2006 Share Posted August 1, 2006 Great stuff, what a sesh. Sadly my leatherjacket sessions don't ever seem to go like that. Cheers Col. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mako1 Posted August 1, 2006 Share Posted August 1, 2006 Top report loomy. Some great reds on plastics,but that last one is a cracker.Do you often get snapper that big on paternoster rigs up that way? I've only ever caught pan sized reds on pat rigs,my bigger snapper have come from floating baits in a bearly trail. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KINGvirgin Posted August 1, 2006 Share Posted August 1, 2006 LORRCCCCHHHHAAAAAAAAY!!!!!! cant wait to come up in summer for the annual bash , hope pete wont mind me tagging along! did that schnappy give u some curry or wat on the raider? buy of a lifetime if u ask me! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Penguin Posted August 1, 2006 Share Posted August 1, 2006 Reports like yours should be banned from this site, it is not fair that you catch such huge Snapper like that, and then torture the rest of us poor buggers with your pictures AAAGGGGHHHHHHHH. Seriously though well done, penguin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mondo Rock Posted August 1, 2006 Share Posted August 1, 2006 Awesome fish there guys - congrats!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loomylover Posted August 1, 2006 Author Share Posted August 1, 2006 Guys, The big boy went 6.5kg. Martin thats probably the best day we've had on the reds although we're really just scratchin the surface on this type of fishing. About 6months ago pete and i hadn't done a whole lot of reds on plastics or reds on anything for that matter fishing and it was a new experience. Every trip just seems to get better and we keep smashing our PB's. All up we got 15 reds, one pearl perch and one sand flatty - not a bad day at all for 4 hours fishing! I;m not sure about talking about them for years - i've got a feeling by the time the years up one of us will have a few more PB's to the list. Most of the marks that we've developed has just been through pure prospecting - cruising through an area until you some find some reefy country and fishing it - and seeing whats on offer. With that big fish though, we ventured into water deeper than we normally fish and don't have many marks for and pulled up right next to a boat called ocean star - a popular charter operation in port. Should have seen the looks on the crew when that baby come aboard. Mako, your right - the big fish usually come on floated baits, not that i've done a whole lot of that fishing. We were both blown away at one, catching the fish and secondly - getting it on the method we did, no finesse at alll, definately a flukey capture. We like to fish plastics in around 20-25metres of water and then in the deeper stuff it gets hard to do with the light gear so last trip was the first time we've ventured deeper and targetted them on bait in the area. We've had some discussions and next trip the pillies are coming aboard and were going to float some down a berley trail - the boys at the tackle shop reckon 10-15kg reds are not uncommon. Hopefully if the seas are good ill be out there saturday and sunday doing it all again - ahh i love living on the mid-north coast. Wettingaline - where are you based now mate? When you come back up - i'd be more than happy to catch up for a fish. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flattieman Posted August 1, 2006 Share Posted August 1, 2006 Can't wait to see some of those 10-15kg reds, loomy. Hopefully we'll see some more victorious photos from you soon. Well done once again. Flattieman. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wettingaline Posted August 1, 2006 Share Posted August 1, 2006 Wettingaline - where are you based now mate? When you come back up - i'd be more than happy to catch up for a fish. hey mate, I moved to sydney from port about a year ago, my parents have a farm at port mac (pappinbarra) and i head back about once every 2 months to visit and get out of this s#$%hole. Ill send you a PM next time i come back and catch up for a fish Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bloo62 Posted August 8, 2006 Share Posted August 8, 2006 Hey Loomy, Been holidaying at Pt for close to 25 yrs now. Will be there again as usual first 2 weeks of Jan. I fish there all the time when I'm up, but have just bought my first boat, so keen to target some of the outside water. I have been out on ocean star a few times. Fishing has been good, but never seen any fish of that size come on board!! Captain John and Mad Mick would have been very p---ed off indeed..... Good onya, Bloo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loomylover Posted August 8, 2006 Author Share Posted August 8, 2006 Hey Loomy, Been holidaying at Pt for close to 25 yrs now. Will be there again as usual first 2 weeks of Jan. I fish there all the time when I'm up, but have just bought my first boat, so keen to target some of the outside water. I have been out on ocean star a few times. Fishing has been good, but never seen any fish of that size come on board!! Captain John and Mad Mick would have been very p---ed off indeed..... Good onya, Bloo The funny thing is Bloo - we pulled up RIGHT BESIDE ocean star - and pulled that fish on the first cast - was an absolute hoot. I'm glad to here you've been coming up here for a while now - what boat have you purchased? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
femalefisho Posted August 8, 2006 Share Posted August 8, 2006 Awesome. COngratulations!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bloo62 Posted August 8, 2006 Share Posted August 8, 2006 . I'm glad to here you've been coming up here for a while now - what boat have you purchased? Anthony, Nothing too flash - older 4.5m aluminium stacer with 40 hp on the back. Set up well, though - GPS & Raymarine fishfinder &radio . But certainly good enough to get me out there!!! Just need to learn the ropes a bit more. Bloo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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