robeebee Posted December 4, 2007 Share Posted December 4, 2007 sorry for the delay wanted to get a decent fish on a newish bream stick and reel ,on the water with Dad around 7.00 am headed for a spot I know and rigged up a light jighead and turtleback worm 3rd cast gets hit and off on a little run , rod feels great , gain a bit of line back and it feels like a bream get him near the boat and Dad nets a new PB Bream of 345 mm for me a few minutes later Dad gets a bite , not much fight from a small Whiting , which is released bout' 5 minutes later i get a better hit and battle with another Breambo , runs harder get him back and with Dad on the net again , boat a new PB of 355 mm , this is great Dad then gets into about 9 more little Whiting , oh well it's all fun wind changes around 180 degrees and I head for another spot in shallow water and tie on a popper this new rod casts poppers a country mile after about 5 casts , SPLASH , but it misses the hooks, reel in slack , bloop bloop , SPLASH big hit and it's off , cant dive deep so he's running away like mad in a foot and a half of water then it goes into the weed , tough fight on 4 pound line but slowly bring him close I say to Dad , net that big clump of weed and just before it goes under the boat we get it another PB of 395 mm get another Bream around 360 mm and a decent flattie and we head back to my brothers for a rest after lunch we decided to go out again and my brother took out the timber boat with his son and his daughter came out on her tinnie, 3 generations on the Basin , top stuff headed for the first spot again but from the other direction and get 5 more Bream in about an hour and a half love this rod , Dad is still struggling to boat a legal fish , tomorrow may be his day ? head back for a shower and a early night (yeah right ) stay up talking with my brother till 11.00 pm up at 3.00 am and wake Dad , have a quick cuppa and were on the road by 3.30 am get to Currambeen ck just before 4 and launch the boat and tie up to the pier Dad stays on while I sign us up as Team ME AND DAD motor through the creek and were off at 5.00am , Snapper social time went straight to Plantation pt for multiple drifts and get a good bream , bugger , wrong species after about 2 hours Dad wanted to move so he drove to a spot he knows i watch the sounder , 40 feet , 50 ,60 , all the way to 110 feet and I'm thinking oh dear then straight to 53 feet , Middle Ground tie on 1/4 ounce jighead , cast and wait till it got bottom , then bang , good hit hopefully a reddie after a good fight Dad nets another PB for me of 33 cms to the tip quickly take a pic on the brag mat and release it , put on another gulp and cast hits bottom and on again , (#### I hope Dad can get a fish ) land yet another PB of 37.5 cms quick pick and its released , then Dad's reel is screaming ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZING finally a good fish for him , fights hard and at about 30 feet down I see it , big salmon with around 20 more following it , what an amazing sight , i net it for him but he's not happy we motor back and drift the same spot ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZING Dad's reel is singing his favourite song , some strong thumps on the line , right species this time ? long runs and Dad is panicking and tireing fast , i keep telling him he's doing well and take it easy Dad getting the s##t's thinking it's another Sambo , i can see the fish down deep in the clear water and it's a GOOD snapper after a tough battle he gets it near and net him for Dad we decide to head in after that and get back to the ramp an hour early , to avoid the rush at the presentation , team ME AND DAD are called for second place I'd like to say a big thanks to Dad for putting us onto a great spot and we did a lot better than some very serious and well knowledged locals all in all a top weekend , had Monday off but we were both too buggered to fish and headed back for Sydney Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveD Posted December 4, 2007 Share Posted December 4, 2007 Thats an awesome snapper. Sounds like your old man pulled out the big one to really give you guys the boost, haha and here you were hoping he would net one. A great one too it seems. Nice work guys Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve07 Posted December 4, 2007 Share Posted December 4, 2007 A couple of good days fishing down at JB ,some nice bream & a really nice snapper for your old man, well done! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Iceman Posted December 4, 2007 Share Posted December 4, 2007 Great red for your father Good to see the poppers working down there Which one were you using? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robeebee Posted December 4, 2007 Author Share Posted December 4, 2007 Great red for your father Good to see the poppers working down there Which one were you using? just a cheap surecatch in a light golden brown colour Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
miller Posted December 4, 2007 Share Posted December 4, 2007 real nice red well done to u and dad cheers miller Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mitch Posted December 4, 2007 Share Posted December 4, 2007 Nice Work Robeebee, congrats on the pb ('s) nice reddy your father got too Mitch Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crystalliser Posted December 6, 2007 Share Posted December 6, 2007 (edited) Congrats on your stonker bream and your dad's big reddie, well done! Cheers Ronald btw, what rod n reel combo were doing the damages? Edited December 6, 2007 by crystalliser Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jewgaffer Posted December 6, 2007 Share Posted December 6, 2007 Very enjoyable report and an excellent bream result Robbie. The snapper your Dad caught topped the tournament right off for him mate. Bet it won't be long before your Dad becomes the night ace of Lugarno when you do a few sessions up there Good work Robbie and keep taking your Dad along, he'll keep on finding the best fish that's for sure. All you have to do is catch your share, Dad will get the rest Cheers jewgaffer Is your Dad a member Robbie. It would be interesting reading about his experiences from over the years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bigfoot Posted December 6, 2007 Share Posted December 6, 2007 BOOM!! OHHHHHHH....... HOW I LOOOOOOOVE THE BAY!!!!!! Well done, Wish i was there NOW, Guess i just have to wait till Christmas Catch Ya Bigfoot Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nargse1 Posted December 6, 2007 Share Posted December 6, 2007 nice guys nice Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mondo Rock Posted December 7, 2007 Share Posted December 7, 2007 What a great story! An excellent result and well deserved too by the sounds of it. More evidence that when an old fella says "I know a good spot" you should bloody well listen!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maverick Posted January 29, 2008 Share Posted January 29, 2008 Nice Snapper mate, Im from Sydney and I heard that everyone one the coastline is catching HUGE snapper. Cheers Mav Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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