Hillary's surprise
Headed out with my mate yesterday off Hillarys.
After a few fairly uneventful hours on the water we moved to a spot of my choice which my mate thought was complete crap. He took a bit of convincing but we dropped anchor and immediately got amongst lots of good herring and a few yellowtail. Soon my circle hook got bitten off on 6lb leader so we reckoned there may be a few snook about. I upgraded to 40lb and instantly got bitten off very cleanly again, so I tied on another hook and chucked out again. A repeat with a few scuff-marks so I put on some wire calling NW blowies as we didnt think anything else in the area was capable of doing this damage but didnt get any more touches.
The 10-minutes left call was made and straight away my mate's 3000 reel started screaming, his 1-3kg rod bending double and 8lb line disappearing quickly. I immediately called it for a ray and he started screaming "Get the anchor up it's gonna spool me!" so I lifted the anchor and in the few seconds it took to do so the fish had swum around to the complete opposite side of the boat. Bit quick for a ray I thought. We chased it for about 30m and at first glimpse sambo was called but after a short (2-3 min) fight a 5-6kg spanish mackerel was netted. Went just legal with the size 8 Kmart longshank hook pinning it perfectly in the top of the jaw. It took an unweighted mulie cube in 3m of water inside Little Island and we just sat there in awe for a good few minutes after measuring it and celebrating. Still amazed how it was landed.
Cheers for reading and apologies if its a bit long-winded
Swompa
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Nice spot when playing with
Nice spot when playing with herring!
rocklobster
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well done lads, and on a
well done lads, and on a size 8 longshank ha! good 'ol jellybean theory
beau
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Awesome! Theyre definitely
Awesome! Theyre definitely coming in shallow this season, throws a real spanner in the works when you decide to want to have a troll.
Nice.
MattMiller
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Looks
more like a Broadbar or Grey Mackeral to me.
tim-o
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Was thinking the same,
Was thinking the same, nevertheless, great catch in that area, Iv only gotten squid, hezzas etc in that area at that depth. Anchor and burley inclose and send a livie under a balloon (or a mulie cube on a kmart hook) is a good go for small boaties, never know
I am, as I've said, merely competent. But in an age of incompetence, that makes me extraordinary.
Spinnerak
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Better eating too :D
Better eating too :D
Subway cookie is the best burley
petermac
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this what global warming is all about
the bloke that said global warming is "bad" got it wrong more and more nor west specie's are being caught down here in the metro I am calling it a grey mackie , and that's the perfect size for the smoker
uncle
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theres a lot of bait
along the northern wall of hillarys
all aggressive fish love bigjohnsjigs
caughtup
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great fish on light gear
great fish on light gear mate. always good to see mackie pics posted up.
thanks for sharin
Uluabuster
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Don't apologize, good write
Don't apologize, good write up n thanks for sharing.
Hutch
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Cheers for the replies and
Cheers for the replies and the ID guys
Faulkner Family
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doesnt matter what sort of
doesnt matter what sort of mack it is , its a great catch on the gear of choice. well done and i bet your mate had a few words to eat after getting that one
RUSS and SANDY. A family that fishes together stays together
straith
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Went out friday avo to enjoy
Went out friday avo to enjoy the sunset with the missus with easterlies prevailing and saw what I think were same size fish cutting up schools of baitfish. Only had a bream lure setup onboard and no bait and tried trolling through them but they spooked easily.
Well done on that gear. Nice to see the ocean alive so close to the ramp.
derko5000
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Bahhaahahhaa couldnt stop
Bahhaahahhaa couldnt stop laughing at the outboard an the tape on it, i have the exact same outboard with tape on that same place