Fish unstoppable

[Matthew drako]

Thanks guys for replies, I’m assuming a big Trev as I caught 2 average size ones and also saw a quite big one come up under the mullet there. Doubt it were pinkies or snapper as the snapper that I’ve caught and hooked at willi run straight out. Quite a few of those around as well

[e.welch]

it was a snapper a guy went there and caught it

[Sebb]

Gotta agree with the theory, most snappers run out. Trevally and breams run into structures, same with mulloway. But who knows, some snappers do run into structures too, they're crazy.

[Bugatti]

Hey guys, so was fishing Williamstown land based and was quite successful landing a couple flatties 35+cm, a few trevally to 30cm and some big yakkas as as well as the usual smaller Pinkies and bream(did lose a a pinky around 40-45cm at the pier.
Action was of plenty using pilchard fillets for bait and half pillies on another rod
One major problem though, got snapped off 10-15 times by something that I physically couldn’t stop on my 2-4kilo rod with 8 pound line. Basically, I would hook them we gaining ground for a second then bang, surges into/around a pylon and that was all she wrote. My call was big bream/trevally.
Any thoughts on what it was and what could’ve been done.
Thanks

Great day out Matty, well done. Shame about the 40-45 cm Pinkie, nice eating size those. Here in SA, we call those "Pannies", do you guys call them that too?

On the Freight Train Fish on 2-4 kilo rod , , , , an up-size of the gear taken, as some have suggested (which you probably know anyway) may be on the cards , , , , maybe bring a friend to help out as well

Let us know if you end up landing one, interested to see what it is.

Cheers, Bugatti

[piscateur]

There a good run of Decent pinkys atm and that would be my guess.

[Sebb]

Great day out Matty, well done. Shame about the 40-45 cm Pinkie, nice eating size those. Here in SA, we call those "Pannies", do you guys call them that too?

Let us know if you end up landing one, interested to see what it is.

Cheers, Bugatti

We call them the unstoppables
Or I call them dinner for the missus :cheers:

[smile0784]

Call them
You little rippers
Lol

[smile0784]

Hey guys, so was fishing Williamstown land based and was quite successful landing a couple flatties 35+cm, a few trevally to 30cm and some big yakkas as as well as the usual smaller Pinkies and bream(did lose a a pinky around 40-45cm at the pier.
Action was of plenty using pilchard fillets for bait and half pillies on another rod
One major problem though, got snapped off 10-15 times by something that I physically couldn’t stop on my 2-4kilo rod with 8 pound line. Basically, I would hook them we gaining ground for a second then bang, surges into/around a pylon and that was all she wrote. My call was big bream/trevally.
Any thoughts on what it was and what could’ve been done.
Thanks

Great day out Matty, well done. Shame about the 40-45 cm Pinkie, nice eating size those. Here in SA, we call those "Pannies", do you guys call them that too?

On the Freight Train Fish on 2-4 kilo rod , , , , an up-size of the gear taken, as some have suggested (which you probably know anyway) may be on the cards , , , , maybe bring a friend to help out as well



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Let us know if you end up landing one, interested to see what it is.

Cheers, Bugatti

And if that's guy line breaks or shark gets off he will have internal organ damage worse then a.car crash from the whip back of the reel into his abdomen and not to mention the force of the guy landing on him

[Bugatti]

On the Freight Train Fish on 2-4 kilo rod , , , , an up-size of the gear taken, as some have suggested (which you probably know anyway) may be on the cards , , , , maybe bring a friend to help out as well

Cheers, Bugatti

And if that's guy line breaks or shark gets off he will have internal organ damage worse then a.car crash from the whip back of the reel into his abdomen and not to mention the force of , , , , the guy landing on him

I agree smile, if that rod broke that guy would land on him , , , , you could say "Broke Rod Mount Him"

Cheers, Bugatti

[fishnut]

Plenty of big banjos around atm could be one of those