Seagull, salmon, flatty and bycatch of a lifetime
- Fish-cador
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Seagull, salmon, flatty and bycatch of a lifetime
Went to a beach near FV's place. Heaps of mullets and diving birds. Was using light gear targeting flatties. Caught small salmon on second cast which safely went back to the water. One hour of nothing until i snagged an angry seagull. I had to cut my braid to untangle the noisy bugger. A few casts later and a 45 cm flatty ended in the sand. After a few casts i felt something at the end of the line. It hit the sp on the drop. Then it took off and almost emptied my stradic 2500. 5 min later i managed to turn its head. A few minutes later i had my bycatch on the edge of the water. Thanks to the friendly fisho who picked it up and dropped it on the dry land. As soon as the line tension was released the jig fell off. Lucky me!
10lb braid
10lb mono leader
Uni-uni knot
1/4 oz jig with 1/0 hook
95 cm silver.
I will take this bycatch any time.
10lb braid
10lb mono leader
Uni-uni knot
1/4 oz jig with 1/0 hook
95 cm silver.
I will take this bycatch any time.
Last edited by Fish-cador on Thu Apr 06, 2017 10:33 pm, edited 1 time in total.
Re: Seagull, salmon, flatty and bycatch of a lifetime
Congrats mate that is the bycatch of the year must have put up a hell of fight on that light gear, awesome job :cheers:
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Re: Seagull, salmon, flatty and bycatch of a lifetime
Great fish !!!
Only way to fish is light gear....makes it very rewarding
Bm
Only way to fish is light gear....makes it very rewarding
Bm
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Re: Seagull, salmon, flatty and bycatch of a lifetime
The sink shots gunna be epic ! :rofl:
You gunna need a bigger sink !
You gunna need a bigger sink !
He who has the most fishing rods WINS !
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Re: Seagull, salmon, flatty and bycatch of a lifetime
Great fish... must have been an awesome feeling when it was landed. Well done and where was my invitation? :notworthy:
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- Fish-cador
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Re: Seagull, salmon, flatty and bycatch of a lifetime
Lol .hornet wrote:The sink shots gunna be epic ! :rofl:
You gunna need a bigger sink !
I think i need a bigger sink.... :rofl:
The jig and sp on the fin made it happen. The tiny hook survived and was half undone/open/straight after the fight. I just really got lucky i landed it
Thanks guys...
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Re: Seagull, salmon, flatty and bycatch of a lifetime
I sent the seagull to your place with a note tied to its leg. Damn seagull! It probably saw someone eating chips and decided to crash the party.fishingvic wrote:Great fish... must have been an awesome feeling when it was landed. Well done and where was my invitation? :notworthy:
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Re: Seagull, salmon, flatty and bycatch of a lifetime
Well done FC that's an awesome catch :cheers:
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