Quick Snapper report, Wednesday 30th OCT.
Posted: Fri Nov 01, 2019 8:06 pm
Good weather and a rising barometer saw me head out again on the Reds wednesday morning. I fished Monday with only getting the one fish at 3kg (should have fished the morning)
Fishing solo again and armed with only 1 frozen fresh squid hood. I headed straight to my mark from last weeks captures above hastings in the north arm in time to make the last 90 minutes of ebb tide with the rising barometer. Not long before both rods bent over with only one staying connected... a school fish of about 1.7kg.
About 40 minutes went past when a big hard fast buckle and run out of no where hit. Unfortunately awful timing!!!! I had just put the burley pot over the side sending it down, and hadn't had the chance to tie off. With excitment i grabbed the rod straight away and found myself juggling both. In the end losing the fish to slack line.. the one rig with suicide hooks on it... great. Thankfully i had one last opportunity before the bite window finished, with an absolute HOWLER of a run in the holder!! Had me thinking it was an Eagle Ray it went that hard. Right at the end of the tide. After weaving between 2 rods and the burley pot rope, i managed to land the fish side on in the current with wind against little tide left.
Coming in at 5kg again, another solid fish! Squid rings did the damage.
I then sat out the next tide for 0. Just shows you how important planning your trips around the best possible bite window can be. On the plus side the water was flickering between 16.4-17 degrees! I made a quick stop at the start of the next tide for a gummy and within 10 mins a nice 1m+ gummy on deck on a fresh yakka chunk, followed by one a fraction smaller that i released!
Seasons coming alive now. Hitting the whiting in the morning too!! Cheers fellas!
Fishing solo again and armed with only 1 frozen fresh squid hood. I headed straight to my mark from last weeks captures above hastings in the north arm in time to make the last 90 minutes of ebb tide with the rising barometer. Not long before both rods bent over with only one staying connected... a school fish of about 1.7kg.
About 40 minutes went past when a big hard fast buckle and run out of no where hit. Unfortunately awful timing!!!! I had just put the burley pot over the side sending it down, and hadn't had the chance to tie off. With excitment i grabbed the rod straight away and found myself juggling both. In the end losing the fish to slack line.. the one rig with suicide hooks on it... great. Thankfully i had one last opportunity before the bite window finished, with an absolute HOWLER of a run in the holder!! Had me thinking it was an Eagle Ray it went that hard. Right at the end of the tide. After weaving between 2 rods and the burley pot rope, i managed to land the fish side on in the current with wind against little tide left.
Coming in at 5kg again, another solid fish! Squid rings did the damage.
