This would have to be my best report yet, truly a special moment for me anyway.
I headed out Tuesday with the same plan as Sunday. Catch some Squid, and go setup for Snapper on the same mark i found Sunday that produced 2 quality fish and many opportunities.
Tyabb bank was on, with 6 squid to my name almost instantly. I motored to my newfound mark in the north arm and setup with the expectation that the same thing was going to happen late into the tide. Same conditions, nice south wind, same tide... and crazy amounts of activity.
Smashed some Couta and yakkas during slack, then first 20 minutes of tide flow this nice 4.5kg gummy came along. Good start :banana:
The weed wasnt pleasant once the tide was humming, but i continued to work through. As soon as the tide started slowing, ZZZZZZZZZ. First buckle and run! As i was fighting the fish my second rod buckle ZZZZZZ! Double buckle! I got the first one in, then quickly grabbed the second one. one 4kg fish and a 5kg fish in the boat so far! 10 minutes later ZZZZZZZZZ, huge runs! and it spat bait. Spewing. Another 10 or so minutes later, double buckle again!! all the same size class!, another buckle, another buckle, another buckle & another buckle!!!!! How crazy is this! Estimated all fish between 4kg - 5kg.
But wait... the report doesnt end there. With the action RED HOT i couldn't think of a reason not to go again yesterday.... same wind... same tide... same barometer ....
Took out a close friend who has never caught a snapper before. We worked hard for the squid early on, with my mate losing two but you learn from your mistakes and he was just happy to be out! We went for some whiting, they didn't play ball, but luckily i had 2 squid follow up some salmon to the boat :rofl:
With that being the game changer, i convinced him that we were going to nail some reds today. Anchored on the mark, the baitfish again went crazy in the tide change! first 10 minutes of flow, a big seven giller! same same same. I knew from the outset we had to wait. As the tide slowed up again, we had some pinkies arrive, my mate had a ball with them. As the water became even slower, bang! zzzzzzzzz, we were on. I made sure he was hooked and passed him over to my buddy. He was in awe and absolutrly stoked. Not a big one first up, 2.4kg, but big enough for him! 10 minutes later.. ZZZZZ a bigger run, i passed him the rod and he was on again! then.... ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ Huge runs from another rod, buckled in the holder there was so much pressure i couldnt get it out!! We had a double hook up AGAIN! I was fighting my fish, winding in another rod and also netting hes fish... talk about multi tasking hey? A nice 3.1kg red for him.. over the moon. But i wanted to know where all the 5's had gone... and my question was answered with a lovely 5kg fish. This season has been unbelievable for me, my tally sits at 18 Snapper so far, i only caught 3 in my first season last year. :banana:
