Brett Ozanne
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From: Perth, S o River
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Went out again on Sat. night to the same spot as earlier in the week with Mattyoga, launched from Woodies about 4.30pm in a solid 15knott S/Wester that was supposedly dropping... apparently.
So out we went the 3km ish to the spot, in a stiff breeze straight up the clacker, got to the mark and anchored upwind of the reef on good looking ground, and plenty of activity on the sounder. Hoping for a Mulloway or a Shark we start a light berly trail and Matt starts to land a few small Snapper, well below size. I have the bait jigs out and got myself a bunch of scad, and a few squid for baits and we are into it.
After a few smaller fish come onboard my heavy rod slowly starts to sneak off, and i'm on!! 20 mins of severe arm stretching, and supreme knot testing, and a MASSIVE ray comes to the surface alongside the yak. This thing was well over a meter across, and i wasn't even gonna try and retrieve my hooks, so i cut him off as clost to the hooks as i could reach, and rig #1 gone.
As the night goes on, we land plenty of small baitfish and squid, most end up as bait. And for me, another 2 big rays later, and another 2 rigs down and believe me i'm thoroughly over getting stretched for the night when LOW AND BEHOLD!!!! RAY NUMBER 4!!!! decides he likes my fresh squid bait, and busts me off after a short one-sided tussle...
So i'm over the big baits for the night and decide to baitcast mulies for a while, and over the next hour or so landed over 15+ decent sized Pike/Snook, dropped a monster at yakside i'd call for at least 1m ish, and land another 2 Banjo Sharks!
By this stage the wind has only dropped a few knots and we decide to head in. We arrive at the beach near the pumping station and decide, as we both had a Kilkenny left, to throw a few lures around the stirred up water alongside the jetty.
Ten minutes or so into it and i land a good sized Flathead on the trusty Bomber lure, which unfortunatley fell victim to the superstructure later in the night and remains there now.. A bit later on Matt lands a suspiciously similar sized Flatty on an old Mr Twisty style lure, and again, he gets his freedom. Same fish? Probably!
Again, another night well spent out on the water, and great company for the trip! Cheers for the Beers Matt! More invaluable rough water experience, watch those open hatches when waves come over the front.....
Matt at anchor, you can see the chop here!
A bunch of good Pike of the 15+ that i landed for the night, fresh baits for later! Decent choppers on the suckers!
The Adventure under lights, calm enough now!
A decent sized Flattie that fell to the slow sexy wobble of a old school Bomber!!
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