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ONTHECHEW

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I am new to this site a couple of my mates pointed it out. I am mad about fishing, main fishing interests are offshore popping, plastics and jigging as well as chasing longtails in the bay and the odd snapper run around the bay. I was just going to put up a few photos of fish I have been catching but thought I would just to a report from today.

Have recently been off the water for a month waiting for the birth of my son. Hunter James was born on friday 23/4 at an impressive 9lb 3 1/2 oz. As it is my first child I now have new appreciation of being born male, any pain I have gone through fighting a fish or manual labor is nothing compared to what I witnessed on friday.

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Todays weather was unbelievable on the forecast and after organising my mother inlaw to spend the day with my wife (very understanding) and Hunter I planned a quick last minute trip.

I got a mate of mine Matty to come along, the goal was some shallow reef popping and plastics and then some jigging. Was on the water by 6 and was welcomed by a glassed out bay and hopes where high, the bar was not to bad and then off to our first spot. One drift in and already had four other boats in the area so gave up on plastics and tried popping. 3rd cast and SMASH, my first GT as a dad, as much pain as I was in already I just remembered back to friday and told my self to SUCK IT UP.

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20kg Gt to welcome me back, then next drift matty decides to change to popping. I was taking a breather and he gets smashed 3 times by the one GT had him on for about 5 seconds and was totally done over, (braid broke at the rod tip ). Matty is now hooked on popping and now appreciates how brutal it is. On the same drift matty hooks a nice yellowfin tuna on the popper, he is stoked as not only is it his first tuna but to get it on a popper he was pretty pumped.

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A few more drifts and matty got another YFT on the popper. A few of the boats started to troll the area so we decided to try plastics, matty got yet another YFT and a nice size morwong. Next thing I get smashed on the bottom, the Steez Hotdog buckling under the pressure as well as the angler. Twenty minutes later with my legs and arms no longer responding to what I wanted them to do I had a nice 25 + kg GT in the boat. Not bad for 35lb main line and 30lb leader.

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By now I am totally shattered so we decided to go and have a look at a few new areas, picked up a couple of alright squire and decided to call it a day. Was welcomed back to bay to even better conditions than in the morning.

Had a great day out (thanks to the wife and mother in law).

Andrew

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congrats on the son many years of fun to come, mine are now 32 and 25, Ones a National Chap distance runner and the other has just been made IT manager fro a large car dealership organisation and also loves fishing thats why I've just invested in a boat, The photos are great plenty of Omega oil for the young fella there

Welcome to the site

Davey

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Welcome Andrew.

Congrats on the new family addition. Hope bubs and mum are doing well.

Wholly hell...... sorry but were those GT caught on poppers around SEQ??? that is unbelievable. I can honestly say I did not ever consider the possibility of being able to fish for GTs on poppers in SEQ at that size. Can't wait to see more reports :D

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Hey Andrew congrats on the little fella,and if your mother in law is anything like mine they don't mind when there's a new born around so she probly didn't mind as se could have more time with bub ;) :laugh: but the misses must be a very understanding women.

They are some cracking fish boys weldone and what's the boat your fishing out of NICE

cheers dassa

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First of all thankyou for the good wishes for the birth of Hunter.

Do$tylz and yoyo,

Yes these fish where all caught off south east queensland, I leave from the cleveland jetty and go out through the south passage bar.

schmuck,

The gear we are using,

Popping gear was a seven seas ultra popping rod with a 10000FA Stella, Shimano Gt special popping rod with a 6500 saltist spin rod.

Plastics gear was a Steez Hotdog with a certate 3500HD and a Egrell S10H with a certate 4000.

Dassa,

The boat is a galeforce 5.5m fibreglass centre console, I have added a canopy and cage around the front.

Andrew

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straddiebrad wrote:

great fish and congrats on he on the new born look forward on more great post from you what a great catch,seq shows its great fish once again,there is some good ground out there you just have to put in the time well done.

OMG i f****d up. this was my reply not brad's. he's asleep in bed. i am so glad your happy - lifes cool

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