queensland scarbrough night trip

[James W]

myself, kane and my dad hit up scarbrough reef tonite to see if those big breambos were around....they were....not great numbers but the size of the bream we got ( i got:P ) were fantastic!....at first fishing was slow with long no bite periods.....i think it was 2 hours until i landed the first legal bream of the night...and it was a decent bream...i have no measurements but will mesure tomorrow morning...another hour passed with out bothering the esky...until all hell broke loose...my little medallist began to scream like a banshee!...lline peeling out fast!....knew it was a decent fish soon as i felt the \"thump thump\"..the battle went for about 7-8 minutes and the fish knew where the reef was...now my dad doesnt swear but he sure did when he was over the side and saw this cod thrashing about...another run and it was heading for the exposed reef again:pinch: .....trying not to panic about now:P ...but dad managed to nab him for me!...my pb cod...stoked..trembling cheering you name it...it was awesome.....so after me telling the rest of the crew how lucky i was to get that fish with 6lb braid with 6lb mono leader and a bream hook for the next half hour things slowed right down again with only undersize sweetlip, cod and bream coming in at a steady rate...until...yes i was on again to a beast!...dad spirt was broken by now as he had no keepers yet!( thats rare:lol: ) anither good stuggle and i landed the biggest bream i have ever caught..(landed this one on my own due to dad not willing to help me in his defeat:P ).....totally stoked with 2 big breambos and a cod that gave me the shakes.....stoked:)

1st pic- first legal fish of the night..not a bad start [img size=448]http://www.australianfishing.com.au/media/kunena/attachments/legacy/images/eee.JPG

[James W]

ohh yeahhh..... [img size=448]http://www.australianfishing.com.au/media/kunena/attachments/legacy/images/ccc.JPG

[James W]

can ya tell that i was stoked.....i was:lol: [img size=448]http://www.australianfishing.com.au/media/kunena/attachments/legacy/images/bbb-00e3dd06ac5e1f937e912f02ae351490.JPG

[James W]

awww kanes widdle cod... [img size=448]http://www.australianfishing.com.au/media/kunena/attachments/legacy/images/ddd.JPG

[James W]

im pretty sure thats the biggest bream i have caught...tape measure comes out tomorrow [img size=448]http://www.australianfishing.com.au/media/kunena/attachments/legacy/images/aaa.JPG

[ellicat]

Horse of a bream mate, and a pretty nice cod too!! They're almost as big as your grin. Well done.

No prize for guessing the last thing on your mind as you drift off to sleep tonight.

Post edited by: ellicat, at: 2007/05/26 00:16

[James W]

ellicat- i dont know if i can sleep tonight?....stoked mate...stokedB)

[ellicat]

haha yeah - great feeling - thanks for sharing it.

[Cliffy]

Yeehaa!! Bring it on - what a great haul:woohoo: Heading out that way myself tomorrow...might need some bigger hooks by the look of that cod...

[James W]

i had a squid jig out all nite without boo of a squid and kane gets this little one on a half pillie....beginners luck i tells yas:S [img size=448]http://www.australianfishing.com.au/media/kunena/attachments/legacy/images/fff.JPG

[Feral]

The difference between the two smiles says it all!

beautiful fish!

[Plastic Man]

yeah yeah what a great cathch good on ya mate love the big grin too

[Master Sardines]

Congratulations Lovely fish and a great story told. Still laughing about Dad:lol:

[Brian D]

Nice one Jimmy - Love the cod and the baby squid. Good bream too!

[Dazzamcgee]

Well Done Jimmy nice cod....

[Angus]

Awesome awesome awesome.

And on 6lb!

Awesome again.

Needless to say im bummed i wasnt there. hahaha.

Angus

[Tim a]

Go the bream! any comp in queensland and you got it covered!

Ohyeah, the cod isn't too shabby either.

6lb leader you freak! I have enough trouble get 10cm cod with that leader!

scary scary man

[James W]

just finished cleaning the catch...bream 1 went 34cm bream 2 went 42cm and the cod went 64cm...bream 2 also had 2 of my 1/0 hooks deep down in its gut...thats twice in 2 trips that we have caught a fish third time lucky:P

[ellicat]

Sounds like bream 2 was principal of the school

[James W]

bream 2 had been around for a while a reckon...also had scars from a net..you know when the first few spikes on top are missing?

[ellicat]

That's just the equivalent of a receding hairline isn't it ?

[rayke1938]

Good effort and great story but I feel real sorry for your dad.( mainly cause im an old codger also)

Ray

ps like your new avitar.

Post edited by: rayke1938, at: 2007/05/26 11:24

[James W]

nah no need to feel sorry for ole man wazza ray;)

he still got a few up on me...it will be a while till i catch up....

[Lozzel]

Excellent Jimmy, Nice haul there and a good eating size cod Well done.

[adventure_angler]

That is one monster cod mate and the bream is a ripper. Looks like you had a great night out there, well done on the PB too.

-nelson-

[Cowfish13]

What did you catch all those fish on, Lures or Bait?

[James W]

we got all fish on half pillies...we did get a few bream on that squid after we cut it up aswell...

[Do$tylz]

mate that cod is a screamer :woohoo: Good stuff on light tackle.

Massive grin on your face as well. Thats hilarious.

[Brian D]

jimmybob wrote:

can ya tell that i was stoked.....i was:lol: [img size=448]http://www.australianfishing.com.au/media/kunena/attachments/legacy/images/bbb-00e3dd06ac5e1f937e912f02ae351490.JPG

What are you so happy about Jimmy - It's only a huge cod! Wish it was me:S

[kriso]

great fight with a great reward.. very jealous mate

and you got more teeth then a ford gearbox in photo! i would too there awesome fish mate well done!

[werewolf]

hot damn! on 6 pound:woohoo: