queensland 81cm on 3lb

[Zim man]

Hi all

yesterday 51mpl (khoi) and myself hit the rockwall area, looking for snapper and whatever else was hungry.

got there nice and early, it was low tide and it was lumpy as. Not much wind but the swells made it annpying. the water was also dirty brown, like you could plough it. maybe 6 inches visibility.

with this in mind i said to khoi that the Fish Arrow soft plastics would not probably do well coz of this.

khoi mulled over my words of wisdom

about 4 casts in and khoi's light line outfit is having a stroke. drag is peeling off like crazy. no idea what it is, thinking maybe good snapper. 7 minutes into the fight and this thing is still going and is heading into open waters. now we think maybe a turtle since they are all over the place.

i get bored of holding the landing net and put it down to take some action pics. whilst i am faffing around with the camera, khoi casually mentions that the fish is on the surface and could i help. i grab the net and the fish is gone, it has been ID'd as a good jew and excitment is high as none of us have boated a good one before. I am praying that we land it after my camera fiasco. The jewie comes up and is expertly netted by moi.

high fives and bad language is said all round. place the beast on the bragmat and 81cm is the mark. Landed on a phygun rod 3-6lb with 3lb straight through. the lure was a 3 inch flash j shad. the hook was still in perfect condition, not even bent, that really surprised me.

Anyway enough dribble

here is khois pics. Oh, i dodged a donut with a just legal snap but enough about me

and my contribution

thanks for a good morning out. it has now been 4 sessions in a row where my deckies have shown me up, perhaps i should start a guiding business

thanks for reading

rob

[Genesis]

That is a bloody good effort on 3lb. Well done Khoi!

[JarrydA]

Stoaked! :woohoo:

Great catch mate. Fantastic on 3lb.

[Surfingant]

Nicely done gents, well Khoi anyway that will be hard to beat mate

[Stevodevo]

WELL DONE ON 3LB !

[cookie_7]

Top effort boys! I had to work today

[51MPL]

Big thanks to Rob for the deckie spot - Dan was originally going to come over and tow my tinny out and Chafule was going to come as well but they both pulled out and so I got to spend a day with a good mate, an awsome memory and an awsome fight.

Never gets old fishing with you mate, always new toys to to test out and new memories to be had so here's to next time.

Also thanks to the replies so far and for those yet to come. I had just come off 8 days in a row at work so this was a bloody good day off!

Lastly for those interested, I was using 3lb Toray Bawo Super Finesse and i'd have to say it is the best spinning fluro i've used so far & a 1/12 TT Jighead

[Chafule]

Nice fish, makes me regret not coming now. Only if I wasnt to poor.

[ChrisC]

well done Khoi that's a great effort on the 3lb that will stay in the memory bank for a long time

[fishingnut]

Not a bad effort......

[Binder]

Great effort.

Rob if it had bent the hook on 3lb I'd be throwing the hooks away.......

[viper83]

Awesome fish there Khoi, would have been a awesome fight on light gear. Oh and nice fish to Rob lol.

Cheers

Matt

[Keen-as-fisho]

Just goes to show how good the Flash Arrows are, oh and the skill

[Manni79]

Well done fellas, that's a nice jew :woohoo: i'm heading out there tomorrow morning so hopefully get a few fish myself

[Dell]

Good on ya Keenan. Solid fish on light line. Rob I think your problem is your haircut!!!

[ryanyoung]

Great going on the silly string Khoi, that will be hard to beat!!!!

Ryan.

[Doobsy]

^^ + 1!!!

Hearty congratulations Khoi. That one WILL be hard to beat.

But you'll have a ball trying...

[sweresy]

a fine fish on any line let alone the 3.... gratz hoi

[wesfish]

great report and fantastic jew khoi :woohoo: :woohoo:

[youngy]

Great fish on any line-class, on 3lb outstanding, cheers wayne

[coughy]

that will do donkey...

nice catch..

if only i could catch anything would be nice...

[Doyley]

Well done mate. A very solid fish!

[dan25]

Sweet Jewy Khoi, well done.

[jimjim]

great catch for 3lb i dont have anything that light

[PlasticFantastic]

Awesome work mate for 3lb I don't think I'd have the patience to fight a fish on that line category.

Cheers

Mark