queensland Did I Just Cut Samsom’s Hair?

[crazywalrus]

@dhess Head out on Friday around the cape.  We hit the FAD but BigCat charters was sitting on top of it and we only managed one hit on a slug. Started float lining and also had a paternoster down do see what was around.  Managed a lot of pannie Snapper without any size, undersized pearlies and a good Samson which gave a good account for itself and my biggest.  
 

We head out deeper and this is where the fun started. We still had the just over snapper which we returned hoping for a couple Of bigger units to round out the bag and it was not long.
 

Firstly I should mention when we arrived at the Mark there was another boat drifting it. Rather than just drop in on them or drive away we slowly motored up to them asked if it was ok to join them and work in with their drifts.  All good from them and we started drifting.

Dom was first on with a good fish landing a mid 60s snapper.  We fished here a bit longer but no quality so moved onto a nearby mark. 
 

This is where the day got interesting. I dropped down the paternoster and as soon as it hit the bottom, whack, whack and I fell on my arse still holding onto the rod. It was an unusual fight but very solid. I get it up and see colour and I have a mid 60s snapper and a 70 yellow tail kingfish. That explains a lot.  Dom is then onto a massive fish which he man handles at first but the fish quickly man handles Dom and bricks him. Probably a big YTK. 
 

Home through the rough bay at dusk and quick trip home and I filleted the Samson and YTK for some sashimi that night. So dam good. Hard to pick a favourite.  Well worth the effort of preparing sashimi. My favourite way of eating fish. 
 

 

Edited October 18, 2020 by crazywalrus
Added dhess

[AUS-BNE-FISHO]

Hi crazywalrus

Great job, that is awesome!!! 

Those are some good fish, and the sashimi would've been really yummy  

Cheers Hamish

[crazywalrus]

8 minutes ago, AUS-BNE-FISHO said:

Hi crazywalrus

Great job, that is awesome!!! 

Those are some good fish, and the sashimi would've been really yummy  

Cheers Hamish

Thanks Hamish. If you have some sea legs or willing to risk being sick . I will get you out some time. Remember we do not come back in if someone gets sick. We also fish very hard. Out before light and back at dusk or later. 
regards Ted. 

[Old Scaley]

Good to see you out fishing and reporting again Ted. The food photos are Insta worthy.

[ellicat]

Sounds like a productive day out, mate.

Where did you put in ?

[AUS-BNE-FISHO]

12 minutes ago, crazywalrus said:

Thanks Hamish. If you have some sea legs or willing to risk being sick . I will get you out some time. Remember we do not come back in if someone gets sick. We also fish very hard. Out before light and back at dusk or later. 
regards Ted. 

Hi Ted

I would have to risk being sick. It is very unfortunate I inherited my dad's crap sea-sickness genes and not my mum's side of the families sea-sickness genes. They were commercial fisherman and they never got sick (lucky!!! And technically only my uncle, grandpa, grandma, not my mother. She left as soon as she got the chance ).

Cheers Hamish  

[Drop Bear]

Great fish mate. Glad you are smacking them again. 

Sashimi looks amazing. 

[crazywalrus]

4 hours ago, ellicat said:

Sounds like a productive day out, mate.

Where did you put in ?

Put in at Clontarf this time 

[crazywalrus]

4 hours ago, Old Scaley said:

Good to see you out fishing and reporting again Ted. The food photos are Insta worthy.

Funny you say that. You can flow me here. Just fishing and garden 

 

[kmcrosby78]

Top day (and BIG day) out there @crazywalrus, good to see you've got the bug again, and haven't lost your mojo. Tell Dom we want video of you falling on your ar$e next time .......  And yep, that sashimi looks fantastic, as does the snapper!!

[jon]

Good sesh lads, quality sambo!

[crazywalrus]

16 hours ago, kmcrosby78 said:

Top day (and BIG day) out there @crazywalrus, good to see you've got the bug again, and haven't lost your mojo. Tell Dom we want video of you falling on your ar$e next time .......  And yep, that sashimi looks fantastic, as does the snapper!!

Do not worry about me falling over I am definately getting a video of Dom fishing and fighting a fish with his "Slow Jerker" 

[ellicat]

Has he had success yet ?

[crazywalrus]

2 hours ago, ellicat said:

Has he had success yet ?

no size, but managed some justover snapper and pearlies pretty successful. The current was against him with the current and his jig weight.