An enjoyable evenings fishing

[Thorbjorn Hale]

This evening I went to get my almost daily fish fix(I think I might actually be addicted- I can’t stop). I headed down to the jetty and firstly checked my crab pot, I was nicely surprised when I saw a legal buck appear in the pot which was addition to the nice blue swimmer I picked up on the way home from school today. 

(the one I picked up on the way home)

I gave the first throw of my the cast net and caught 3 or so large banana prawns- Which has been the case for the last 2-3 days( I’ve had 3 or 4 months of not catching any so I’m pretty pleased that they are showing up) I baited up the rods and sat back in my chair. After around an hour and few bait changes my reel finally screamed into action and I raced up to hook into it, I clicked over the live liner feature of my trusty 8500 spinfisher 6 and held on. The fish gave huge screaming runs and took about 10 minutes to surface even on a 37kg Penn prevail and 50lb line. I could tell this fish wasn’t a thready or Jew but it didn’t feel like a stingray and it didn’t feel like a shark, almost like both(you might guess it from this). It finally surfaced and up came the long rosterum and big tail of a shovelnose. After spending some time directing people to get it into my dilly it was finally on the jetty, it measured roughly 130-140( the brag mat ran out). After posing for a quick picture, I sent it back into the dilly and lowered it back into the water giving it a safe release. I sat back in my chair with my arms sore and left within an hour. In conclusion, it wasn’t trophy fish I was after but it was nice to get the reel spinning again.

PS : someone spent the whole night cast netting and gathered quite the feed of prawns for a landbased session.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Bretto77]

Don't you guys get homework anymore???

Seriously, well done .

[AUS-BNE-FISHO]

Nice work Thorbjorn, seems theres been a few prawns showing up recently. 

[ellicat]

The sandie in the school bag made me laugh. Nice muddie and you did well landing that shovellie on a jetty.

Sounds like you are enjoying your fishing a lot ! Good on you.

[Bretto77]

41 minutes ago, ellicat said:

The sandie in the school bag

Yeah that one got me too.

[Bob9863]

Sounds like a great evening. 

[Thorbjorn Hale]

1 hour ago, ellicat said:

The sandie in the school bag made me laugh. Nice muddie and you did well landing that shovellie on a jetty.

Sounds like you are enjoying your fishing a lot ! Good on you.

Yeah definitely. And the sandy in the bag made me laugh putting it in there. I was definitely getting some funny looks

[Thorbjorn Hale]

1 hour ago, AUS-BNE-FISHO said:

Nice work Thorbjorn, seems theres been a few prawns showing up recently. 

I went out in the tinny Sunday night and with the spotlight on you could see so many prawns jumping out in front. Hopefully good signs for the river

[Angry51]

Good effort, that was lucky getting that  up on the jetty.

And the crab in the bag, wouldn't want to forget and dive your hand in there.

"And the reason my homeworks not done Sir, the crab ate it."

[Junky]

1 hour ago, Thorbjorn Hale said:

Yeah definitely. And the sandy in the bag made me laugh putting it in there. I was definitely getting some funny looks

Where's your homework?

Well miss, would you believe me if I told you that a crab ate it! 

[Junky]

44 minutes ago, Angry51 said:

Good effort, that was lucky getting that  up on the jetty.

And the crab in the bag, wouldn't want to forget and dive your hand in there.

"And the reason my homeworks not done Sir, the crab ate it."

Great minds. 

[Angry51]

Yeah, must have posted at the same time.

[Tuna are fish]

On 18/04/2023 at 11:34 PM, Thorbjorn Hale said:

37kg Penn prevail

I've been thinking of getting this for land based shark fishing, is it a good rod?  Does it feel cheap?

cheers Dan

[Thorbjorn Hale]

Not at all, I’m looking at picking up another smaller one for tailor. It’s a fibreglass graphite composite so it feels much nicer than a fibreglass rod would and it’s pretty light. Overall great value rod and is used by tonnes of shore based fisherman

[Noah Fitzpatrick]

On 18/04/2023 at 11:34 PM, Thorbjorn Hale said:

This evening I went to get my almost daily fish fix(I think I might actually be addicted- I can’t stop). I headed down to the jetty and firstly checked my crab pot, I was nicely surprised when I saw a legal buck appear in the pot which was addition to the nice blue swimmer I picked up on the way home from school today. 

(the one I picked up on the way home)

I gave the first throw of my the cast net and caught 3 or so large banana prawns- Which has been the case for the last 2-3 days( I’ve had 3 or 4 months of not catching any so I’m pretty pleased that they are showing up) I baited up the rods and sat back in my chair. After around an hour and few bait changes my reel finally screamed into action and I raced up to hook into it, I clicked over the live liner feature of my trusty 8500 spinfisher 6 and held on. The fish gave huge screaming runs and took about 10 minutes to surface even on a 37kg Penn prevail and 50lb line. I could tell this fish wasn’t a thready or Jew but it didn’t feel like a stingray and it didn’t feel like a shark, almost like both(you might guess it from this). It finally surfaced and up came the long rosterum and big tail of a shovelnose. After spending some time directing people to get it into my dilly it was finally on the jetty, it measured roughly 130-140( the brag mat ran out). After posing for a quick picture, I sent it back into the dilly and lowered it back into the water giving it a safe release. I sat back in my chair with my arms sore and left within an hour. In conclusion, it wasn’t trophy fish I was after but it was nice to get the reel spinning again.

PS : someone spent the whole night cast netting and gathered quite the feed of prawns for a landbased session.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Crab in the school bag . 

 

[Thorbjorn Hale]

4 hours ago, Noah Fitzpatrick said:

Crab in the school bag . 

 

You’ve gotta do what you gotta do