Hi everyone,
Went on a solo trip to Mud last Thursday morning. Just as the sun was peaking over the horizon I baited and cast the first rod with mullet strip when I started baiting the second rod. ZZZZZZZZZZ and my 6lb line is peeling off, it ran me around a snag so I left it to cast my second rod in. Tried freeing it again by standing on the gunnel and lifting rod as high I as I could and ZZZZZZZZZ its off again. After a few minutes up pops a 50cm Snapper. While its on the floor of the boat the second rod with half a pilchard goes off and finally up comes a 50cm Grunter. What followed for the next hour was chaos as I could hardly keep a rod in the water. Final keeper tally was 3 snapper (50, 42, 37), 3 Sweetlip, (43,40,38) 2 trevally (42,40), 1 bream (29), 1 javelin (50) and 1 mother in law (43). The mother in-law (my first ever) was bled and eaten fresh and tasted pretty good. Not sure why they have such a bad reputation. Didn't get another keeper after 6:00 am, did manage the biggest stingray I have ever caught though on a fillet of Grinner. Got about half a dozen just unders in the snapper as well.