Allnighter

I was gonna ask about the net but didn't want to be rude 😸

And in any event - given Brian's snapper tutorials you have nothing to be sorry about!

Originally i'm sure i said i would prefer to go on saturday 🙄
Nah, i had a great time with ya Brian, you're great company mate and it was good to share some laughs with you again, and onya Benno! 
So sorry i wasnt more organised with the net.. wasn't really expecting double hookups 🙈
 

Originally i'm sure i said i would prefer to go on saturday 🙄
Nah, i had a great time with ya Brian, you're great company mate and it was good to share some laughs with you again, and onya Benno! 
So sorry i wasnt more organised with the net.. wasn't really expecting double hookups 🙈
 

Originally i'm sure i said i would prefer to go on saturday 🙄
Nah, i had a great time with ya Brian, you're great company mate and it was good to share some laughs with you again, and onya Benno! 
So sorry i wasnt more organised with the net.. wasn't really expecting double hookups 🙈
 

Got my mackerel bait  all sorted , they’re all cryovaced , and frozen down ready for the reopening of the Spanish Mackerel season . Let the count down begin!

Thanks for the encouragement !  @Hweebe
i will give you an update though...
I went back a week later to the same spot.... guess what.... DONUT ! 🤪
But i didnt realise until i motored away at the end of the session that i was about 20 metres off the gps mark!! 
Duh 🙄🙄🙄

Thanks for the encouragement !  @Hweebe
i will give you an update though...
I went back a week later to the same spot.... guess what.... DONUT ! 🤪
But i didnt realise until i motored away at the end of the session that i was about 20 metres off the gps mark!! 
Duh 🙄🙄🙄

Thanks for the encouragement !  @Hweebe
i will give you an update though...
I went back a week later to the same spot.... guess what.... DONUT ! 🤪
But i didnt realise until i motored away at the end of the session that i was about 20 metres off the gps mark!! 
Duh 🙄🙄🙄

Thanks for the encouragement !  @Hweebe
i will give you an update though...
I went back a week later to the same spot.... guess what.... DONUT ! 🤪
But i didnt realise until i motored away at the end of the session that i was about 20 metres off the gps mark!! 
Duh 🙄🙄🙄

Thanks for the encouragement !  @Hweebe
i will give you an update though...
I went back a week later to the same spot.... guess what.... DONUT ! 🤪
But i didnt realise until i motored away at the end of the session that i was about 20 metres off the gps mark!! 
Duh 🙄🙄🙄

You know @Allnighter is in a different fishing league when he is so blase with only a 65cm specimen.
@Allnighter must be the cheatcode of fishing in the bay 🙂 
Congrats on making the right decision on work/life/fishing balance. This can only bring you more happiness
 

I quit my job (finally)
When i read all your reports Brian, i finally decided when i grow up i want to be retired just like you 🙂
Hahahaaaaaa

I tossed and turned Sunday night and into Monday morning, i just couldnt sleep properly - probably the humidity lately. I havn't had a fish for awhile which had been bugging me and as i got out of bed at about 3am to take a leak i checked the wind out on the bay. With a 5 knot northerly and no work to go to Monday, and although i was still tired from little sleep, i thought "stuff it" and hooked the boat up for a dawn solo mission to Redland Bay. 
I gathered some fresh bait in pretty quick time from a regular bait patch at this time of year and sent them back down with an 8/0 circle in each one.
I know to expect vermin this time of year in the bay.... but holy snapping ducks, if anyone ever tries to tell me that the resident shark population is in trouble - i'll just burst out laughing and pee my pants. 
I reckon i had at least 20 bustoffs by sharks and not all widdle ones either. They are in plague proportions. Anyways i only managed one snapper at 65cm in amongst the grey army, but was good to get out there again and feed the sharks (should start a shark sight seeing charter lol ) and back in about 8am to escape the heat
 

Great stuff! 🙂

Great stuff! 🙂

Took the day off to go fishing with my brother. Due to a number of reasons he is the proud new owner of a little tinny named Yewgary! 
 
We headed off the sunny coast looking for a summer snapper. First drift I hooked what I thought was a good snapper with determined runs and a few headshakes only for a 50+ grassy to pop up! We threw plastics around a few spots but only managed a couple more small grassies and a small bonito.  
 
With the sun blistering down we decided to go for a look for Brian and Steve’s spotties. We found some singular birds and a couple of flighty schools of bonito and Mack tuna but couldn’t get near them to get a cast in. Then the wind started to pick up from the N so we decided to run in and call it a day. On the way back to the ramp we saw a few slashes amid the whitecaps, with half a dozen birds circling in on the action. An hour of cat and mouse later and we had hookups, lost fish, bite offs and 5 nice spotties in the esky. I won’t say the fishing was as hot as the temperature but it sure was good to finally land a few speedsters in Yewgary with its new owner!
A couple of pics attached. 

What Bretto said 🙂 👍
Next time Rex

What Bretto said 🙂 👍
Next time Rex

What Bretto said 🙂 👍
Next time Rex

What Bretto said 🙂 👍
Next time Rex

What Bretto said 🙂 👍
Next time Rex

Remember the days when you wished you could fish pretty much whenever you wanted to and didn't have to go to work? Well I guess that was one of them that was still much better than having to go to work.
No you can't win them all👍

Thanks @Old ScaleySteve, 
Just looking for a change and to restore work/lifestyle balance back to level the scales more evenly. So i will still have to find some work - hopefully minimal. Worked head down - ass up all my life and now I'm happy to sacrifice money for something more important, our most valuable asset as we age.... time. 😉
And yes mate, would love to catch up 👍

Geez you're game retrieving line with bare hands like that @Old ScaleySteve 🫣.... one accidental wrap of line around one of your digits and you will have a nice fresh snapper bait 😜.