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Well basically put in the whole day for this guy the next day- but I'm not complaining- what a champion fish!

Well basically put in the whole day for this guy the next day- but I'm not complaining- what a champion fish!

Well basically put in the whole day for this guy the next day- but I'm not complaining- what a champion fish!

Well basically put in the whole day for this guy the next day- but I'm not complaining- what a champion fish!

Started at around 7 pm, by the time I caught the second one I packed up and went home:)  All done in a couple of hours.

No I think I agree with you guys, probably a bull shark.  I am happy for those guys to keep on swimming.  I decided to stick to my game plan, when you are on the pontoon it is what it is.  I seem to have the grunter game down, now if only I could pick up a barra or mangrove jack, then I could attribute some skill to the fishing as well:)

Started at around 7 pm, by the time I caught the second one I packed up and went home:)  All done in a couple of hours.

Started at around 7 pm, by the time I caught the second one I packed up and went home:)  All done in a couple of hours.

No I think I agree with you guys, probably a bull shark.  I am happy for those guys to keep on swimming.  I decided to stick to my game plan, when you are on the pontoon it is what it is.  I seem to have the grunter game down, now if only I could pick up a barra or mangrove jack, then I could attribute some skill to the fishing as well:)

Started at around 7 pm, by the time I caught the second one I packed up and went home:)  All done in a couple of hours.

Started at around 7 pm, by the time I caught the second one I packed up and went home:)  All done in a couple of hours.

Started at around 7 pm, by the time I caught the second one I packed up and went home:)  All done in a couple of hours.

Well I decided no I didn’t change my rig.. on the pontoon it is what it is - after a night of incredible catfish action, with a few pike eel thrown in to liven things up I did end up catching a couple of nice fish between 6 am and 8am this morning.
I even hooked up a tiny thread fin salmon using a popper lure - first lure strike at the pontoon!  Fish threw the hook at the last moment but it was only tiny. I have been playing around with soft plastics and lures at the pontoon for a couple of years (maybe 15 or 20 trips a year) and to get a surface strike and hook up like that (with Grandpa Pontoon watching) was pretty incredible experience 🙂
Tight lines all and thanks for your time and wisdom
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Well I decided no I didn’t change my rig.. on the pontoon it is what it is - after a night of incredible catfish action, with a few pike eel thrown in to liven things up I did end up catching a couple of nice fish between 6 am and 8am this morning.
I even hooked up a tiny thread fin salmon using a popper lure - first lure strike at the pontoon!  Fish threw the hook at the last moment but it was only tiny. I have been playing around with soft plastics and lures at the pontoon for a couple of years (maybe 15 or 20 trips a year) and to get a surface strike and hook up like that (with Grandpa Pontoon watching) was pretty incredible experience 🙂
Tight lines all and thanks for your time and wisdom
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So back at the pontoon on a decidedly ordinary fishing day last weekend and got a very nice strike and hook up- 30lb braid FC knot to 80lb platypus leader- this thing pulled for maybe 30 - 45 seconds - really swirled the top of the water out in the creek so  I don't think it was something big on the bottom like a  shovel nose or big stingray - anyways cut straight through the 80lb line.
Normally I understand that its best to make your bait seem as natural as possible - I am using whole squid (about 7-10 cm long) on a single large hook or live bait mullet or prawn when I can catch some - and have not been using a wire trace.  The big hit and chew off was on the squid.  Do you think it is worth running a trace to see what this thing is?  I don't really want to spend my time catching monster catfish or pike eel - But we have caught some cool sharks and there has been a 102 cm Barramundi and some smaller catch and release Mulloway from the pontoon...    There must also be Mangrove Jack there but I we haven't caught any yet.
So the mystery monster - is it worth trying to pull it up with a wire trace or is it (based on the experience and statistics) going to be some non edible/ugly/dangerous beast that is going for that type of bait you think?
Thanks team and have a great day- tight lines
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Well I decided no I didn’t change my rig.. on the pontoon it is what it is - after a night of incredible catfish action, with a few pike eel thrown in to liven things up I did end up catching a couple of nice fish between 6 am and 8am this morning.
I even hooked up a tiny thread fin salmon using a popper lure - first lure strike at the pontoon!  Fish threw the hook at the last moment but it was only tiny. I have been playing around with soft plastics and lures at the pontoon for a couple of years (maybe 15 or 20 trips a year) and to get a surface strike and hook up like that (with Grandpa Pontoon watching) was pretty incredible experience 🙂
Tight lines all and thanks for your time and wisdom
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Well I decided no I didn’t change my rig.. on the pontoon it is what it is - after a night of incredible catfish action, with a few pike eel thrown in to liven things up I did end up catching a couple of nice fish between 6 am and 8am this morning.
I even hooked up a tiny thread fin salmon using a popper lure - first lure strike at the pontoon!  Fish threw the hook at the last moment but it was only tiny. I have been playing around with soft plastics and lures at the pontoon for a couple of years (maybe 15 or 20 trips a year) and to get a surface strike and hook up like that (with Grandpa Pontoon watching) was pretty incredible experience 🙂
Tight lines all and thanks for your time and wisdom
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Well I decided no I didn’t change my rig.. on the pontoon it is what it is - after a night of incredible catfish action, with a few pike eel thrown in to liven things up I did end up catching a couple of nice fish between 6 am and 8am this morning.
I even hooked up a tiny thread fin salmon using a popper lure - first lure strike at the pontoon!  Fish threw the hook at the last moment but it was only tiny. I have been playing around with soft plastics and lures at the pontoon for a couple of years (maybe 15 or 20 trips a year) and to get a surface strike and hook up like that (with Grandpa Pontoon watching) was pretty incredible experience 🙂
Tight lines all and thanks for your time and wisdom
sub

So back at the pontoon on a decidedly ordinary fishing day last weekend and got a very nice strike and hook up- 30lb braid FC knot to 80lb platypus leader- this thing pulled for maybe 30 - 45 seconds - really swirled the top of the water out in the creek so  I don't think it was something big on the bottom like a  shovel nose or big stingray - anyways cut straight through the 80lb line.
Normally I understand that its best to make your bait seem as natural as possible - I am using whole squid (about 7-10 cm long) on a single large hook or live bait mullet or prawn when I can catch some - and have not been using a wire trace.  The big hit and chew off was on the squid.  Do you think it is worth running a trace to see what this thing is?  I don't really want to spend my time catching monster catfish or pike eel - But we have caught some cool sharks and there has been a 102 cm Barramundi and some smaller catch and release Mulloway from the pontoon...    There must also be Mangrove Jack there but I we haven't caught any yet.
So the mystery monster - is it worth trying to pull it up with a wire trace or is it (based on the experience and statistics) going to be some non edible/ugly/dangerous beast that is going for that type of bait you think?
Thanks team and have a great day- tight lines
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Yesterday arvo 🙂 whole squid 

Yesterday arvo 🙂 whole squid 

Yesterday arvo 🙂 whole squid 

Yesterday arvo 🙂 whole squid 

Yesterday arvo 🙂 whole squid 

Yesterday arvo 🙂 whole squid