1st ever snapper, and from the jetski!

Me and my mate Ben (goatlobster) headed out into the sound on my ski and caught these puppies. We both caught one and lost one within 45mins of dropping a line. The fish were a first for us both, and probly our best captures ever, considering the jetski, shallow water, and awesome weather conditions. Fish went 81 and 82cm, but the 82cm fish was nearly a kilo heavier.

 

* Thanks to JR JETSKI who has helped with advive for fishing off the ski*

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awesome

Tue, 2010-09-14 12:47

Well done fellas!  What sort of range/fuel consumption do you get on the jetski?

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not sure on the exact

Thu, 2010-09-16 02:04

not sure on the exact statistics adam, but we gave it a good thrashing and quite alot of skiing behind it on australia day for 6-7hrs and still had a qtr of a tank left when we finished. Fishing in cockburn sound for around 5 hours including trolling, drifting and moving spots i wouldnt use a qtr of a tank. 70L tank. Yamaha FX HO 2008 was the most economical ski on the market when it was released. My first ever jetski and i love it to bits! Put 75hrs on it in about 8 months hehe

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Great Work Guys!

Tue, 2010-09-14 13:28

Good to see you hooking into a few, great stuff!

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That's very cool

Tue, 2010-09-14 13:39

Good one guys.

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thats awsome stuff from the

Tue, 2010-09-14 16:14

thats awsome stuff from the skies.

nice fish.

well done and keep it up

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Well done guys inspirational

Tue, 2010-09-14 16:16

Well done guys

inspirational stuff

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great fish guys...well done.

Tue, 2010-09-14 16:22

great fish guys...well done. are the skis a very stable fishing platform??

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yes extremely mate! ive been

Thu, 2010-09-16 01:57

yes extremely mate! ive been out drifting in the sound in stiff 15-20knt southerlies and feel very safe still.

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Nice work,,i see in your

Tue, 2010-09-14 16:25

Nice work,,i see in your profile your favourite style of fishing is rock fishing.

Another 20 off those and you might change your mind about that Cool

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maybe just a couple more and

Thu, 2010-09-16 01:55

maybe just a couple more and i'll change my mind!! So excited for next years salmon season, going to be awesome chasing the schools around on the skis!!

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sweet catch boys how far out

Tue, 2010-09-14 17:40

sweet catch boys how far out do you go on the ski

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Better

Tue, 2010-09-14 20:46

Better than me in a boat lol
well done

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Good stuff mate, Proud of you, Record JetSki Snapper

Wed, 2010-09-15 19:25

You are first one I know of in WA that has caught a snapper that size of the Jet Ski. Guess you hold the records for that one. Congrats.

Dit you notice that we have a JetSki Fishing Forum page on the web site here. You guys must also post your pictures in the JetSki Fishing Forum section then the other JetSki Fisho's can see them as well. Undre the forum page ther is also some advise as to how to look after your ski, safety tips etc etc. If you have any experiences to share with us please do. We can all learn from each other.

We also use the forum page to arrange fishing trips so keep and eye out and join us when we go out. Also if you guys want some JetSki fishing company, just post when and where you will be heading out to and we will join you.

Great work on that snapper,

All the best

Johan

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thanks mate i owe alot of

Thu, 2010-09-16 01:54

thanks mate i owe alot of this capture to you! Thats awesome that we have a forum section now! hopefully this encourages some more fishos to get on the ski wagon! Heading out on friday hopefully :D

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congrats to both of you for

Wed, 2010-09-15 21:26

congrats to both of you for getting the pinks on the ski. would have been an experience for sure . nice size pinks as well, gotta be happy with the result

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congrats to both of you,

Thu, 2010-09-16 09:16

congrats to both of you, supa catch's no mater what type of fishing boat you use... top fish! ;-)

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Gratzs what an Awsome way To Catch a fish

Sat, 2010-09-18 13:00

Nice Fish

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