Strange Catch

Strange Catch

 Thought I would show everyone what we got a couple weeks ago in jurien, safely released nice and healthy(I have the video). We were trolling around for a Mackie or a smabo or for anything really but I never thought a Dhui would smash the lure. Really surprised how much line it pulled for a Dhui, was in shallow water so I'm guessing that's why it pulled so hard!

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ranmar850's picture

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Absolutely no reason why they wouldn't

Sat, 2017-11-25 14:29

 Get a fairly slow trolled deep diver down towards where they live, and I'm sure they'll smash it. They often sit 2 or 3 metres ( or more) above the bottom watching for a feed to come along. This is on my bucket list, shame it had to come for you during the ban. I've seen quite a few pinkies caught up our way over the years by people trolling for mackerel in 20 metres of water.

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Definitely wasn't expecting

Sat, 2017-11-25 14:36

Definitely wasn't expecting it. To be honest though it was kind of nice putting the big girl back. Hopefully a bit of fish karma for next month !

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 rooboy111 hey mate when i

Sat, 2017-11-25 15:00

 rooboy111 hey mate when i lived in Gero we caught quite a few good Duies while trolling for Trout ,the best one went 14kg from south of Gero and yep pull really hard in shallowish water upto 14 meters.

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I Seriously have never even

Sat, 2017-11-25 15:05

I Seriously have never even thought to troll for a Dhui, but now I can't wait to get back out and try it again !!! That one wasn't 14kg but I can imagine how fun one that big would be in the shallows!

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 We used to use crazy deeps

Sat, 2017-11-25 17:35

 We used to use crazy deeps trolling about 6 knots.

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 Mate of mine caught a 16kg

Sun, 2017-11-26 07:02

 Mate of mine caught a 16kg Dhuie last year in 8m of water using a Halco Laser Pro. Had just checked his cray pots and thought he'd troll for a Mackie on his way out to bottomn bash lol. Shame you couldn't keep him mate.

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