sunday 31 august - Jigging
Went out fishing and the weather right from the start was quite rough, so we decided to fish in close, 4mile out from oceanreef.
1st drift over some reefy ground produced this nice little harlequin.
we continued to drift over and around the area without much luck. After a while I hooked onto something decent, and after a relatively long and hard fight with the penn baitcaster, up came this.
we continued to drift the area with baits, but were harrased by pickers, and snagged the bottom often loosing rigs. Drifting around the mark showed schools of fish in mid water, so we decided to cube some mulies and see if we could bring the fish in a bit closer onto the reefy bottom.
First few drifts we had a few small sambo's around the 4kg mark, but we could see some bigger ones following them up.
We persisted and before long I hooked up onto a decent one, and then the tug of war started, THEY GO HARD IN 25M!!!
using a vs275 with a locked drag this one still managed to pull quite a bit of line
We continued cuing and catching sambo's, loosing more fish than what we caught, due to straigtened clips, bust offs and broken jigs, but we were strill catching fish with hookups just a couple of meters from the boat.
Ben wasn't having much luck, but in the end managed this one, which gave him a good work over, and his biggest fish to date.
didn't manage and dhuies, but was still a fun day out and a sore one.
Cheers
Dean
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shallow!
Yeh the sambo's do go hard in shallow for sure Dean, especially with the V drag. Bens PB is a good-en and in 25m it would of made him earn it!
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Good effort Dean!
Good effort considering the conditions mate! Yeah, caught a 20Kg Sambo in 25 meters not so long ago down here and know what you mean! Still; great fun though and yes, saw on the arms - especially for us old buggas LOL
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looks like a work out. Well
looks like a work out. Well done some good pic an a good PB for Ben.
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atleast you got out and had
atleast you got out and had some fun dean, those sambo's sure go hard in the shallows
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darn Nice size Sambos mate
good on yeah fight so well
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Good size sambos for in
Good size sambos for in close dean.Do you work at bcf?
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yes
yeah mate he does
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Looks like you had fun and a
Looks like you had fun and a good option in the shitty weather.
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Effort
Top effort there Dean, well done mate. Could you see the fish hitting the jigs or were you hooking the fish that remained deep?
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both, i actually had one hit
both, i actually had one hit a jig 1m under the boat and jump.
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Ain that
Aint that Ben from BCF?
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Nice
Nice sambo's Dean, would have pulled some string alright from that water.
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Nice work Dean and Ben
Sounds like a good workout. Congrats for getting a PB Ben.
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those are some beauts
those are some beauts dean! i'm dying to catch a few sambos....but not sure my gear is stout enough!