Coral Trout by Yak
My first report on the site.
Hit Forty 40 Beach this morning.
Run in tide, Shark shield off, crystal clear coral reef 2m. 30 seconds later reef shark circling 
shark shield on 
..
Coral reef 4m I start trolling, casting and trolling some more.following the birds, they are mostly looking sometimes diving whoosh bait fish spray in the air then nothing... too slow
I keep chasing the birds for half an hour but the action is spread out and inconsistent.
I give up on the boils for now tie on an SP. I lose plenty of tails and get reefed a few times eventually come up solid on a small red cod.
I hear splashing, right in front of me 100m, its big fish and it goes on for long enough for me to decide to paddle over. Again too slow. I go back to my SP but bait sprays within casting range. No time to retie a popper or metal slug. Satay chicken away! I am shaking because i can see it is huge GTs. :shock: I know that my 20lb outfit will be no match for them but my lure is in the mix anyway 
.I get nailed! But it doesn't feel like a GT freight train. I don't know what to make of it. I feel the reef on my line but somehow stay connected. A big coral trout slips into my net. 
Cheers,
Swamp
Rodrat
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Great pics
Top effort from a yak!
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Life or death
Dont mean to hijack the thread but couldnt help noticing Rodrats signature line
Fishing isn't a matter of life or death, it's much more serious than that!!!
After reading the report on Salmon Holes (deadliest catch)...
Do much fishing from the black rocks? ;)
uncle
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trout
great fish and photo,gotta be happy with that
Fast fish rule!
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Quality
Nice first report and fish Swamp. Welcome to the site.
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Great fish mate!!
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top job from the yak
top job from the yak mate
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Shorty
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Nice Feesh Thats better
Nice Feesh
Thats better than my PB on Coral trout (have not caught any yet btw
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nice work
nice fish buddy
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Do you notice whether the
Do you notice whether the shark shield effects different species to different effect?
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Top fish and pics Swamp
Top first report.
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Need a shark shield around
Need a shark shield around the fish we catch. Stinkin' freeloaders :-)
Nice trout by the way!!!!
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Jezza
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great stuff mate, good fish
great stuff mate, good fish from the yak
kane
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Top effort on the yak, find the shark shield helps?
Goooooone Fishin!
Gooooone Fishin!
Ganged
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Nice one.
Still Learning
Still learning
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bloody top work....thats an
bloody top work....thats an awesome effort from a yak!!!!!
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Loved the narrative
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Gday swampy good effort
Gday swampy
good effort fromt he yak, id be pretty keen to catch up some time mate learn a few things im pretty keen to get in to yakking but need somone who knows a bit to poach some info off
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jay_burgess
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Nice effort mate, how big
Nice effort mate, how big was the trout?
Swamp
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Thanks Guys. It went 63cm
Thanks Guys. It went 63cm
Cheers
Swamp
Cheers,
Swamp