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Thread: sandy straits

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    Default sandy straits

    with work postponed till next week hooked the boat on and headed down the straits ,there is a couple of creeks i havnt fished before .arrived with half tide out and googled a couple of bends and drop offs to start at .no luck early but found a deep bend with 25 ft of water ,first cast hooked a small 500 school jew,drifted around in the corner a few times for zero ,one more drift and found a nice school of grunter ,landed 4 in quick time with the best going 580mm others around450 to 500mm .fished a few sand flats on way home for a few more flatty around 450mmwith one around 550 .wind still cold and didnt let up as they said it would .Attachment 39930Attachment 39931
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    great day out mate. grunter and flatty 2 of my fave eating fish
    Finally got one

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    Just stop it

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    [QUOTE],there is a couple of creeks i havnt fished before /QUOTE]

    Love exploring to, you just never know what you'r going to discover.
    Good stuff Al.

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    Now thats what I call a successful day for discovery.
    Well done and thanks for the report.
    Fish for the future! Fish for your Grandchildren.

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    Now that's livin' Al, good effort that.
    Cheers
    Gazza

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    Dunno what happened to my post.
    Try again.

    Just stop it.
    I haven't caught a fish for weeks and you're pulling grunter and flattys in new spots.

    Very nice. Well done.

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    I'm starting to feel incompetent

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    Quote Originally Posted by Thegurn View Post
    I'm starting to feel incompetent
    You're very late to the party.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Thegurn View Post
    I'm starting to feel incompetent
    I think we all feel like that mate if we don’t get out for a fish in a while
    the world is a lot better place if you just smile

 

 

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