60cm red club!

[84mick]

Well what a trip and a half!
The day started off like crap, overcast, windy, cold showers at times and I was ready to tell Steve not to bother coming down after work... (thank god I didn't)
The target species was going to be bass but with all the rain around we decided to give the tarpon ago with the forcast being sunny When I got to my herring spot they were not there either was mullet or glassies Couldn't find any bait to net at all which put the pressuse on big time!
Steve arrived just before dark and I had the burley trail working well and catching a couple of mullet on light gear for fun. A couple of drinks later Steve gets a quick run and a tarpon jumps and spits the hook mid flight. A few minutes later my rod goes flying into the drink like no tomorrow and so did I! Somehow I magaged to grab it a few metres out from the bank only to pull in a little bloody butter bream! Good bye mobile.
A few more pickers and Steve dropped what we called another tarpon, time to get serious. Not long after that and a few pointers for Steve ( ) he hooked up to another tarpon and landed it, his first! Congrats mate.
OK I really get serious this time my 4lb(mono) outfit gets a screaming run and I was on! Run after run this thing had us guessing the whole time, going by google it would have had about 60-70m of line out I could just lift it on the light gear, could not belive the weight behind it. After about 15min I landed my PB jack at 62cm! WooHoo
The rest of the night is a blur.... I think Steve landed a 69cm flattie and a small bream (sh!t fish )

[Snodger]

thats a hellova red Mick. Well done boys.
Steve

[84mick]

Oh and he was released too!

[Didley]

Wow, congrats on the 60 club, must be lonely there! what part of the world are you fishing ( within a 100 Km will do)

Cheers Dids

[themissus]

Stunning fish!! Congrats, well done!!
Cheers Kim.

[84mick]

Dids, Goldcoast area.

[Didley]

Cool, that's what I wanted to hear. Could you put in a good word 4 me at the club, I'm going to be a member very soon.

[84mick]

Yeah I guess I can.....
I still remember reading your post and geckos on these fish on another forum and would dream about catching a 50cm one, well I done that in my first season but though I was lucky getting a 54cm. However I never thought I'd get a 62cm in my 2nd season!

[ffejsmada]

Bloody good fish Mick, well done!

On 4lb mono, that's a brilliant effort!

Did you get him off the sand?

Jeff.

[84mick]

Off the grass Jeff.