Please Fix My Shoulder

[Frank OO]

Tom is recovering from shoulder surgery and was in need of some exercise to rebuild some muscle. His son Richard was also visiting from Melbourne so it was an opportune time to get them both out for a lesson in arm stretching.

Although the fish were not monstrous the AJs came in at about 8 – 10 kg and if you have ever been on the receiving end of an Amberjack or Kingfish, you will know that a healthy shoulder will have enough trouble let alone one that is recovering from surgery.

I also took Peter along to fill the boat. Sorry Scotty (Reel Screem). Next time.
The wind was blowing a good 15 knots from the South West but at about 10:00AM it dropped to just a very slight breeze creating mill pond conditions.

There is still a bit of swell about but nothing to get worried about.
Although we tried very hard to get a few Snapper all we got was a few Maori and Estuary Cod.

Jim and Ryan (Captain Rednut) were out there catching plenty of Yellow Fin Tuna but they obviously didn’t like our lures.

It was a great day with very few people out on the water.


Frank OO


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[Scalem]

Let me be the 1st to congratulate you guys.

I knew you were out there, the closest I could get to a trip like this was a visit to your favourite tackle store.

Well done again Frank!

Scalem

[Poodroo]

Nice stuff Frank. You always come up with the goods when you head out and you always provide a quality report that matches the quality of the trip. Great photos as usual.

Poodroo

[backlash08]

Thanks Frankoo, great pics again
cheers - Craig

[outsiderskip]

please fix my sounder
my wife took my towing car
i rang everyone no one want to take me fishing
so please fix it so i dont get too frustrated
then i can go fiishing if wife give me the car

lol pete

[Fishbait]

Nice goin Frank - come to think of it, just now..... my shoulder has lots of tension as well thats needs some strecthing? Maybe next-time. Cheers again, Darren.

[reel scream]

please fix my sounder
my wife took my towing car
i rang everyone no one want to take me fishing
so please fix it so i dont get too frustrated
then i can go fiishing if wife give me the car

lol pete
Smart arse. Actually...........ARSEHOLE


Great Photo's Frank. Nice shot of a WORKING sounder. If your magic worked i will be out Tues night. Fingers crossed. Enjoy the Crabs.

Cheers Scott

PS and it killed me listening to you and Jim.

[Fish_gutz]

Thanks Frank, some nice fish and great pics again as usual . Cheers Andrew

[WestOzDesertFisher]

You sure know where to find 'em Frank. Good stuff once again. Quick question.. How do you troll your Mack Baits? You seem to be doing really well on them especially lately. Thanks.

[skipalong]

nice work frank some quality ajs there

what rod and reel do you run for jigging those fellas?

justin

[Angla]

Always a good read backed with the photo evidence. You seem to always find them. Keep it up Frank.

Wide Caloundra had small pearlies and squire today and further in found plenty of undersize red throats. not much to take home for us.

Cheers Chris

[Frank OO]

Hi Pete,
Hopefully I have finally fixed his sounder or rather reterminated the transducer plug. Maybe now we will see Scotty's photos of the fish he has been missing out on.

Hi Darren,

I hope to receive my tinny soon so I can take you Whiting fishing instead. Excited??

Hi Damo,

My rig is nothing special mate. As you see from the photos, I use a single starnd wire for any Wahoo or Mackerel and connect that to a four meter wind-on leader. I normally troll at 12Kms and drop the lures back about 30 -40 metres. The Tuna seem to love the Blue colour but the Mackerel prefer the Pink.

Hope that answers your question.

Hi Justin,

Almost all my rods are Egrell. Even my short Stroker Trolling rods but I do prefer the action of the Shimano T Curve Jig Spinning sticK 400. I normally use the Saltiga 6500 with 80 lbs line but I am having that serviced for a trip to 1770 next month. I used a Stradic 6000 for this trip but Tom broke the handle under the strain of the fight.

You really do need to use a bigger reel for that type of work because that is about the fourth Stardic that I have broken, Split or burnt out..

Thanks for the information Andrew..

Frank OO

[sleepygreg]

A top post and superb pics as usual Frank. I would give the stradics the flick....they dont perform well when asked to punch above the recommended lines classes. IMHO no graphite composite bodied reel with soft main gears, will handle those situations without eventually failing.....though im sure others will dispute this.

Once again thanks for a great post.

Cheers
Greg

[vertico]

come on frank when are you gonna learn with the stradics mate :P
replace them with stellas or certates :P
nice pics
sean

[Frank OO]

Hi Sean,

I have only got one more Stradic 8000 to blow up and then I can buy a new Saltiga.

You must be keen putting up your post at 01:20am

Frank OO

[captain rednut]

frank, good to meet you and scotty back at the ramp and sorry scotty to hear you were stuck on the land listening to us fishing , we had a great time with five tuna and two unstoppables all on 6kg line, ryan spent one hour on one to have his line cut off by another fish, the tuna are fun on 6kg for the young fella most tuna weighed in at 5-6kg, i'll try to attach photo's of the last two trips, cheers jim

[RAT-KING]

Well done another awesome session!!!
And some awesome phots 2!, love the bait on the sounder shot!
Cheers Simon

[Smithy]

Is that a "teaspoon of cement" hat you guys are wearing there Jimmy?

[captain rednut]

yes smithy i was waiting for someone to find the message?? HTFU

[seapup]

Great to see the AJ's firing up for you Frank! I cant wait to have my arms stretched on one shortly!
Benny.

[Liberty]

Good stuff Franko.

I am still struggling to get out. Can't believe the variability in the weather.

And stop throwing money into the ocean ... go and get yourself a Saltiga!

[Outsider685]

G'day Frank...great fish mate. Looking forward to hitting the reef with you next week. Paul and I are on the edge of our seats with anticipation so hopefully we get a few :) Take care mate and talk to you soon.

Ash