For !!??, so much hype and cost for a Fish weve shyed away from for fear of getting a sore back lol.
There is a wreck not very far at all from here that we used to have a fish off in the hope of a few Snapper , Grunter or smaller sized cod as the bigger Cod get like 44 gallon drums
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Day time its a backbreaker with some huge GTs or worse still BIG BLACK KING!! All of which will come n swaffle your bait before it touches bottom lol.
Wreck is marked on the charts n is aprox 12 miles due south east of here.
Had an article some years back in TBF titled "Roy Boy Lipper " which states the wreck and a short yarn of an outing on it
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Start off dropping Pilles but ye ole Black King wouldnt miss them so started dropping big Sprats or what we call Tailer up here on 10/0 hooks and to our surprise each one of them was a targeted by GTs.
Frequented that wreck at variouse times on the way to other possies and if it was during the day , hard to shy away from your GT.
Night time different storyif you fish that wreck or any other wreck for that matter correctly , now days with min kotas n such with so Called Spot Lock or whatever , should be a piece of cake.
Mind you havent fished that wreck fer yonks so could be a tad different nowdays though doubt it .
GTs !!?? ,maybe its because im a bread n butter Fisho that I think they are an overated target .
Give me Red Emperor , Nanies , Sweetlip , Pearlies , Grunter n a few other species I could name lol to spend good money chasing.
Save your $$$ on those exy lures n learn to throw a castnet over a school of good sized sprats n freeze a few for future use lol , will keep those GTs comming for more
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