fishing barwons 25/10

[outsiderskip]

arrived at barwons at spot x found sounder alive.
It was a bit hard to anchor up because of a 15 knot n/eand a washing machine on top.T he lines went in and it wasntlong before we started catching snapperbest quality ive seen for a while,as the moon went down so the the fish bite droped off .We hit the bunks and got up at 3.30am,fishing was a bit slow till daybreak then the snapper came on the chew again.Once the sun came up the snapper went off the bite with pearlies coming on board nearly drop with the odd snapper thrown in.Called it a dayabout 8.30amwith the wind picking up to 20 knots accasionally,had a reanonable quick trip home only to be stopped by the fisheries patrol.I was boarded and asked for all my licences and they checked all my safety gear was not out of date.After about 1/2 hour checking and answering questions and all the paper wiork they had to fill out ,i was on my way home again
a few pics of the fish

pete

[outsiderskip]

some of the big snapper

[outsiderskip]

another

[madman1]

Sounds good Pete, You have been having a good run out that way lately.

Where did Fisheries board you.

I have only seen them once out to sea and once at the ramp over thge past 18 months.

[outsiderskip]

ian with his prize

[madman1]

Is that an Etec you are running there?

[outsiderskip]

the catch

[outsiderskip]

pearlies

[outsiderskip]

some of the bigger pearlies

[REELY]

Top stuff Pete. Did you wiegh 'em?

[Dogbream]

Thats a good catch for the fish markets :o

[outsiderskip]

we were boarded 21k from harbour and i am running a150etec

pete

[seapup]

good work pete! i went surfing at double island point instead! how many kgs you get of snapper?
ben.

[Fixation]

Good looking trip you had there pete. Looks like the snapper are still chewing. Good size pearls. Great photos too.

Regards,
Craig.

[Adamy]

Thems some solid snaps - great work Pete!!

Adam

Just a question... whats it like sleeping while its like a washing machine?? Ever get worried the anchor will pull and you'll wake up in New Zealand? I know you're a pro - but can you spare a tip for a newby?

[outsiderskip]

hi adam
set your gps for when your anchor drifts beside im alight sleeper
u can usually tell by movements of your boat to

pete

[Big_Ren]

Good work Pete. I thought the snapper run had tapered off out there....obviously not! Nice big esky you have too mate ;).

Cheers and well done.
Paul

[Smailesy]

some solid fish enjoy the feed

[Fisher4life]

MAte what an effort!!!

Very green with envy now!!

Josh

[Duyz72]

Certainly putting in the overnighters effort there, and rewarded for it too!
Good Catch.

[Pitsta]

Your killing us Pete !!! Enough with the big fish hey ... ;D Well Done .

Mark

[reef_king]

Good catch mate. I hope the pearlies stay strong in the coming months. What was the current like?

[outsiderskip]

fished with a 6ball
no current

pete

[backlash08]

Pete - nice catch, a very nice haul, woulda been a bit bumpy out there

[outwide1]

Weldone pete,good old spot x ;DWe need to organize a trip!Good to here the current wasnt rageing ;)

[mat_anderson04]

nice session

[DazSamFishing]

Great effort...

Top fish!

Daz

[T1]

Gee Pete! I don't think i need to tell you anything!!! I had to settle for some pissy little Squire at Wello. Still better than nothing i guess...

I await a call for an appropriate time my friend - and i'm jumping out of my skin for it! :D

Take Care T

[darrmun]

hey t1 you had to settle for pissy little squire i had to settle for pissy LITTLER whiting
thats nice going mate
regards darryn

[Fisher4life]

so pete, how's the braid going..??

[outsiderskip]

josh
getting used to it now on my6500b reel
now also put it on my 6/0 penn takes a bit of getting used to

pete

[indy]

well done pete good to see some quality
might get back out there one day if this weather ever gets any better..

[vertico]

whats this ?
pete has gone to braid ?
finally he has awoken
haha
seano

[nigelr]

Nice trip and fish, made even better by foiling the Fisheries?
Cheers and thanx for the post and excellent pics.

[nigelr]

Nice trip and fish, made even better by foiling the Fisheries?
Cheers and thanx for the post and excellent pics.
Sorry about the double post, have tried several times to delete without success.

[ballsie]

hey pete,
good to see the snappo's still hitting baits at the barwons. nice feed of pearlies too. i had the water police off straddie two weeks ago too. they were real good though, wanted photo's with the fish even. i made sure they didn't mark the spot on the gps. ;)
ben

[strika]

Great catch mate.. well done.

Strika.