[Rod L]

A good turn out this morning with Poddy showing his slow moving style for a couple of hours, the Squids, Hoit & myself turning up at 5:30 (which really felt like 4:30 :shock:

No time for a written report so I'll just post some photo's. The Salmon Came In !!!!

Grant with a salmon on

The Squids with a double salmon hook-up

And the nice fish landed

 

[Peril]

Don't you just love a good arc in a rod. Looking forward to the report guys

 

[PoddyMullet]

Holy scuppered tankwells, salmon!! :shock: :shock:

I guess those buggers (the salmon not the Squid Team) appeared just as I was realising my 15 inch flattie was not a fish, but a tyre I had to change :roll: Nice going Team Mango's, that pic of the dynamic Squids on show is a beaut Rod. Hoit, you must have had a good day by the end...monster snook, good pinkies, and salmon...nice effort mate. Good hook up again.



Grant with a nice pinkie (sorry Grant low light made ya fuzzy, but others may want to see ya LED system in action)

 

[PoddyMullet]

Michelle also hoiking in the pinkies

 

[hoit]

Don't you just love a good arc in a rod. Looking forward to the report guys

At least I have the photo to remind me of the fight. I dropped the fish after a 5 minute stoush. Still I picked up two pinkies (38cm & 44cm) that came in to clean up after the Salmon.

Rod was very pleased to get amongst the Salmon for the first time this year. He was also very generous to call me over and then paddle over to Team Squid so they could have a crack.

 

[hoit]

Hoit, you must have had a good day by the end...

I dropped the Salmon but picked up a "poddy whiting" on the troll.

 

[Squidder]

Large thanks to Rod, Grant and Poddy for a great day on the water, and for posting those sensational pics. Rod deserves special praise for leaving the hot salmon bite to paddle well out of his way to tell squidette and I where the fish were, then paddling over to take take photos of the battle and the catch - cheers mate :wink:

For what will likely be one of my last Mango outings for a while it was one to remember: big salmon, a few pinkies (including my first on a HB - hooray!), a squid for Squidette, and even a few poddy whiting (longfin pike) on the troll. It made me proud to see squidette fight that salmon on 3kg gear losing and gaining line, and then succesfully landing the fish using her modified butterfly net :lol: Unusually, I caught most of my fish on the troll using a 9cm Bomber 'Long A' in blue/silver, while squidette preferred 3" GULP fry in pumpkinseed.

I'll sure miss these trips boys

 

[RedPhoenix]

Unfortunately, due to the change in ownership of this web site and the lack of response by the owners to my requests to remove my email address from all administrative-level notifications and functionality, I have decided to remove my posts on AKFF. Thank you for the great times, the fantastic learning experiences and the many many fish. If you are desperate for the old content of this particular post, it is available below base64 encoded and bzip2 compressed.

Red.

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[Kevin]

Nice going guys.

Rod how did you get onto the salmon this time? Spotted on sounder, birds or just started picking up a few?

Jason are you really going that soon that there may not be another PPB trip beforehand?

Poddy did you get amongst the salmon also?

I wasn't able to get out on the weekend. However did go for a long paddle in very ordinary conditions early Fri. morning. Didn't stay out long but had a chance to hone my surfing skills. Quite a few large fish showing up on the sounder but too rough to stay put.

Looking to do a trip Cup day morning.

 

[evarn]

Well done guys... I'm uber-keen to get a hold of my hobie.. its just as well that they are pedal powered too.. i had a finger operation on friday and have to wear a plaster for a while..

I can't even drive the car at the moment, so i missed out on the 4wd show... never mind.

 

[Squidder]

I think that Rod used his 6th sense (salmon detection) to figure out where the fish were - they were busting up a bit, but most fish were hooked down deep. We seemed to be only people targetting them - probably because nobody else knew they were there
Red - I've got no doubt that fishing with the Canberra crew will be great But I'll still miss the mangoes
Kev - I'll be leaving in about 3-4 weeks, plenty of time for a few more trips if the weather plays fair.

 

[Y-Knot]

another successful day out Mangoes, with the fish biting and the weather holding i really should have ventured out .... but my ride is fully pimped now so i'll be sure to catch you out next time.Some nice fish caught there too hey guys/michelle ... well done all

Shame you have to go Squidder, with your knowledge and friendly happy-go-lucky attitude, your presence on PPB will surely be missed.Thanks for showing me the ropes mate. :wink: . i hope to catch you out on the water again before you go.

 

[Davey G]

well done team melbourne!

 

[Rod L]

Kev,
The birds were working for a little while, then I spotted them on the sounder as they came through in schools. The unfortunate part about that is, everyone throws their SP's at me when I yell "THEY'RE UNDER MY YAK NOW!" :shock:

Squidder,
It was no probs coming to get you, I was rapped when you hooked up, then Michelle did too. Her excited yells of "Whoa WHOA!" made it worth while.
We will miss you on the water mate, but at least I'll be able to fish with you down the NSW south coast when I visit.

Poddy,
Bummer about the flat mate, and you missed the salmon, and you had to go to work...and yak fishing still beats lying in bed

 

[PoddyMullet]

Nice work sharing ya salmon school Rod...bonus karma points I was going to ask ya why they haven't been about as much as last year, any ideas or are they just swimming different waters? :?:

Squids, those Poddy Whiting are probably the hardest fighting best eating fish in the bay :wink: :roll:

Kevin, despite moving like an ocean going gazelle I drew a blank on the salmon...and pretty much everything else. It was snags for tea :wink:

 

[Squidder]

I'll be able to fish with you down the NSW south coast when I visit.

Looking forward to that mate :wink:

Poddy, I was suprised and delighted at how well the Poddy whiting cooked up. I know some folks don't rate em (except for bait), but filleted and fried, it had firm white flesh and a mild flavour. I'd happily eat them again

 

[Mushi]

Well done everyone, sounds like a cracker day on the sambos especially Interesting point about them being less of a show than last year Poddy. Maybe the threshers are keeping numbers down :?: :wink: I second squidder's view on the old poddy whiting, a reckon they're not too bad at all on the table.

 

[ScottLovig]

Top effort guys. It hurts to be on the other end and watch from the pc screen without getting out for a week.

Cheers

Scott

 

[Milt]

Great results fellas, great to hear you got amongst some fish Jason we must have a fitting mango farewell and possibly a mango reunion in early January at Bermagui???

Go Rod and Poddy the ***** rambos!!! 8)

I'm certain you will be well oked after by RED :shock:

Milt,

 

[RedPhoenix]

Unfortunately, due to the change in ownership of this web site and the lack of response by the owners to my requests to remove my email address from all administrative-level notifications and functionality, I have decided to remove my posts on AKFF. Thank you for the great times, the fantastic learning experiences and the many many fish. If you are desperate for the old content of this particular post, it is available below base64 encoded and bzip2 compressed.

Red.

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