Mid week portland trip

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Mid week portland trip

Post by fitzy90 » Tue Jan 17, 2017 6:30 pm

Quick report while on our way home from a mid week portland trip. Saw the wind report on the weekend for portland and thought we cant pass this up so made the trip again on monday night to fish tuesday. On the water early we made our way east of the harbour, trolled around for a few hours and didnt see a single fish. Around 9.30 schools started smashing baitfish all around us. Didnt take long after that to boat 4 tuna in the next hour or so. By 10.30 the tuna schools were every where but had shut down, went in close after that for a drift and picked up a few pinkies .
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Post by Wolly Bugger » Tue Jan 17, 2017 6:54 pm

Cool

good report

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Post by Lightningx » Tue Jan 17, 2017 7:40 pm

Nice report! Great catch :thumbsup:

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Post by barra mick » Wed Jan 18, 2017 3:50 am

Great little trio

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Re: Mid week portland trip

Post by Mattblack » Wed Jan 18, 2017 6:52 am

Your reports really fire me up Fitzy....what sort of setups are you guys using?

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Post by poodoo » Wed Jan 18, 2017 7:20 am

Nice one fitzy! Some great photos as well.

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Post by yepi'mon » Wed Jan 18, 2017 8:04 am

Smashing fish! Thanks for the report!

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Re: Mid week portland trip

Post by fitzy90 » Wed Jan 18, 2017 8:52 am

Mattblack wrote:Your reports really fire me up Fitzy....what sort of setups are you guys using?
cheers mate
Running 4.5 inch richter jelly babes, they are only feeding on small bait at the moment the 502 black was the clear standout yesterday
http://richterlures.com/jellybabe/
I know tackleworld stores sell them but i couldn't find many other shops that do, the majors dont stock them as far as i could tell.

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Re: Mid week portland trip

Post by fitzy90 » Thu Jan 19, 2017 9:42 am

Hey guys,
just put the video up on our page, the back half is the schools busting up if any one is interested

https://www.facebook.com/fishthewaters/videos/1299466276787163/

cheers

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Re: Mid week portland trip

Post by Lightningx » Thu Jan 19, 2017 9:51 am

That's some great footage fitzy! Thanks for sharing it mate :thumbsup:

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