Cold, windy and ... mulloway!

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Re: Cold, windy and ... mulloway!

Post by bilby » Mon May 23, 2016 8:08 am

After all the talk of live baiting, I gave it another shot last night. One of my usual rods has lost the top runner, so I took my luderick rod. In some ways, that wasn't wise, because after standing around in the wind for a few hours, of course it was the one that got hit. The line starting zinging, but this time I managed to load up early and somehow keep the fish away from structure - had it been any bigger I would have been in trouble. Anyway, no complaints at 73 cm / 4kg it was definitely a welcome silver sight on top of the dark water. After a quick photo, it was back in the water to swim away.
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(my apologies for the dodgy solo photo).

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Re: Cold, windy and ... mulloway!

Post by matt1991 » Mon May 23, 2016 8:42 am

Thats awesome! Congrats on another one mate.

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Re: Cold, windy and ... mulloway!

Post by davek » Mon May 23, 2016 8:48 am

Good work bilby, nice fish, :a_goodjob: cheers davo
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Re: Cold, windy and ... mulloway!

Post by Basti » Mon May 23, 2016 8:57 am

Killing it mate! Well done

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Re: Cold, windy and ... mulloway!

Post by abzz » Mon May 23, 2016 9:17 am

Awesome, they're only gonna keep coming now! :thumbsup:

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Re: Cold, windy and ... mulloway!

Post by bilby » Mon May 23, 2016 9:41 am

Hopefully, abzz. The odds are against me on a big one, though - speaking of which, I'm thinking about a new rod - possibly a Shimano Rev. Coastal 1002 (10ft version)

http://www.fishingtackleshop.com.au/cat ... t=priceasc

What do others think - 10ft or the longer 1202? Ideally, I want to be able to keep my gear out of people's way in the areas I fish, of the 10ft has appeal for that reason, but I also want to be able to keep the fish away from trouble, too.

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Re: Cold, windy and ... mulloway!

Post by Lightningx » Mon May 23, 2016 9:46 am

bilby wrote:After all the talk of live baiting, I gave it another shot last night. One of my usual rods has lost the top runner, so I took my luderick rod. In some ways, that wasn't wise, because after standing around in the wind for a few hours, of course it was the one that got hit. The line starting zinging, but this time I managed to load up early and somehow keep the fish away from structure - had it been any bigger I would have been in trouble. Anyway, no complaints at 73 cm / 4kg it was definitely a welcome silver sight on top of the dark water. After a quick photo, it was back in the water to swim away.
Screen Shot 2016-05-22 at 10.24.25 PM.png
(my apologies for the dodgy solo photo).
Great fish mate! Well done :thumbsup:

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Re: Cold, windy and ... mulloway!

Post by DR.SPESH » Mon May 23, 2016 10:08 am

Your a gun. Well done

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Re: Cold, windy and ... mulloway!

Post by mcbain » Mon May 23, 2016 12:37 pm

nice report grats

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Re: Cold, windy and ... mulloway!

Post by abzz » Mon May 23, 2016 2:52 pm

bilby wrote:Hopefully, abzz. The odds are against me on a big one, though - speaking of which, I'm thinking about a new rod - possibly a Shimano Rev. Coastal 1002 (10ft version)

http://www.fishingtackleshop.com.au/cat ... t=priceasc

What do others think - 10ft or the longer 1202? Ideally, I want to be able to keep my gear out of people's way in the areas I fish, of the 10ft has appeal for that reason, but I also want to be able to keep the fish away from trouble, too.
There will definitely be bigger ones if the smaller ones are there.
That rod would do the job very well I reckon. I use a 12ft, but that's only because I don't have any other rod atm.

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