Bait junkie round 2 and 3.

Big Red's, Pinkies, Pagrus auratus, Melbourne Snapper, the Crimson Tide
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Bait junkie round 2 and 3.

Post by purple5ive » Thu Nov 05, 2020 6:01 pm

Went out a few more times last week to chase the mighty reds once again.
We decided to chase some squid first with dad landing a few good hoods and I followed suit for about 6 squid between us.
Weather wasn't great once again and we got pummelled by the wind and waves. It then quickly changed and calmed down. This probably was a trigger for the bite as they went nuts for a few hours. Dad missed 2 screamers as he literally wasn't prepared for it. One on his bait rod which he fishes all the time and has a size 4 or so hook . The hook literally didn't even have enough gape to stick properly. Next was a screamer on the plastic rod that I threw out for dad. He missed both fish.
He did however land a few fish upto 35cm on bait so he was keeping himself busy.
In the meantime I landed a few beauties while also getting my bag.
Also landed a fairly decent snook of about 60odd cm which was a welcome bonus. My parents love snook.


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Trip 3 was a slow one.
I went solo as my mates and dad weren't available and I didn't want to loose a nice day on the water.
A few legal pinkies, some trevally and a nice 38cm.pannie..
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It was a magical day on the water though, so I was just happy to be on the water and enjoy the day.
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The bait junkie plastics have been working quite well for me and I would highly recommend them if its something your thinking of trying sometime soon.
I've paired them with the jigheads I've been painting at home during the iso lockdown and it's great to see them catching fish as a matching pair.

Tight lines guys!!!
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Re: Bait junkie round 2 and 3.

Post by bowl » Thu Nov 05, 2020 6:42 pm

:vy: Nice angles of the fish in first 2 pics :vy:
I've caught heaps of those snooks while trolling for salmon.

Finally heading out in morning....
So good to see great fish about.
To many boats kayak, helicopter , catch a fish,catch a fish

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Post by Nude up » Thu Nov 05, 2020 8:05 pm

Nice work good sizes

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Re: Bait junkie round 2 and 3.

Post by Lightningx » Thu Nov 05, 2020 8:42 pm

Some nice fish there mate.
Cheers 👍🏻

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Post by purple5ive » Fri Nov 06, 2020 11:00 am

Thanks guys..
Ive been putting in a bit of effort this time and its slowly paying off..
Cheers

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Re: Bait junkie round 2 and 3

Post by Texas » Fri Nov 06, 2020 12:30 pm

Good stuff purple
Slow day because you didn't have your dad with you
Can I see a picture of your lure ????
Gra

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Post by Kenle » Fri Nov 06, 2020 1:39 pm

Another awsome report mate, thanks to your advice I've gone to anaconda and loaded up with your recommended plastics. Hopefully I can snag a few good fish to post up for everyone. Welldone

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Post by happyfriggincamper » Fri Nov 06, 2020 5:08 pm

Nice work purple - how are the painted jig heads holding up?

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Re: Bait junkie round 2 and 3.

Post by ben475 » Fri Nov 06, 2020 7:51 pm

you always seem to come up with the goods. good stuff.

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Re: Bait junkie round 2 and 3

Post by purple5ive » Sat Nov 07, 2020 8:55 am

Texas wrote:
Fri Nov 06, 2020 12:30 pm
Good stuff purple
Slow day because you didn't have your dad with you
Can I see a picture of your lure ????
Gra
Yeah maybe I need dad for some fishing luck, I wish he could do a better job of the photos though :-D

Ill post some better pics of the lure soon.

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