Unlucky Tim and Pilbara Brad's pilbara popping session

PilbaraBrad · Post by **PilbaraBrad** » Tue Aug 25, 2009 10:24 pm

I told Tim last week that if we got a fine weather window we would venture out for a popping session off dampier. Well alas the window came and we decided to take advantage. The reports of late were not the best, not a lot of fish had been raised nor landed but we headed out anyway. We beat the sun to our spot and began to work an area that has "gotten the monkey off the back" quite a few times in the past. Not today, we did raise a good sized fish but no hook up unfortunately. We moved on again and decided to fish some slightly deeper water, i hooked up almost straight away on a pesky spanyid, i managed to get the fish off without bringing it into the boat, Tim landed a nice sized shark mackeral, he first i have seen caught on popper, it was released.

me trying to get some sleep on the way out

Tims sharkie

Next we tried another area, the tide was quite low and the ground we were popping was very unforgiving. I threw a lure into a nice bit of cobalt water, on about the third bloop i stopped to scratch my armpit, then WHAACK!! I managed to stay connected to a solid fish, we boated it after driving into some deeper water. To my surprise the fish was 108.5cm fork length which we estimated to be around 28kg's, not a bad start.

28 kg G train

Tim was the next to hook up, again, and again, and again. Tim was having a run of very bad luck, unlike him i know. He did managed to stay connected to a couple of fish, around the 17 and 12kg marks respectivly. He raised more fish than either of us, and got bricked by a HORSE!!!! unfortunately resulting in a lost lure, again.....

Tim loaded up

unlucky Tim's number 1

Tims number 2

my second fish approx 20kg's, released

My second GT and tim getting a litle close

I landed one more GT of around 101cm fork or 20kg's, not a bad day. 4 in the boat, probably another 10 raised, 4 dropped including a HORSE, home by lunch time on a glass ocean. Awesome!

fishfanatic · Post by **fishfanatic** » Tue Aug 25, 2009 11:29 pm

What can I say incredible pics and amazing fish

. Having only caught smaller GT (no bigger then 60cm I can only imagine how much these buggers would pull.

bushie · Post by **bushie** » Wed Aug 26, 2009 12:11 am

mate, again great story and pics!
I'll be up your way 1,2 & 3 sep for some fishin'. Let me know if you have some time off and wanna come out. The Gold Can needs to get it's feet wet again!

Dingo · Post by **Dingo** » Wed Aug 26, 2009 7:18 am

Some great pics, love the one of the fish underwater.

Home by 1pm on glas, gotta love that

Dingo

whomper37 · Post by **whomper37** » Wed Aug 26, 2009 10:05 am

Now thats my kind of fishing, I think a move might be in order!! Kinda makes Barra look boring...... Great colours on that shark mackie....

Mud · Post by **Mud** » Wed Aug 26, 2009 10:50 am

Yeah..like they said!!!!!

But I'll add........"Get a load of the size of that popper you got the shark mackie on!!!.....*chuckle*....go big or go home you reckon?"

Great post!

PilbaraBrad · Post by **PilbaraBrad** » Wed Aug 26, 2009 11:42 am

Mud wrote:Yeah..like they said!!!!!

But I'll add........"Get a load of the size of that popper you got the shark mackie on!!!.....*chuckle*....go big or go home you reckon?"

Great post!

you want to see the big ones mate, these are only the 150g (unrigged ) ones, the I cups and the like are 225g unrigged

cant stuff around with the big g's mate, very powerfull

Faulksy · Post by **Faulksy** » Wed Aug 26, 2009 8:09 pm

Awesome shots and post as usual.

Cheers

noundz · Post by **noundz** » Wed Aug 26, 2009 8:53 pm

It has become accustomed that if a post from "PilbaraBrad" is on the FFF it will be of top quality

This is defiantly no exemption

Well done

, great pics & report