It's the end of dry season again

[Li'lDave 0]

Went out with a mate today...

 

 

I only boated four pikey bream. . Missed abother half dozen and also missed out on a mangrove jack (snapper) and barramundi

[shoebop 0]

Owwwww!

[mikechell 0]

Looks like you caught a nice sized "Davie Fish" too!

 

That one hurt to remove, I'll bet. How did you bury that one???

[Li'lDave 0]

_{Mike, I had just lost a barra (it cut my leader off with its gill rakers) and was a tad grumpy... I don't think I've caught one this year yet, and there is less than two weeks left in the season...}

 

_{Re-tied my leader and put a cast straight into a mangrove... Yanked it so hard out of the treet that it shot back at me at a great rate of knots... and well.. you can see how deep it went in...}

 

_{Thankfully I had a mate on board that was nice enough to enjoy inflicted more pain on me, and he managed to remove it using a bit of downward pressure and some monofilament fishing line.}

[mikechell 0]

That's the best way ... little pain never hurt anyone, permanently.

[utyer 0]

Been there done that (multiple times.) Last week was the last time, and that one was a treble hook. I wasn't fly fishing, and had to find some one on the beach to back the split ring out. Then I taught him how to do the hook removal with a piece of 30# mono. He was a little timid at first, and wasn't really popping the mono hard enough. Once he got the idea of a quick hard snap while I held the hook eye down, it popped right out, and I continued the fish the rest of the day.

[Li'lDave 0]

Thankfully I haven't connected myself to a treble in any permanent sort of fashion utyer. ..

 

In and out yesterday... Most of the time was taken to get a pic to send to the girlfriend.... and to allow my mate to revel in the fact he got to inflict some pain on me...

[Li'lDave 0]

When we looked at the time we decided to head... mainly so we could get off the road before dark.