vb4me 1 Posted May 31, 2010 Report Share Posted May 31, 2010 Nothing huge But Max finally has some snapper blood on its grips.....Went for an early mornin fish hoping that Nev had left some snapper for others to catch Conditions were calm but foggy. I couldnt even see Whyalla from where I was fishing, come to think of it, it was that bad I couldnt even see my car which was only 100m away :ohmy: During the first hour I caught 4 undersize snapper with the last one being the smallest Then things went quiet for about 20 mins before I noticed the tip of Max tapping away slowly. I picked the rod up and let it tap a few more times and the last bite felt a whole lot better so I gave it a whack and :woohoo: :woohoo: I was on. Didnt feel like a big fish at all but was definitely a snapper and at least this time I could tell there was something on the end of my line. Ok it was only 40cm but it was a legal.Next up was a whopper of a cuttlie. Felt like I was dragging up 9 kilo of weed. Cant keep em when they are caught there so off he went. 4 other cuttlies were caught and released before Nev turned up after havin a text sent to him with Max's first legal red. Then things went quiet for a while before I had a small run on the alvey but nothin at the other end when I picked up the rod.Nevs alvey was unusually quiet whilst mine kept gettin small runs but no hookups??? I did however finally manage to hook up another snapper which felt like something of good size. But wasnt to be. Another at 40cm The last fish landed was a 48cm salmon which put on quite an acrobatic display.Oh well No big reds but red is red so begins the snapper slaying career of Mad Max :silly: Quote Link to post Share on other sites
afishyfish 4 Posted May 31, 2010 Report Share Posted May 31, 2010 Nice to get some first blood on it Scaley :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: Well done Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ScaleyTom 19 Posted May 31, 2010 Report Share Posted May 31, 2010 Well done brother.....good to see the beast christened. A legal snapper is a legal snapper. Off the stones is a feat many cannot claimed to have accomplished. Good work.Guarantee some bigger ones will follow very soon.I think afishyfish is a little mixed up Quote Link to post Share on other sites
chuckemback 0 Posted May 31, 2010 Report Share Posted May 31, 2010 mixed up allright lol glad rocknev left you a few fish vb4me, nice fish too for the rocks , im sure more will follow next few weeks! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Softy 2,991 Posted May 31, 2010 Report Share Posted May 31, 2010 Nice work Kirk.You look like a midget in the 2nd pic compared to the rod.... :lol:Also... do you get some decent Salmon from the rocks there? :woohoo: Quote Link to post Share on other sites
rocknev 2 Posted May 31, 2010 Report Share Posted May 31, 2010 he is a midget.. im 7 ft tall... i wish... vb towers over me, but then .EVERYONE towers over me.was good to see maxy get a workout, and it was actually a lot more bent in that pic a couple of seconds before... typical of my camera phone.. take a pic, and 3 seconds later the shutter actually goes off....maxy has some smell at last, couple of pannies, and a couple of salmon, and also a cuttlfish wing....picture this.... kirk has some old, and smelly cuttly wings, cuts them in half, one for bait, the other to be thrown out as berley... a mad fling of the flap from 30 foot away, and yep... directly into the rod about half way up...couldnt do it again if tried... hheheheheme? never had a bite.....thats fishing.well vb .. told ya you and that rod had some fish in them.... now for an official large snapper to be caught on it.... its coming mate... stick with it. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
afishyfish 4 Posted May 31, 2010 Report Share Posted May 31, 2010 ScaleyTom wrote:I think afishyfish is a little mixed up Youi guys should be Taswegians :silly: :dry: Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ScaleyTom 19 Posted May 31, 2010 Report Share Posted May 31, 2010 afishyfish wrote: ScaleyTom wrote: I think afishyfish is a little mixed up Youi guys should be Taswegians :silly: :dry: Worse still Whyallains :silly: :kiss: Quote Link to post Share on other sites
rocknev 2 Posted May 31, 2010 Report Share Posted May 31, 2010 ScaleyTom wrote: afishyfish wrote: ScaleyTom wrote: I think afishyfish is a little mixed up Youi guys should be Taswegians :silly: :dry: Worse still Whyallains :silly: :kiss:if that means we can catch quality fish from the rocks or a boat, i will gladly call myself that... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
afishyfish 4 Posted May 31, 2010 Report Share Posted May 31, 2010 rocknev wrote: ScaleyTom wrote: afishyfish wrote: ScaleyTom wrote: I think afishyfish is a little mixed up Youi guys should be Taswegians :silly: :dry: Worse still Whyallains :silly: :kiss:if that means we can catch quality fish from the rocks or a boat, i will gladly call myself that... Good call Nev Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Del 245 Posted May 31, 2010 Report Share Posted May 31, 2010 nice work kirk!!!great to see a few rock reds coming in with your name on them! wasnt that long ago that you got your first!!looking forward to seeing the posts about the big fish coming to play! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
vb4me 1 Posted May 31, 2010 Author Report Share Posted May 31, 2010 Cheeers blokes. Was beginning to think it was just a salmon rod there for a while cos thats all I seemed to be catching with it. But its had a taste of red now so hopefully a large model is on the cards soon.Softy I keep bein told you get the odd salmon around the rocks but I seem to have been getting them with a bit of consistency... Why?????? Max is certainly an impressive looking rod. Funny thing is nevs snyder is supposed to be 153 inches but only looks 6-9 inches shorter than max??? I have measured Max and he is definitely a 177 inch rod I had a cast with Nevs today and it doesnt feel anywhere as long, it does actually feel much more like my 12 foot shimano. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
rocknev 2 Posted May 31, 2010 Report Share Posted May 31, 2010 ive going to get the tape out and measure that snyder later tonight.... side by side, it definatly isnt much in it thats for sure.... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
vb4me 1 Posted June 1, 2010 Author Report Share Posted June 1, 2010 Maybe its an optical illusion Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ScaleyTom 19 Posted June 1, 2010 Report Share Posted June 1, 2010 That was hard work i give in. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
vb4me 1 Posted June 1, 2010 Author Report Share Posted June 1, 2010 Hey its not the size that counts its how you use it I hope Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ScaleyTom 19 Posted June 1, 2010 Report Share Posted June 1, 2010 vb4me wrote:Hey its not the size that counts its how you use it I hope Thats it bro......the next challenge is to bring Mad Max into my tinnie.Should be fun :woohoo: :woohoo: Quote Link to post Share on other sites
afishyfish 4 Posted June 1, 2010 Report Share Posted June 1, 2010 ScaleyTom wrote:Thats it bro......the next challenge is to bring Mad Max into my tinnie.Should be fun :woohoo: :woohoo:Why not have a "Rod Off" to see who can reel that kayaker in fastest Quote Link to post Share on other sites
vb4me 1 Posted June 1, 2010 Author Report Share Posted June 1, 2010 ScaleyTom wrote: vb4me wrote: Hey its not the size that counts its how you use it I hope Thats it bro......the next challenge is to bring Mad Max into my tinnie.Should be fun :woohoo: :woohoo:Would that be using SP's or bait A rod off AFF????? Mmmmm ok ducky :silly: :silly: That would be kinda funny Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Del 245 Posted June 1, 2010 Report Share Posted June 1, 2010 gonna have to measure mine now... LOL Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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