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Hi all.
headed back out last night to the same reef mark that produced the night before, different last night with a bit of an easterly breeze,it did calm down around midnight.
The fishing was much slower than previously, however I did get a fantastic slack liner, retrieving as fast as possible to set the hooks,but no joy..it amazes me that a fish can hit the bait that hard without hooking itself..an hour later same thing,still no joy..
Then another smaller slack liner produced the only cod of the session a plump 2lb13oz codling.
After that not a touch for what seemed a long time then a couple of straps within 5 mins of each other both upwards of 5lb guesstimate.[ATTACH=full]1796[/ATTACH]
Codling took a double squid/black
mounted on a 6/0 4/0 pennel dropper...
I didn't stay as long as I had planned and headed back for home
Tight lines.
Rockhopper

<blockquote data-quote="Rockhopper" data-source="post: 11962" data-attributes="member: 556">Hi all.headed back out last night to the same reef mark that produced the night before, different last night with a bit of an easterly breeze,it did calm down around midnight.The fishing was much slower than previously, however I did get a fantastic slack liner, retrieving as fast as possible to set the hooks,but no joy..it amazes me that a fish can hit the bait that hard without hooking itself..an hour later same thing,still no joy..Then another smaller slack liner produced the only cod of the session a plump 2lb13oz codling.After that not a touch for what seemed a long time then a couple of straps within 5 mins of each other both upwards of 5lb guesstimate.[ATTACH=full]1796[/ATTACH]Codling took a double squid/blackmounted on a 6/0 4/0 pennel dropper...I didn&#039;t stay as long as I had planned and headed back for home Tight lines.&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; Rockhopper</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Rockhopper, post: 11962, member: 556"] Hi all. headed back out last night to the same reef mark that produced the night before, different last night with a bit of an easterly breeze,it did calm down around midnight. The fishing was much slower than previously, however I did get a fantastic slack liner, retrieving as fast as possible to set the hooks,but no joy..it amazes me that a fish can hit the bait that hard without hooking itself..an hour later same thing,still no joy.. Then another smaller slack liner produced the only cod of the session a plump 2lb13oz codling. After that not a touch for what seemed a long time then a couple of straps within 5 mins of each other both upwards of 5lb guesstimate.[ATTACH type="full"]1796[/ATTACH] Codling took a double squid/black mounted on a 6/0 4/0 pennel dropper... I didn't stay as long as I had planned and headed back for home Tight lines. Rockhopper [/QUOTE]

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