I took my mate out in my tinny the other day, it was a great morning for boating so there were a few boats at the ramp dispite it being mid week, one bloke smirked as he asked us how far we were heading out.
We set off and watched as the smart ass in the big boat drove straight over the sand bar and only just making it over because it was near high tide
Within 10minutes we arrived at a little reef close to shore and dropped the pick. I deployed some of my secret burley mix and set about rigging up. Two half Pilchard baits were dropped into the water at the back of the boat and allowed to drift away with the current.
We didn't have to wait long before I hooked and landed a small Yellowtail Kingfish, I gently released the kingie and dropped back another bait................BANG!!! My rod bent over and I was hooked up to a very large and angry fish. I could feel the head thumping through the rod and called it for a Pink Snapper and sure enough 5minutes later a large Pink surfaced near the boat and I asked my mate to net it. My mate was more than a little bit nervous after loosing me an estimated 20kg Blue Groper at the gaff less than 3 months ago but he closed his eyes and swung in hope, this was the result.
A 7.3kg Pink Snapper.
My mate then caught his first ever Snapper, a slightly smaller model at 4.4kg but still a very nice fish.
We then pulled anchor and headed for home, after my mate was sick over the side
very pleased with our hour and a halfs "Work"You don't need a big boat to get amongst the big fish!
) I also followed one of the Tiwi locals through chest deep water to get to a great spot for Mangrove Jacks.