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derek yeates
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#1 Post by derek yeates »

People me and the brother

Duration 4 pm to 11pm

Tide:incoming

Weather:lovely

Bait:rag squid mac

Rigs:3 hook flappers

Results:weever I think flounder bass




Report arrived at 4 expecting rain it never came :D

1st cast a weever I think next 5 casts doubles of weevers went quiet then for an hour our 2. sitting on the box daydreaming CRASH rod and stand on the deck sh@t ran like a woman (brothers description) to get the rod loads of slack line finally made contact with the fish as he went left and right in the surf brought him in 48 cm bass probably 50 if i had laid it out properly

went quiet after that but I didnt care

picters attached can some one confirm if they are weever
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2009 would like to hit 20 this year

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#2 Post by nialler »

nice bass!...thats a weaver alright..
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#3 Post by kstaff »

Great stuff Derek, nice to get the Bass! Weldone.
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#4 Post by round_ourway »

nice bass mate and looks like a dirty weever
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#5 Post by derek yeates »

thanks lads

by the way if it wasnt for this site and the info on the weever fish I reckon i might be one sick puppy today
2009 would like to hit 20 this year

there's a fine line between fishing and just standing on the shore like an idiot.
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#6 Post by shamoo0804 »

Lovely bass, welldone Derek.

The weaver's seem to be turning up in numbers on that stretch of the coast.

They are easily identified by the black first dorsal fin.
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#7 Post by eyesreilly »

Nice Bass Derek, well done :lol: , bet the adrenalin levels went skyhigh when the rod stand went over :lol:
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#8 Post by wayne riley »

nice bass derek :D
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#9 Post by dbrock »

well done nice fish
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#10 Post by RockHunter »

Your perserverence paid off - well done.
I think I would have packed up and moved on elsewhere after the third weever :shock: :shock:
Cod season Winter 2013/14: 117 cod (best fish: 6.5 lbs)
Cod season Winter 2014/15: 193 cod (best fish: 4.25 lbs)

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2008: 37
2009: 120
2010: 44
2011: 151
2012: 79
2013: 20
2014: 19
2015: 11
2016: 3

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#11 Post by keith »

Nice Bass :wink:
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