Tasman Bay Snapper

Well the old man had been slaying them for the last 3 weeks so I was itching to get out.Organised to go straight after work friday.
Getting out to spot x just on low tide we had a boring 15-20 min then were into it as they came on the bite with the first push.
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Catching a few 45cm ones the enevitalble happened and we had a tangle up with the 3rd unmaned rod out the back.
putting it back out I checked the drag he had set and could barely pull line of it. Another couple of nice 45cm snaps landed then the unmanned rod bent double.
Dad grabbed it and I had a fish on as well,he said"I might need a hand landing this" just as it started stripping line at a great rate of knots.I thought it must be a good one to take line off that drag.
Getting my nice 45cm one in I grabbed the landing net to give him a hand,trying to scoop it in I could only fit about half it in then the handle snapped off! Farrrk! almost getting in the water myself I managed to grab bothsides of what was left of it and bring it on board
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The big one was 85cm and 25 pound.
Then we figured we had enough fish for one day and headed home.
What a wicked eveninings fish all done in less than a hour.:thumbsup:

Nice going.Bit jealous actually,havnt had much of chance to get out so far this season.

I know the feeling:TT TT: first fish since they turned up in the bay,havent got out for a deer either:TT TT:

Thats good fishing, I havent been out yet at all :(