Super Singles Produce a Familiar Friend

With winter now in full force the days are a lot shorter and the nights seemingly lasting forever. The grass is dry and dust covers everything. There is an overwhelming cold in the early hours of the morning a tell-tale sign of the season changed.  

It is always a good feeling to have a recapture and  see how the fish is getting on. I would never have thought I would have this dark common twice in two weeks. No less on the single hookbait tactic. 

 

 

The fish was tricked on the first occasion with a single Dynamite Baits white coconut crème pop up tipped off with a pop up green corn fished on a shot on the hair rig. The fish gave a good account of itself and after a short fight went 29lb 5oz on the Reuben.

 A week later and the same fish was tempted this time on a Solar Jet Black Pop Up fished on a hinge stiff rig. The fish weighed 28lb 14oz and it wasn’t until after I released it did I suspect that this fish could in fact be a recapture.  

On the second occasion the fish fought extremely hard. On its first run it took a good 20 metres or so of 50lb powerpro. The fish still had plenty of energy and even close in it ran me ragged. It took a great amount effort to keep it from reaching the snag tree to the right side of my pod and eventually we managed to get this fighter into the back of the net.

 

After a great battle I had imagined the fish to be a lot bigger than it was. That was all made up for when I confirmed that this was a recapture and barely two weeks apart.

 

Hoping to get amongst the bigger fish with a small change in strategy and swim choice in the next coming weeks.