A little surprise

[WJ]

A blanking spell of nearly 2 weeks drove me to the waters edge this weekend past. On arriving at a spot on the Jikeleza route my hopes were shattered.
What greeted me was a huge sea and a 14 second wave period....jip big surge.
Anyways it isn't always about catching a fish....so I though I would make the most of it and go to one of the deepwater points. The idea was to look for a smallish duskie or spottie.
So first up I made a mackiehead throwbait....on hitting the water the rod was pulled down, not by a fish but by the rip that the surge created. It was bad....I left it for about 20minutes, and then proceeded to open a cold one. That was about the only action I will get....so I thought.


After 40 minutes I seriously contemplated to reel out and rather fish for rockfish in the pools....


Well not long after that my rod got hit. I am not going to say the fish put up a decent fight, that would be a lie. The Salina 16000 man handled the poor thing, but at least now I know how strong the grinder combo is. The result was aa 58cm forklength Poensie. I was really chuffed with the fish, it was a great way to start the month.
On the next throw I got a leopard catshark and then after that a lost shad....it had a close encounter with a shark not to long ago...amazing to see how resilient these fish are. All fish were released and swam away strong....all in all a brilliant fishing day for myself.

[SAfish]

  Great Poensie, it is still on my bucket list. That Shad must have had a strong will to survive with such a large injury.

[REEFMAN]

Nice WJ! 

[Marthin]

Netjies Pavarotti.... Daai size poensie is nou my volgende een op die to do lys....

[WJ]

Budgie loop dubbel K senter A....lol

[Charles]

Great stuff WJ! Nice poensie! Some serious injury to the shad.

[Umpa Lumpa]

Lekker report WJ 

[Lofty]

well done on the catches,and releases...

[Kent]

  ..NICE Willie........BUT a coffee ???...No man!!!.....

[WJ]

..NICE Willie........BUT a coffee ???...No man!!!.....

Kent I still prefer my multiplier when I want distance and strength...still can not get the same distance with the coffee than with my Saltist or 20/40.

[Kent]

..NICE Willie........BUT a coffee ???...No man!!!.....

Kent I still prefer my multiplier when I want distance and strength...still can not get the same distance with the coffee than with my Saltist or 20/40.

..See now.....that 20/40......I suggest ...add sugar to that coffee and stir.... ...Coz it will never be as sweet as that 20/40

[Seventenths]

Nice one WJ a poensie from the bricks is a real treasure nowdays - well done!

[Lenny]

Well flipped done man !! Nice to reap rewards .

[RobinF]

Well done on the releases! 

[WalkersKiller]

Awesome Poensie!