GOLDEN SNAPPER, MANGROVE JACKS, BIRTHDAY SESSION

[@Piet37FishingAdventure]

4th like. Birthday session.🙏🏼 Wow..good catch bro👍 Golden snapper & Mangrove Jacks landed..Nice fishing..👌 🙏🏼Merry Christmas 2019 and Happy New Year 2020. GBU all.😇

[@HardYakkaFishingKayaker]

Thanks Piet. Yeah i was pretty happy with the Birthday session and some great fish. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year also mate. Cheers

[@dang.fishing]

Happy birthday Dan! Such an epic session. Wishing you and your family all the best for Christmas and the New year

[@HardYakkaFishingKayaker]

Cheers Dan. Same mate hope you have a very Merry Christmas and a good New Year.

[@TheRoastontoast]

Happy birthday Dan. That first strike from the jack looked like a corker! What a shame to lose it at the side of the kayak, but I reckon that heart-pounding strike is even better than seeing them slide into the net.

[@HardYakkaFishingKayaker]

Sure is mate. At least i got a good look at it before it popped off. Would have been a good fish but thats part of the fun. Yeah it smashed me and i had to put my hand on the spool to stop it getting back under the mangrove. I always get the shakes after a good hit and run like that. Gets the adrenaline pumping thats for sure.

[@thechroniclesofnato7743]

Happy Birthday Fingermark!!! Aww yeah. Good on ya Dan. Merry Christmas and all the best for the new year, dude!

[@HardYakkaFishingKayaker]

Hahaha thanks Champ. Yeah Birthday Fish lol. Wishing you and your family a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year mate. Tight lines and stay safe out on the water Mr Chronicles. Cheers

[@shalveenlal9934]

Good good jacks got away. But stoked 4 ya on the finger mark .... have a happy birthday Mr Yakka and live long and healthy . Merry Christmas and God bless yr family.

[@HardYakkaFishingKayaker]

Thanks mate. Yeah the Jacks played dirty but thats all part of the fun in chasing them. Hope you also have a great Christmas and a good New Year.

[@williamatta3279]

Hey Hard Yakka Fishing Kayaker Happy Birthday !! Thanks for the videos !! And Merry Christmas !! Cheers William !!

[@HardYakkaFishingKayaker]

Thanks for the Birthday wishes William.

[@williamatta3279]

Hard Yakka Fishing Kayaker your welcome and Thanks for helping me get better at using lures Hard Yakka Fishing Kayaker !!

[@adsyak]

That was a cracking Jack, pity to pull hooks. I find them hard to land when drifting so hard on the current or wind, hard to get the head in the right direction to land. Ripper Fingermark, too.

[@HardYakkaFishingKayaker]

Yeah i was fair flying back with the run. I could see it wasn't hooked well and i also didn't want to try swipe at it with the net. Just a part of fishing i guess. Would have been good to land but it was a great hit and run and at least i got to see it.

[@adsyak]

That's part of the challenge and I feel the kayak enhances the joy of landing them. Inspiration for the next trip.

[@williamatta3279]

Awesome video Hard Yakka Fishing Kayaker !! Keep up the amazing work Hard Yakka Fishing Kayaker !! Thanks for the videos Hard Yakka Fishing Kayaker !! I love the videos Hard Yakka Fishing Kayaker !! And I love how much work and effort you put into these awesome videos for us Hard Yakka Fishing Kayaker !! I hope you have a wonderful and Merry Christmas with your Family and Friends Hard Yakka Fishing Kayaker !! I can’t wait for the next video Hard Yakka Fishing Kayaker !! Cheers William !!

[@HardYakkaFishingKayaker]

Thanks William. I hope you have a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year as well as some good catches over the holidays mate. Cheers.

[@williamatta3279]

Hard Yakka Fishing Kayaker Thanks all the best to you as well Hard Yakka Fishing Kayaker !!

[@zaidinazmi1323]

Nice video bro..happy birthday..

[@HardYakkaFishingKayaker]

Champion thanks Zaidin.

[@rishaz_fishing]

NiCE ViDEO....🎣🎣👍🏻... HBD & Merry Cristmas🎅🏻

[@HardYakkaFishingKayaker]

Cheers High Tide Fishing. Hope you have a good Christmas as well mate and tight lines out on the water.

[@crouchingwombathiddenquoll5641]

Happy birthday, wish I had your skills. 👍

[@HardYakkaFishingKayaker]

Cheers Crouching Wombat. Many years and casts to find what works when. Its more about how well you get to know an area and even then you cant figure them out some times.

[@crouchingwombathiddenquoll5641]

Good advice, we used to live in Palmerston NT. I fished the middle arm for two years untill I worked out the spots and tide's. Started catching some nice fish then moved to Calliope, had to start again. O well, just being close to nature is a reward. 👍

[@HardYakkaFishingKayaker]

I was up there for about a year a good 10 year ago now. Didnt get much fishing time but loved it up there. Best of luck mate and there are some good spots up Calliope for Barra and Jacks. Cheers

[@TheRoastontoast]

Love to see the way you released that grouper too mate..... So respectful of our protected species. From the sound of that line and leader ripping through your guides, I reckon you need to fish a bit heavier for those conditions. Curious as to what size leader/main line you are running? I was stumped down at Terranora Creek recently, when I tossed my 10lb outfit into some prospective jack territory and got bricked twice (the second time I spotted the jack ripping my plastic down into its little rocky hole). I upgraded to 20lb leader and got bricked again 20 metres away. Sometimes the light gear is enough, but around heavy structure the big fish will always win. I’m geared up for a jack run tomorrow, with everything from 6lb to 40lb leaders tied onto four rods, so I’ll be throwing the most appropriate for the area I am casting to. Given the fishing here lately, I reckon I’d have more luck tossing my lure around at the local donut shop.

[@HardYakkaFishingKayaker]

Yeah love the QLD Groupers. Seem to be getting a few of late and more than a dozen this year. Im running 30lb braid and 40lb leader and usually dont have to many dramas. Problem was the crab pot next to the spot and i had to cast along the bank over the crack i know is there and yep he got me on the back side of it and straight home lol.

[@arthurpohlman2782]

Nice fingermark. Happy birthday

[@HardYakkaFishingKayaker]

Thanks Arthur. Was a good B day and fishing session. Cheers

[@lenziallen7263]

Good onya mate cheers

[@HardYakkaFishingKayaker]

Cheers Lenzi Allen

[@JourneywithJB94]

Unreal video mate, was looking for Jack videos and thia popped up. How far up in qld are you ?

[@HardYakkaFishingKayaker]

Near Gladstone mate.

[@JourneywithJB94]

@HardYakkaFishingKayaker I was up in bundy fishing some unreal places felt nervous about crocs though :(

[@peppipoohductionswakashunt3157]

Great mixed bag there mate well done👍

[@HardYakkaFishingKayaker]

Cheers Waka. Yeah it was a good Birthday session.

[@barnesyfishing]

Awww mate I’m spewing for you on that first Jack 😂😂

[@HardYakkaFishingKayaker]

Hahaha yeah i was to. It was pretty early in the session and would have made the trip even if it was the only fish caught.

[@compassadventures6021]

Any crocs 🐊 it the River ...

[@lcfishing7891]

Happy birthday 🎊🎉🎁 btw have you ever worried about the crocs?

[@HardYakkaFishingKayaker]

Cheers Icfishing. Not to worried where i go fishing but some places a bit further North its always in the back of my mind.

[@AngryFisherman]

Holy shit that jack looked like it was 60

[@HardYakkaFishingKayaker]

Recon it would have been 50 or just over. The lure is 10cm and going off that would have been around that. Was painful then the lure shot out and it was probably its last dive before getting in the net. Cheers Angry