Offshore drifting 24 05 07

[imnotafish]

Hey guys, quick report for all. Went offshore yesterday - BOM said 5-10knots and 15-20 degrees but at daybreak it was more like 5-10 dgrees and 15-20 knots. Anyway water temps well down, just over 19.5, and dollies gone again for another year but drift fishing for dinner pretty productive. Drifted off curly in about 40-50 metres with a bit of striped tuna and a few pillies 4 bait. Nothing much from first light till sunup then bang bang bang - some medium sized snapps and a few nice marble flatties, and even a couple of monster flying gurnard. Those gurnards r so pretty with their wicked coloured wings and little walking legs, and sort of didnt want to keep any but then they r soooo tasty and this was a great eating size so just kept 1.
Anyway good day, and was back in with a feed by 10am.

[mulloway mayhem]

couple of hours on the water a some nice fish for the table :headbang:


good stuff stef....your days was better then mine on the roof :rolling laughter:

[imnotafish]

AHHH but i do know where to go when my roof starts leaking!!
:wiink:
Just wish the snapps were closer to dk's recent exploits but all in all happy and well fed.....!

[fishinf]

good stuff it looks like a good feed
those flattys look yum
i have caught those orange things before
i did not know what they were so threw them back
now i do :orcawhale:

[imnotafish]

yeah i try not to take too many cos they r so nice to watch if you see them in their element, and one of the few fish that have legs which look pretty cool and weird, ...... but they do taste good.....
Dont confuse them with a seargent baker tho!! :rolling laughter:

[fishinf]

no probs i catch a few sargent bakers dont they get big ?
ill taste test the other next time this foram is great im always learning

[mulloway mayhem]

[quote=imnotafish]AHHH but i do know where to go when my roof starts leaking!!
:wiink:


just pm me steff..i look after ya....bee hive roofing ...let me sting you :rolling laughter:

[imnotafish]

Yeah its funny the bakers also taste good but its just theyve got a double rib cage so they're so hard to eat. But arent there some massive ones around. I reckon almost everyone throws em back!!

[mulloway mayhem]

na dont do that you never know when you might need me...:headbang:

[mulloway mayhem]

stef i just read a reply from you about calling the wasp man and now i cant see it...am i blind or what :rolling laughter:

are you playing with my head :ranting2:

[imnotafish]

yeah thort u were watchin so tried to think of a bee killer ?? :rolling laughter:
was a bit lame i know

p.s. was feelin 4 u when i was 5 miles offshore and u were on the roof!!

:boing:

[imnotafish]

btw in all seriousness my roof leaks already so maybe i should be nice

[mulloway mayhem]

oh well when im out on thursday and fri night on the hawkesbury kicking back in my boat watching a dvd and eating the best hamburgers on the river with a nice hot chocolate with a 30kg in my esky..i will be thinking wander what steffs doin right now...mmmm:rolling laughter:

payback mate :headbang:

[mulloway mayhem]

btw in all seriousness my roof leaks already so maybe i should be nice

well look where you live...somewhere wet??ofcoarse its gunna leak

[imnotafish]

fair call.
guess payback really is a bitch.. :wiink:

but seriously think of the highest rainfall in sydney, i live there

[mulloway mayhem]

fair call.
guess payback really is a bitch.. :wiink:

but seriously think of the highest rainfall in sydney, i live there

that narows it down i be there tomorrow :rolling laughter: ...no idea from me :lol:

[leelee]

Well done Stef.

The gurnads normally make a nice live bait for pelagics out wide:headbang: but i hear they also tast very nice as well.

Nice mixed bag.

Cheers

Lee

[JOC00L]

I've never kept a Gurnard. Are they really that nice?

[TomMc]

Jo, my dad went out on a charter with the fishing clun one time and he brought one back.
I normalley dont eat fish but i absoloutly loved the gurnard

[dkfisher]

gurnard yum
nice catch stef :headbang:
dk.....