kkw
31-07-08, 06:01 PM
I have posted this on my other forum, but will copy the report for this forum as well.
Well, at long last there was no West in the forecast for today. The fishing has been dead all up and down the coast, due to the westerlies (according to local legend). At any rate, we have only been catching one or two fish each day out, despite the sounder going ballistic with boomerangs.
Today, we went to waypoint 09 http://www.fishing-oz-style.info/forum/style_emoticons/default/laugh.gif and saw sign, but it was blowing NW. Dropped anchor and picked up a legal sweetlip. I also got a pike, which I thought was unusual for up here (Plastics is the PIKE master) and thought I saw a flash of chrome down deep. Put on a silver pilchard lure and had a cast. Hooked up immediately on a big Ribbon Fish, or Wolf Herring as they are also known. The water was boiling with them. Caught a swag of them and other boats saw the action. They trolled all around us, also getting hookups, but were so close that you could have passed a sandwich to them. Some people are so thick, ignorant and just plain obnoxious. I hooked a biggish ribbon fish and it was putting up a good fight, going beserk under the boat. In a flash, the reel screamed off drag and a green backed torpedo took off at 100kph. My first mack attack. I ended up with a head and fins as the mack bit the ribbon fish cleanly in half. It looked to9 be around a metre or so in length. Dr Phil and Colin heard the drag scream and saw the aftermath, but didn't see the hit. Anyway, we had seven boats circling us and some cut their motors and drifted next to us. It p...d me off, and all went quiet for a while so we pulled anchor and moved elsewhere. The wind came up and everyone went back in. We decided we had enough for the day, but I asked colin if we could have a troll back to spot 09 and spot 10. At spot 10, some nice reef showed up, and lots of fish on the sounder. The wind had swung SE, so anchor was dropped. Well, trevally everywhere, a couple of flathead and a half hour of school and spotted mack mayhem. Lost some gear and some fish. I reckon they hit the swivels on hooked fish, cutting off the wire traces. I landed one schoolie of 60cm on a non wire trace rig. It will go down well tonight, with a cold beer. Stocked up the bait fridge with around 14 or so wolf herring up to 60cm in length. Had a ball, despite so few table fish. Tomorrow is my last day to fish, so here's hoping.
Well, at long last there was no West in the forecast for today. The fishing has been dead all up and down the coast, due to the westerlies (according to local legend). At any rate, we have only been catching one or two fish each day out, despite the sounder going ballistic with boomerangs.
Today, we went to waypoint 09 http://www.fishing-oz-style.info/forum/style_emoticons/default/laugh.gif and saw sign, but it was blowing NW. Dropped anchor and picked up a legal sweetlip. I also got a pike, which I thought was unusual for up here (Plastics is the PIKE master) and thought I saw a flash of chrome down deep. Put on a silver pilchard lure and had a cast. Hooked up immediately on a big Ribbon Fish, or Wolf Herring as they are also known. The water was boiling with them. Caught a swag of them and other boats saw the action. They trolled all around us, also getting hookups, but were so close that you could have passed a sandwich to them. Some people are so thick, ignorant and just plain obnoxious. I hooked a biggish ribbon fish and it was putting up a good fight, going beserk under the boat. In a flash, the reel screamed off drag and a green backed torpedo took off at 100kph. My first mack attack. I ended up with a head and fins as the mack bit the ribbon fish cleanly in half. It looked to9 be around a metre or so in length. Dr Phil and Colin heard the drag scream and saw the aftermath, but didn't see the hit. Anyway, we had seven boats circling us and some cut their motors and drifted next to us. It p...d me off, and all went quiet for a while so we pulled anchor and moved elsewhere. The wind came up and everyone went back in. We decided we had enough for the day, but I asked colin if we could have a troll back to spot 09 and spot 10. At spot 10, some nice reef showed up, and lots of fish on the sounder. The wind had swung SE, so anchor was dropped. Well, trevally everywhere, a couple of flathead and a half hour of school and spotted mack mayhem. Lost some gear and some fish. I reckon they hit the swivels on hooked fish, cutting off the wire traces. I landed one schoolie of 60cm on a non wire trace rig. It will go down well tonight, with a cold beer. Stocked up the bait fridge with around 14 or so wolf herring up to 60cm in length. Had a ball, despite so few table fish. Tomorrow is my last day to fish, so here's hoping.