Mullet Musketeer
15-02-2007, 08:43 PM
I have been having some pretty mediocre fishing days, land based in the Passage recently. Wind , weed and a distinct lack of fish have been the main problems for me for a few months now.
So this morning I decided to head south from Brisbane instead and have a go at fishing the Gold Coast Seaway. I arrived around five am and immediately realized that with my usual light gear – 1-3kg 6ft rod and little spinner real the biggest problem was going to be getting the fish up the rock wall – if I could catch one.
As it was dark and I could not see where the rocks ended. I did not see the point in trying the plastics so I decided to give the hard body I carry around everywhere (but rarely use) a go. I long ago lost the box but I remembered it was a some kind of floating minnow ( see pic later). At this point I should clarify that I have never caught a fish on a hard body before.
I flicked out from a couple of different spots along the rock wall and finally settled perched on a dry rock about halfway between the VMR and the end. I was casting and retrieving in a semicircle when suddenly I was slammed very close in to the rock wall and I was on. The fish ran pretty hard, initially out into the seaway and then down towards the base of the rock wall. With rocks and crashing waves everywhere it was all a bit hairy.
I finally tightened the drag to the point where I could lift him and then waited for a wave to bring him up. I hopped up the rocks and didn’t drop him and when my heart stopped pounding I realized I had at last caught a fish on a hard bodied lure. The fish was some kind of Trevally – it weighed in at 1.1 kg and was dinner for the family tonight.
Would welcome an id if anyone knows what type of Trevally it is.
So this morning I decided to head south from Brisbane instead and have a go at fishing the Gold Coast Seaway. I arrived around five am and immediately realized that with my usual light gear – 1-3kg 6ft rod and little spinner real the biggest problem was going to be getting the fish up the rock wall – if I could catch one.
As it was dark and I could not see where the rocks ended. I did not see the point in trying the plastics so I decided to give the hard body I carry around everywhere (but rarely use) a go. I long ago lost the box but I remembered it was a some kind of floating minnow ( see pic later). At this point I should clarify that I have never caught a fish on a hard body before.
I flicked out from a couple of different spots along the rock wall and finally settled perched on a dry rock about halfway between the VMR and the end. I was casting and retrieving in a semicircle when suddenly I was slammed very close in to the rock wall and I was on. The fish ran pretty hard, initially out into the seaway and then down towards the base of the rock wall. With rocks and crashing waves everywhere it was all a bit hairy.
I finally tightened the drag to the point where I could lift him and then waited for a wave to bring him up. I hopped up the rocks and didn’t drop him and when my heart stopped pounding I realized I had at last caught a fish on a hard bodied lure. The fish was some kind of Trevally – it weighed in at 1.1 kg and was dinner for the family tonight.
Would welcome an id if anyone knows what type of Trevally it is.