Scott nthQld
19-09-2008, 01:52 PM
After the boat dramas of last weekend, and everything being fixed up, I took Dan out for an arvo night session to raise a few scales.
Everything went off without a hitch, whihc makes a nice change, and lauching and heading out of Ross Creek at about 5-30pm we spy some big bust up just outside the port so we sneak over for a cast or 50.
The bust up ended up being some small GT's with us boating a couple in the 2-4kg range, when our luck turns sour (always has to happen to me). The tugs we see taking a cargo ship out are on their way back in, and with us only just outside the shiping channel, had to brace ourselves for the huge wake they throw up. Dan takes the helm as I had a line in the water still and the first of the waves hits, nearly spinning us round about. Dan handled it well and turned into the next one, up and over we go and nealry nose dive into the 3rd. now we sit and wait for the second tug to cruise past, and though not as severe as the last lot of wake we copped, the cheeks were still clenched until they had passed.
After that drama, it was back into the GT's for dan to boat another, then they dissappeared so we moved on, heading to the beacons to see if there were any late afternoon mackeral about. There were good shows on the sounder everywhere, but we could raise a hit with our slugs, and the water was a bit choppy to sit out there with a bait on, so with the sun fading we head inside Maggie Island the get some shelter from the wind and fish on a mark I have.
It wasn't long after setting up and getting the berley over and my rod doubles over with a good fish. After numerous headshakes and a bit of running, I get some colour and bring up a very good grunter, and with Dan's handy net work, it soon hits the deck. A 60cm, very fat 4kg grunter ends up sliding very gracefully into the esky, and with that, we were expecting a hot bite to follow.
Dan was into the Beers all night, and it seemed that upon finishing every beer, his baits get some attention, and everyone he misses, except one. What looked like another good grunter, stripping line, and after dan has it below the boat, but still deep.....ping!, off it goes. It appears the now half pissed Dan had his drag up too tight and it cost him what would've been a damn good fish.
This trend kept happening for the next few baits, in between little banded grunter swallowing my 3/0 hooks, until the fish stopped at about 10pm, and since the fish weren't obeying our new 'Rule of Beer', we decided to move on and try and find another spot Dan had fished before.
We couldn't find the spot and headed for home, nearly running over some fool with no lights on, with 3 Small GT's and a Grunter in the esky, I thought it was a good night on the water and with now other mishaps on my part ended just as well as it began.
Some pics to follow when I get home, I'll unpload them.
Everything went off without a hitch, whihc makes a nice change, and lauching and heading out of Ross Creek at about 5-30pm we spy some big bust up just outside the port so we sneak over for a cast or 50.
The bust up ended up being some small GT's with us boating a couple in the 2-4kg range, when our luck turns sour (always has to happen to me). The tugs we see taking a cargo ship out are on their way back in, and with us only just outside the shiping channel, had to brace ourselves for the huge wake they throw up. Dan takes the helm as I had a line in the water still and the first of the waves hits, nearly spinning us round about. Dan handled it well and turned into the next one, up and over we go and nealry nose dive into the 3rd. now we sit and wait for the second tug to cruise past, and though not as severe as the last lot of wake we copped, the cheeks were still clenched until they had passed.
After that drama, it was back into the GT's for dan to boat another, then they dissappeared so we moved on, heading to the beacons to see if there were any late afternoon mackeral about. There were good shows on the sounder everywhere, but we could raise a hit with our slugs, and the water was a bit choppy to sit out there with a bait on, so with the sun fading we head inside Maggie Island the get some shelter from the wind and fish on a mark I have.
It wasn't long after setting up and getting the berley over and my rod doubles over with a good fish. After numerous headshakes and a bit of running, I get some colour and bring up a very good grunter, and with Dan's handy net work, it soon hits the deck. A 60cm, very fat 4kg grunter ends up sliding very gracefully into the esky, and with that, we were expecting a hot bite to follow.
Dan was into the Beers all night, and it seemed that upon finishing every beer, his baits get some attention, and everyone he misses, except one. What looked like another good grunter, stripping line, and after dan has it below the boat, but still deep.....ping!, off it goes. It appears the now half pissed Dan had his drag up too tight and it cost him what would've been a damn good fish.
This trend kept happening for the next few baits, in between little banded grunter swallowing my 3/0 hooks, until the fish stopped at about 10pm, and since the fish weren't obeying our new 'Rule of Beer', we decided to move on and try and find another spot Dan had fished before.
We couldn't find the spot and headed for home, nearly running over some fool with no lights on, with 3 Small GT's and a Grunter in the esky, I thought it was a good night on the water and with now other mishaps on my part ended just as well as it began.
Some pics to follow when I get home, I'll unpload them.