Horse
14-04-2009, 06:20 PM
I spent a few days over around Myora etc. It was not hard core fishing and more of a relaxing time on the boat. I did get out for a fish on a few occassions and got a good feed as well as dicovering a bit of new ground to replace my spots taken in by the new Green zones:P
Sat morning saw a late start and a foray up towards the Welsby in search of pelagics. There were a few schools of large Longtails teasing us but we could not get close as they were very flighty. A school of fish began smashing bait in the middle of the channel and I moved us in close for a cast. My brother Glenn (Cervelo) threw metal a couple of times with no result so I chucked out a 4" Fins placcy and it got smashed. After a hard fight on 6kg I finally landed a very reasonable 80cm+ GT. He certainly fought harder than any LT I have come across at this sort of size. We did not have a camera onboard and I did not want him for the table so he was released without a memento pic:-/
A few Whiting and about a dozen Squid finished the day off nicely:D
Sunday saw us back up the Rainbow this time in search of Snapper and Cod on some of the deeper structure. We worked a bit of isolated ground and came up with a few nice Cod around 50-55cm. These were caught on plastics
On Monday afternoon I was running solo with heavy rain threatening and gusty conditions:P . I went out to a bit of ground I had found earlier in the day and started fishing Squid strips in search of a Grassy or two. Lots of undersize Grassys and Squire and a few unstoppables had me pulling out the big stick and chucking on a live Whiting. In less than a minute the rod folded over and after a short tussle a 60cm+ Cod hits the deck:D . Another Whiting and in a minute or two later the rod folds over and a heavy fish fights hard. This Cod was over85cm and my best Bay Cod to date;D . The weather picked up so I headed back to the mother ship;D
In the morning I picked up two pots baited with Cod frames and pulled 8 nice Sandies.
The Rainbow is a top place to explore and with a little thought produces plenty of action
Cheers
Neil
Sat morning saw a late start and a foray up towards the Welsby in search of pelagics. There were a few schools of large Longtails teasing us but we could not get close as they were very flighty. A school of fish began smashing bait in the middle of the channel and I moved us in close for a cast. My brother Glenn (Cervelo) threw metal a couple of times with no result so I chucked out a 4" Fins placcy and it got smashed. After a hard fight on 6kg I finally landed a very reasonable 80cm+ GT. He certainly fought harder than any LT I have come across at this sort of size. We did not have a camera onboard and I did not want him for the table so he was released without a memento pic:-/
A few Whiting and about a dozen Squid finished the day off nicely:D
Sunday saw us back up the Rainbow this time in search of Snapper and Cod on some of the deeper structure. We worked a bit of isolated ground and came up with a few nice Cod around 50-55cm. These were caught on plastics
On Monday afternoon I was running solo with heavy rain threatening and gusty conditions:P . I went out to a bit of ground I had found earlier in the day and started fishing Squid strips in search of a Grassy or two. Lots of undersize Grassys and Squire and a few unstoppables had me pulling out the big stick and chucking on a live Whiting. In less than a minute the rod folded over and after a short tussle a 60cm+ Cod hits the deck:D . Another Whiting and in a minute or two later the rod folds over and a heavy fish fights hard. This Cod was over85cm and my best Bay Cod to date;D . The weather picked up so I headed back to the mother ship;D
In the morning I picked up two pots baited with Cod frames and pulled 8 nice Sandies.
The Rainbow is a top place to explore and with a little thought produces plenty of action
Cheers
Neil