Damned67
01-02-2010, 10:05 PM
Wondering if anyone headed out in the horrid weather this weekend to have a shot with the king tides and full moon?
I made the mistake of taking of one my Dad's mates out on Sunday morning (hey, the wind was right down when I got out of bed and hooked the boat up). Hoped to run out to Harry's but the water was so bad in my 4.2 that we pulled up around Green.
I was sending out large squid heads out on my bait runner, and small baits on another rod. We anchored right over a very good show of fish, on the ledge just near the 'new' red marker, but they just didn't want what we were offering...
My drifting squid heads kept getting hit by sharks (based on the bite offs, with frayed leaders, even when using short lengths of wire).
I had one double hook up. My 'bottom bashing' rod with a very small bait got absolutely nailed at the same time as my bait runner. I let the bait runner sit while making sure the 'bottom' rig was well and truly hooked. What ever hit the 'bottom' bait had both size and power.. and lots of it. Of course, I handed that rod to my Dad's mate, being his third ever fishing experience, while assuming my bait runner with the huge squid head was going to have something even bigger.... Of course, the what ever was running with the squid head failed to hook properly, and in those few seconds, my 'bottom bashing' rod, in the hands of Paul the Pommy, got well and truly bricked.
We were on the Eastern side of the island, and the swell had gotten quite bad, so we moved around to the Western side for some protection. Fishing, as per usual, was much quieter on the Western side. Paul did, however, hook and land one of the biggest toad fish I've ever seen. And while it was just a toady, he had a great time landing it.
We pulled the plug soon after, for what was the worst boat ride I've ever experienced back to the marina. We made it back without incident, but it was certainly touch and go at times, and slow. I was certainly thankful that there seemed to be some sailing regatta coming out of the marina, with LOTS of support boats (we passed two small capsized yachts, being helped out already, of course)...
I made the mistake of taking of one my Dad's mates out on Sunday morning (hey, the wind was right down when I got out of bed and hooked the boat up). Hoped to run out to Harry's but the water was so bad in my 4.2 that we pulled up around Green.
I was sending out large squid heads out on my bait runner, and small baits on another rod. We anchored right over a very good show of fish, on the ledge just near the 'new' red marker, but they just didn't want what we were offering...
My drifting squid heads kept getting hit by sharks (based on the bite offs, with frayed leaders, even when using short lengths of wire).
I had one double hook up. My 'bottom bashing' rod with a very small bait got absolutely nailed at the same time as my bait runner. I let the bait runner sit while making sure the 'bottom' rig was well and truly hooked. What ever hit the 'bottom' bait had both size and power.. and lots of it. Of course, I handed that rod to my Dad's mate, being his third ever fishing experience, while assuming my bait runner with the huge squid head was going to have something even bigger.... Of course, the what ever was running with the squid head failed to hook properly, and in those few seconds, my 'bottom bashing' rod, in the hands of Paul the Pommy, got well and truly bricked.
We were on the Eastern side of the island, and the swell had gotten quite bad, so we moved around to the Western side for some protection. Fishing, as per usual, was much quieter on the Western side. Paul did, however, hook and land one of the biggest toad fish I've ever seen. And while it was just a toady, he had a great time landing it.
We pulled the plug soon after, for what was the worst boat ride I've ever experienced back to the marina. We made it back without incident, but it was certainly touch and go at times, and slow. I was certainly thankful that there seemed to be some sailing regatta coming out of the marina, with LOTS of support boats (we passed two small capsized yachts, being helped out already, of course)...