Todddo
23-03-2012, 07:39 PM
Hi everyone,
Last night I read the weather report and expected the worst. They forecasted 25-30 knot winds for the 3rd day in a row. I wake up this morning to no wind and an updated forecast of 10-15 knots!
I pack up my kayak at around 12.30pm and off I go for a short 1km walk to the Manly foreshore. I drop the yak in at Wynnum creek and off I go. I throw out a 3 inch gulp minnow in pearl watermelon on a Berkley 2kg dropshop and a halco shallow diver on a shimano snapper rod.
I start to paddle towards to Manly rock walks on a nice flat bay, after about 5 minutes ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ my little Berkley dropshot starts spooling line. After a short fight it was a nice little flathead measuring 32cm. After getting spiked in the leg I throw it back (they hurt!).
I throw back out and keep paddling, I go just near the Darling Point school and my shoulder decides to give out (currently is fractured!), so I paddle back towards the jetty near the wading pool. I fish in about 40cm of water around the jetty throwing a small 2 inch gulp shrimp in peppered prawn on a worm hook but still kept getting caught up in weed. I switch over to a Bubble pop 35 and on the 4th cast get a 29cm bream in about 20cm of water. My first ever fish on a popper! I throw it back to live another day.
There were plenty of mullet jumping which is amazing to watch in a kayak being so low in the water. Heaps of bait fish too so its good to see there is life at Manly!
I then started to hear thunder and didn't feel like walking in the rain pulling a massive kayak up the hills of manly so I head home and take a pain killer for my sore arm in the way of a Heineken!
Edit: If anyone is keen on going for a fish in kayaks around Manly/Tingalpa let me know and we can sort something out!
Last night I read the weather report and expected the worst. They forecasted 25-30 knot winds for the 3rd day in a row. I wake up this morning to no wind and an updated forecast of 10-15 knots!
I pack up my kayak at around 12.30pm and off I go for a short 1km walk to the Manly foreshore. I drop the yak in at Wynnum creek and off I go. I throw out a 3 inch gulp minnow in pearl watermelon on a Berkley 2kg dropshop and a halco shallow diver on a shimano snapper rod.
I start to paddle towards to Manly rock walks on a nice flat bay, after about 5 minutes ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ my little Berkley dropshot starts spooling line. After a short fight it was a nice little flathead measuring 32cm. After getting spiked in the leg I throw it back (they hurt!).
I throw back out and keep paddling, I go just near the Darling Point school and my shoulder decides to give out (currently is fractured!), so I paddle back towards the jetty near the wading pool. I fish in about 40cm of water around the jetty throwing a small 2 inch gulp shrimp in peppered prawn on a worm hook but still kept getting caught up in weed. I switch over to a Bubble pop 35 and on the 4th cast get a 29cm bream in about 20cm of water. My first ever fish on a popper! I throw it back to live another day.
There were plenty of mullet jumping which is amazing to watch in a kayak being so low in the water. Heaps of bait fish too so its good to see there is life at Manly!
I then started to hear thunder and didn't feel like walking in the rain pulling a massive kayak up the hills of manly so I head home and take a pain killer for my sore arm in the way of a Heineken!
Edit: If anyone is keen on going for a fish in kayaks around Manly/Tingalpa let me know and we can sort something out!