Funchy
17-05-2013, 05:53 AM
"Dad, can you come and watch me play footy? I got picked to play in a carnival for school"
"Sure, what day is it?"
"Thursday"
So after arranging with my boss to have Thursday off I was chatting with the missus Wednesday night and asked what time I have to have the young fella at the footy. "8:30am, but it's not till next week" :o:-?
Well, I already had the day off so straight to the shed and prep the tinny. :thumbsup: I had heard reports of jewwys and threadys being caught in the passage so rigged up to chase some. Up at 3;30am launched at 4am and was casting by 4:15am. Nice still morning with only a light breeze. Tide was on the run out with low expected around 7am. There was a fair bit of surface action with what I thought to be mullet but also turned out to be tarpon too I think. Not a lot of action in the first hour but just as the sun light winked on the horizon I had a hit on my 100mm squidgy. In comes a 47cm soapie. Nice bit of fun on the 6lb braid!
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Fished the same spot for a couple of small bream but no more jewwys so I headed south for a flatty or two. Cruised down to a spot I have been eyeing off and thought I would give it a shot. There was no boat traffic on the water at all and I felt really confident I would get a fish in this spot. I wasn't disappointed, 1st cast a nice flatty comes boatside! Yessss! :D
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Cruised around the general area until the battery ran out for the iPilot :( Ended up with 3 nice flattys for the table. Put a few back too.
On the way home I pulled up at the jew hole and scored a couple more bream and also hooked up to a good sized tarpon that put on a fantastic aerial display before snapping me off at the boat! Heap of fun. The rain started around 10am so I cruise up towards Bells, threw a line it at the mouth, in comes another flatty. Let him go, I had enough for now.
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Came home, filleted the fish, cleaned up the tinny and took the missus out for lunch.
Top day on the water!!;D
"Sure, what day is it?"
"Thursday"
So after arranging with my boss to have Thursday off I was chatting with the missus Wednesday night and asked what time I have to have the young fella at the footy. "8:30am, but it's not till next week" :o:-?
Well, I already had the day off so straight to the shed and prep the tinny. :thumbsup: I had heard reports of jewwys and threadys being caught in the passage so rigged up to chase some. Up at 3;30am launched at 4am and was casting by 4:15am. Nice still morning with only a light breeze. Tide was on the run out with low expected around 7am. There was a fair bit of surface action with what I thought to be mullet but also turned out to be tarpon too I think. Not a lot of action in the first hour but just as the sun light winked on the horizon I had a hit on my 100mm squidgy. In comes a 47cm soapie. Nice bit of fun on the 6lb braid!
92453
Fished the same spot for a couple of small bream but no more jewwys so I headed south for a flatty or two. Cruised down to a spot I have been eyeing off and thought I would give it a shot. There was no boat traffic on the water at all and I felt really confident I would get a fish in this spot. I wasn't disappointed, 1st cast a nice flatty comes boatside! Yessss! :D
92454
Cruised around the general area until the battery ran out for the iPilot :( Ended up with 3 nice flattys for the table. Put a few back too.
On the way home I pulled up at the jew hole and scored a couple more bream and also hooked up to a good sized tarpon that put on a fantastic aerial display before snapping me off at the boat! Heap of fun. The rain started around 10am so I cruise up towards Bells, threw a line it at the mouth, in comes another flatty. Let him go, I had enough for now.
92457
92455
92458
92456
Came home, filleted the fish, cleaned up the tinny and took the missus out for lunch.
Top day on the water!!;D