JasonT
23-11-2006, 07:43 AM
Howdy all!
First, the report..
BrandonH and I ended up at the pine river last night after his suggestion of chasing "something special". It was going to be one of those out of the ordinary trips but of course neither of us knew that!
It started off without a hitch. Literally, but 'nuff said there! ;D
I arrived at DWB a little after 5.30 and Brandon had his rig in the water waiting. As I jumped in a couple of skiers who were at the ramp said they hoped we were after bull sharks as they were a bit worried about how often they were seeing a fin when wakeboarding. I suggested they tie a couple of hooks behind the wakeboard :-)
After wearing out the welcome there :-) we headed up the pine to throw some placcies along the banks.
There were a couple of other boats out there including a 3.85 Bass tracker with a johnno on the back that we were to become very familiar with!
(Mate - If you're a member here feel free to add to this post :-) )
The tide was low but near the turn and we'd been throwing placcies hard against the bank for about 20 mins (well.. ok.. Brandon's were hard against the bank, mine were either just in front of the boat or somewhere in a mangrove..) when the tracker came past us on the plane.. I was busy trying to land my placcy as close to shore as I could when I heard Brandon say "watch this".
I turned to see that the tracker, still on the plane and about 50 metres away from us now had decided that the Green channel marker was to be taken on the right hand side when traveling out of port.
For those that know the pine, I'm talking about the channel marker just after the big left hander. The one that directs you away from the sunken barge. :o :o :o :o
There was nothing we could do (they couldn't hear us and were heading away from us) except watch as the tracker struck the barge (at full tilt) with the old johnno.
It was pretty cool to see (no malice intended!) as the boat gave a big lurch to the right the johnno kick up and pivoted almost horizontally on it's mounts. It made a pretty good thump as it hit too... Kind of like a bass drum on steroids. :-)
We thought we'd better head up and offer them a tow back to the ramp, but were surprised when the motor (on a huge angle but still on the boat!) started, even more surprised when the prop turned out to be ok!
The bloke driving (there were 3 in the boat) told us that the johnno had popped off the transom on one side - (I think he was really lucky to still have a transom!) He fixed it up.. Sort of. Got most of the angle out anyway and after a bit more of a chat which revealed he didn't know which side of the marker he was supposed to be on they left to go back to the ramp.
Somehow I think he'll remember that barge, I know I'll never forget where it is ;-)
And finally...
on the fishing front..
It was a pretty good night. Grand total was about 5/6 bream between us, a couple of cod, and a catfish. All undersize, but hey.. At least we were pulling something in!
And you'll all have to guess who got the cattie...
Until Brandon reads this post anyway ;-)
JT
First, the report..
BrandonH and I ended up at the pine river last night after his suggestion of chasing "something special". It was going to be one of those out of the ordinary trips but of course neither of us knew that!
It started off without a hitch. Literally, but 'nuff said there! ;D
I arrived at DWB a little after 5.30 and Brandon had his rig in the water waiting. As I jumped in a couple of skiers who were at the ramp said they hoped we were after bull sharks as they were a bit worried about how often they were seeing a fin when wakeboarding. I suggested they tie a couple of hooks behind the wakeboard :-)
After wearing out the welcome there :-) we headed up the pine to throw some placcies along the banks.
There were a couple of other boats out there including a 3.85 Bass tracker with a johnno on the back that we were to become very familiar with!
(Mate - If you're a member here feel free to add to this post :-) )
The tide was low but near the turn and we'd been throwing placcies hard against the bank for about 20 mins (well.. ok.. Brandon's were hard against the bank, mine were either just in front of the boat or somewhere in a mangrove..) when the tracker came past us on the plane.. I was busy trying to land my placcy as close to shore as I could when I heard Brandon say "watch this".
I turned to see that the tracker, still on the plane and about 50 metres away from us now had decided that the Green channel marker was to be taken on the right hand side when traveling out of port.
For those that know the pine, I'm talking about the channel marker just after the big left hander. The one that directs you away from the sunken barge. :o :o :o :o
There was nothing we could do (they couldn't hear us and were heading away from us) except watch as the tracker struck the barge (at full tilt) with the old johnno.
It was pretty cool to see (no malice intended!) as the boat gave a big lurch to the right the johnno kick up and pivoted almost horizontally on it's mounts. It made a pretty good thump as it hit too... Kind of like a bass drum on steroids. :-)
We thought we'd better head up and offer them a tow back to the ramp, but were surprised when the motor (on a huge angle but still on the boat!) started, even more surprised when the prop turned out to be ok!
The bloke driving (there were 3 in the boat) told us that the johnno had popped off the transom on one side - (I think he was really lucky to still have a transom!) He fixed it up.. Sort of. Got most of the angle out anyway and after a bit more of a chat which revealed he didn't know which side of the marker he was supposed to be on they left to go back to the ramp.
Somehow I think he'll remember that barge, I know I'll never forget where it is ;-)
And finally...
on the fishing front..
It was a pretty good night. Grand total was about 5/6 bream between us, a couple of cod, and a catfish. All undersize, but hey.. At least we were pulling something in!
And you'll all have to guess who got the cattie...
Until Brandon reads this post anyway ;-)
JT