Lone_Wolf
21-05-2006, 01:35 PM
Headed over to the islands for a quick fish on Saturday evening. We have always parked in Horizon Shores for the security. It was a bit of a surprise to see the entrance fee has jumped from $10 to $20 since the last visit only a month ago. New owners with big plans apparently. #I hope they don’t forget the little people too! Chris was hoping that the added cost gave him and hot cup of coffee, a bikkie and a boat wash on return but no such luck. #
Well, we got to the surf side at 4.30pm, nice high tide gutter (for 2am) and not much else for low tide. We found some reasonable water to fish and bedded in for the evening. Seas were less than a metre with about 10 knots of southeast wind chop. There was very little sweep.
Headed home about 9pm with 7 tailor all up, best went 3.055kg and was 72 cm. We all missed some big fish through the session too. Looking good for next week’s new moon. #
The fun began when we got back to Chris’ 4.75m boat, Black Moon 2 on the calm side. Skipper, Chris aka GWH, had made allowances for the tide going out but at 9pm, it was about 15 feet short of the water. So here we all were, boat on sand. It has a pod and 50 hp motor so we had a lot of weight to move.
To cut a long story short, 3 of us eventually pushed the boat into the water, much to the amusement of the party goers in the house boat anchored off shore. Each push moved us about 30cm towards the water so it took the best part of an hour. We will all be ok once we have had the hernia operation and ruptured discs fused!!
Thanks for a good night out GWH and big Mal. I hope you are all as sore as I am today.
LW # # # # #
Well, we got to the surf side at 4.30pm, nice high tide gutter (for 2am) and not much else for low tide. We found some reasonable water to fish and bedded in for the evening. Seas were less than a metre with about 10 knots of southeast wind chop. There was very little sweep.
Headed home about 9pm with 7 tailor all up, best went 3.055kg and was 72 cm. We all missed some big fish through the session too. Looking good for next week’s new moon. #
The fun began when we got back to Chris’ 4.75m boat, Black Moon 2 on the calm side. Skipper, Chris aka GWH, had made allowances for the tide going out but at 9pm, it was about 15 feet short of the water. So here we all were, boat on sand. It has a pod and 50 hp motor so we had a lot of weight to move.
To cut a long story short, 3 of us eventually pushed the boat into the water, much to the amusement of the party goers in the house boat anchored off shore. Each push moved us about 30cm towards the water so it took the best part of an hour. We will all be ok once we have had the hernia operation and ruptured discs fused!!
Thanks for a good night out GWH and big Mal. I hope you are all as sore as I am today.
LW # # # # #