Cyclone
22-06-2005, 09:08 AM
I gave the father Inlaw a ring to see if he was interested in a night fish on Monday he was keen and gave a mate of his a call who also jumped at the chance. Only problem was father Inlaw couldn't get to Yorkeys ramp till 5:00pm no problem his mate and I had the boat in and ready to go for his arrival.
As there was a solid Ne chop on the way out things didn't get comfortable till we got outside the reef and into a bit of swell. We arrived at first spot to be greeted by a raging current and couldn't get the anchor to stick so we moved a bit wider to some rougher country as we traveled to sounder was alive with activity and things were looking good.
First drop with the anchor at spot 2 and we hooked up but feel short of the mark by about 100mtr but we persisted anyway. It took about 10 mins for the first bites to come which were spangled emperor a fish I don't keep a lot of but Ted dosn't get out a lot and they looked great to him. The next couple of hours produced a mixture of Large Mouth, Small Mouth, Red Emperor, Roy Job Fish and more spangled Emperor.
Ernie managed to wrestle a 11kg Red in the current for 10 mins and had to lay down up front for half an hour to recover. Ted started to knock up to so he offered to gut and gill while I fished as he's a retired Mackerel fisherman who knows how to use a knife who am I to argue.
I kept fishing and Ernie got up for another go but one more fish put him out for the count. On my last drop I loaded the hook up with a big slab of fish and put the rod in the holder while I went about cleaning up the boat next thing I know the rod loads up and nearly gets torn out of the boat by a powerful fish, once out of the holder the fish surged of with the current with about 10kgs of drag on the reel. All of a sudden the line began to angle to the surface and I called it for a shark. In 10 mins the fish could be seen down deep but it reflected silver in the light, got to be a Trevally, a couple more mins work and a plump Dogtooth Tuna broke the surface. My arms felt like jelly by now so a couple of quick pics pulled the pick and we enjoyed a moonlit trip home in conditions under 5 knots.
This morning all three of us felt like we had been hit by a bus but give us a day or two and i reckon we would do it all again.
:P Andrew.
As there was a solid Ne chop on the way out things didn't get comfortable till we got outside the reef and into a bit of swell. We arrived at first spot to be greeted by a raging current and couldn't get the anchor to stick so we moved a bit wider to some rougher country as we traveled to sounder was alive with activity and things were looking good.
First drop with the anchor at spot 2 and we hooked up but feel short of the mark by about 100mtr but we persisted anyway. It took about 10 mins for the first bites to come which were spangled emperor a fish I don't keep a lot of but Ted dosn't get out a lot and they looked great to him. The next couple of hours produced a mixture of Large Mouth, Small Mouth, Red Emperor, Roy Job Fish and more spangled Emperor.
Ernie managed to wrestle a 11kg Red in the current for 10 mins and had to lay down up front for half an hour to recover. Ted started to knock up to so he offered to gut and gill while I fished as he's a retired Mackerel fisherman who knows how to use a knife who am I to argue.
I kept fishing and Ernie got up for another go but one more fish put him out for the count. On my last drop I loaded the hook up with a big slab of fish and put the rod in the holder while I went about cleaning up the boat next thing I know the rod loads up and nearly gets torn out of the boat by a powerful fish, once out of the holder the fish surged of with the current with about 10kgs of drag on the reel. All of a sudden the line began to angle to the surface and I called it for a shark. In 10 mins the fish could be seen down deep but it reflected silver in the light, got to be a Trevally, a couple more mins work and a plump Dogtooth Tuna broke the surface. My arms felt like jelly by now so a couple of quick pics pulled the pick and we enjoyed a moonlit trip home in conditions under 5 knots.
This morning all three of us felt like we had been hit by a bus but give us a day or two and i reckon we would do it all again.
:P Andrew.