Big_Al_2
30-03-2004, 08:55 AM
Decided to fish the Pimpama overnight Saturday in an attempt to keep out of the wind and catch some muddies. Fat chance on both counts. Spent most of the time fishing at 90 degrees to the current and almost a complete waste of time on the crab and fish front. First fish was a 37cm tailor on a live herring within 30 minutes of getting there (a real surprise to find it this far into the system) and that was it for the legal fish.
Have fished there O/N previously and at least caught a feed of flathead, whiting and bream in amongst all the catfish. However, on Saturday night even the undersized bream and catfish were few and far between, with the majority of the excitment (only excitment) being provided by a reasonably constant stream of pike eels ranging from 1 - 2 m long. I constantly lived in hope that one might have been a jew given I was fishing the edge of the deep hole off Diamond Head, but it was not to be.
To make it worse, come morning the pots were empty and baits untouched with the exception of an undersize sandy. Fortunately during the night I had managed to wind in and net two legal sized muddies who grabbed mullet baits - at least some consolation.
Cheers
Big Al 2
Have fished there O/N previously and at least caught a feed of flathead, whiting and bream in amongst all the catfish. However, on Saturday night even the undersized bream and catfish were few and far between, with the majority of the excitment (only excitment) being provided by a reasonably constant stream of pike eels ranging from 1 - 2 m long. I constantly lived in hope that one might have been a jew given I was fishing the edge of the deep hole off Diamond Head, but it was not to be.
To make it worse, come morning the pots were empty and baits untouched with the exception of an undersize sandy. Fortunately during the night I had managed to wind in and net two legal sized muddies who grabbed mullet baits - at least some consolation.
Cheers
Big Al 2