Hi All
FRIDAY NIGHT
After a hot session a few weeks earlier, Myself, little bro 'Lil Willy' and his mate, ALB78 and 2 mates decided we'd head down for another crack at some 'green' fish! Got there about 5ish and were greeted to waves that were standing up beyond what we expected! It wasn't long before we realised that it was going to be near impossible to even cast beyond the shore break, with strong southerly sweep thrown in for good measure! We worked the casts as it got dark but was nigh on useless so we sat around and fished in tandem in case they came in to the white water. Eventually, as the tide dropped, ALB78 finally got 1. This gave us some hope but really, it was false alarms... I managed to finally land one, and so did Lil Willy with ALB getting another couple in between. Lil Willy and his mate eventually got the sh%ts with being pounded for no return and gave in while I decided to keep ALB company a little longer... As i was bidding Willy farewell, i decided i'd have a smoke - when ALB pulls in 2 in quick succession! I head back in and 1st cast, another fish! Oooohhh maybe they're starting as the tide was midway out. Nope, as was the trend, coming through in 1's & 2's and i eventually called it quits while ALB stayed on. Talking to him afterwards, he ended up with 6 and a 2.5kg Aus Salmon! Persistance pays but i can tell you that i was quite sore on Sat from battling the surf and push for over 4hrs on Friday night!
SUNDAY
Met up with long time mate SMERDO who finally finished his Uni commitments (and graduated officially today- well done old mate!). We hadn't had a fish for a while and i was keen to try out my new Garmin 72 GPS. At the ramp at 5 and ran into CHIEF and Garrett - nice way to greet the morning! Destination Mud as zipped out of the Brissie and to a spot that SCALEM was nice enough to give me - a starting point (as my MUD successes aren't too flash). Well, we found the ground and started our drift lines with the odd little Snap hitting the decks (and duly returned - i was after the BIG one). Well, at 7ish, BANG ZZZZZZZZZZZZ before swimming towards the boat then turning and taking off at a great rate with extremely solid headshakes ZZZZZZZZZZ woo hoo ZZZZZZZZZZZ as i thought my prayers were being answered! 'Smerdo, pull in the pilly rod! We're going to have to chase this one!' as braid peeled off! Then the heartbreak - PING! AAARRRRRRRRRRGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHH The 12lb leader just didn't cut it unfortunately with the brute either chewing through the leader or the leader was frayed by it's gills - the end of the leader suggested either were a strong canditate!
Nonetheless, with hope eminating feverishly, the boys in blue show up. 'G'day fella's! Just checking your gear' one constable yells. No problem before his partner pipes up and says 'Are you T1?' 'Ummm yeah, why?' 'You'd recognise that head from anywhere!' he says. 'Are you on Ausfish?' 'No' he says, 'I just read the reports'! Hmmmm interesting! Then he proceeded to tell his mate about the 'dirty big threadie' that i caught in the Brissie (and like that was 14months ago)! Nonetheless, they checked us out and i ended up with an Infringement Warning! Bugger me but the numbers on the side of the boat belonged to an 8m boat that was cancelled in 1998! Never thought to reconcile the Rego sticker with the numbers on the boat... Oh well, at least they were good about it and as i'd been thinking of the giving the old girl a coat of paint, now i'll have to seeing i have to go to the effort of peeling off the numbers, cleaning it, and putting new ones on it! This weekends project
and after this weekend, look for my boat but in white!! I did ask them if they could lend me a Sim Card but they didn't have a spare one
! At least they had a sense of humour... (I told you guys i wouldn't write anything bad about you...
We continued fishing (after they held us up for nearly half an hour), but not much action about. We went in close to look for some Tailor - nothing! Headed to the western side into deeper water - nothing! Back into the wharves for the final hour before lunch - lots of bait fish but no interest in the SP's or the pillies! So, with a bit more hope at Mud for next time, we called quits at lunchtime and packed it in. Ended up being a nice day on the water and the GPS was tops! Can't believe it's taken me this long to get one...
So, after some hours over the weekend, the total take home catch read 3 Tailor! But another few things learnt and TOP company on both sessions! Had a ball and a good laugh! And that's what it's all about!!!
Take Care T
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