Just thought I would post the results from my Easter trip. Thanks to everybody who provided me with info.
Headed out early on Friday Morning to be greeted by a fairly ordinary sea. Bar crossing was easy but by the time we got to Nine Mile it was a washing machine with 2 different swells and a wind chop on. Trolled for awhile with no result and then tried bottom bashing. Picked up a large Remora and some small reef fish but my deckie and the youngun on board were turning green. Decided to head back in and caught up with Ausfish Hagar on the radio. Met him just inside the the bar and said hello, it is good to be able to put names to faces occasionaly. My passengers had come good so we fished inside the river for awhile with no result. Time to go home.
Headed out again at 0500 on Saturday morning with a new seasoned deckie to find much better conditions. Trolled Cook Island, Fido's, The Mud Hole, Nine Mile, and the Pinacle with no result. Back to Cook Island and anchored up to try and get a feed (credibility was well and truly on the line here as a hunter and gatherer). Managed a good squire, 1 x decent Trevally, 3 x good Bream and lots of little stuff. Had a pilchard floating out back and after refreshing the old pilchard and throwing old bait into the berley trail, something big picked up the new pilchard as I let it out into the current. I waited for him to run a bit and then set the hook. Bl#@dy hell, I had hooked a freight train. The rod bent and the reel screamed. 20 minutes later I had a 3 Ft Tuna beside the boat. My seasoned deckie swung the gaff, bounced of the fish and hit the line. Goodbye fishy.
All in all it was an ordinary trip as far as fishing went and I understand how hard you guys have to work for your fish down there with all the boats about. Never saw any schools on the surface and birds were not working. I guess it was just one of those days.
Ross
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