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Hi all,
up way to early to chase a few mackeral today on the water just before sunup and headed out into the bay. set up a drift and within minutes the first(only) spottie came aboard 81cm fork length caught by the father in law.
thinking were onto a hot bit nothing happened for the next 40 mins when on again. after a strange fight, which least of all I thought was a mack, up comes a foul hooked mack then nearly at the boat side the hooks pulled. after another 1hr or so looking on the sounder and drifting around, casting at beakons and still nothing. we then heard splashing behind us during a drift and a school had poped up behind us so we got at casting distance but no hook ups, then they popped up all around us then went under and 2 mins later FIL hooked up again after a short run the hooks pulled on that too. More time passed without a hit and FIL put his rod down with a pillie out and bottom bashed with another outfit and he hadn't backed the drag off enough on the floater and the other crewman, who would have been in a good postition, had got up to go too the loo and then bam rod and reel with the floater hit the water at blistering pace and vanished never to be seen again. unfortunatly the hooks didn't pull that time.
So all up we got one good spottie, too pulled hook ups and one fish that stole a tss4 and a live fibre spin stick. forgot camera so didn't get a photo but don't worry it was a spottie
. and if anybody lands a fish in the bay with a long lenght of line hanging out its mouth pull it in I think it will be the catch of the day, although the rod will be the only thing worth using I would think.
Later
Andrew
up way to early to chase a few mackeral today on the water just before sunup and headed out into the bay. set up a drift and within minutes the first(only) spottie came aboard 81cm fork length caught by the father in law.
thinking were onto a hot bit nothing happened for the next 40 mins when on again. after a strange fight, which least of all I thought was a mack, up comes a foul hooked mack then nearly at the boat side the hooks pulled. after another 1hr or so looking on the sounder and drifting around, casting at beakons and still nothing. we then heard splashing behind us during a drift and a school had poped up behind us so we got at casting distance but no hook ups, then they popped up all around us then went under and 2 mins later FIL hooked up again after a short run the hooks pulled on that too. More time passed without a hit and FIL put his rod down with a pillie out and bottom bashed with another outfit and he hadn't backed the drag off enough on the floater and the other crewman, who would have been in a good postition, had got up to go too the loo and then bam rod and reel with the floater hit the water at blistering pace and vanished never to be seen again. unfortunatly the hooks didn't pull that time.
So all up we got one good spottie, too pulled hook ups and one fish that stole a tss4 and a live fibre spin stick. forgot camera so didn't get a photo but don't worry it was a spottie
. and if anybody lands a fish in the bay with a long lenght of line hanging out its mouth pull it in I think it will be the catch of the day, although the rod will be the only thing worth using I would think.Later
Andrew
..... tried every trick in the book to retrive the sucker to no avail then tried the old cast net trick and tore a gapping hole in her.........#$@!!! i hate those days. >
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