From: Des Mabbott
Date: 8/10/2011 1:06 PM
Hi Guys,
This report is a bit late but may be of use.
Harry and I left MG on Thursday about 08:00 in flat as conditions and proceeded to Jew Shoal with no interest shown in our trolled HBs.
On arrival we encountered Pedro who had left earlier and indicated things were a bit slow and that he had only one keeper Sweetlip.
Conditions were excellent with little wind and a very gentle and hardly noticeable swell. There was little current either so the kayaks barely drifted. The wind picked up a little from the north about noon which was good as it helped us back home.
Action was slow but lots of small fish pecking at pilchards with two red striped Rock fish (?) and another like a leopard was all I could muster to begin with. No interest in soft plastics.
Harry seemed to continue picking up a few keepable snapper and sweetlip but nothing of real note.
Then we were visited by humpback and junior with much tail slapping and fin smashing on the water. Quite forgot about fishing for a while. The whales were inshore of us and put on a great show for about 20 mins. I did manage to get one or two shots.
They went off and then we seemed to cover a shoal (school, mob?) of sharks with reef sharks and hammerheads racing off with our pilchards. Harry and I enjoy a feed of flake so that was ok. I hooked and returned 3 and kept 1.
Then it was all over and on way back trolled HB but still no interest. No signs of any pelagic activity.
Hope you guys do better on Sunday, tight lines
Des
call sign Stretch
Kayak Espri
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