Subject: fishing today -- 22Oct09
Date: Thursday, 22 October 2009 4:49 PM
Yakkers.
Having woken early today I checked seabreeze, forecast was good it's on!
I arrived down at MG full of enthusiasm and expectations for a productive trip.
Unloaded the yak all set ready to go, only one problem it was still bloody dark.
So I sat patiently until I could a least see the end of the breakwall, as my eyes adjusted to the half darkness I could see that although not big sets, the waves were very close together making a dry exit probably impossible.
So I stripped my tshirt off & stashed it so that I would have something dry for later & set off.
I managed to get most of the way out when a larger wave reared menacingly at me out of the darkness, here we go I thought, but my trusty yak which happens to be on the rather heavy side went straight through the breaking wave & out the other side (mental note close mouth next time).
After an uneventful trip to sunshine reef I started my first drift at about 5:30am and shortly after lost a good fish when the hooks pulled, woke me up at least.
Jimbo then called on the radio letting me know he was on his way out.
Shortly after that my SP was smashed under the yak resulting in a nice 52 cm snapper joining me.
In the space of a 1/2 hour period I proceeded to catch & release 4 small snapper 30 - 35cm all on SP's over the same drift.
Hoping for something more substantial I paddled back & continued the same drift, this time yielding a very feisty sweetlip once again on the cast SP.
Both jim & myself managed a couple of small mac tuna which both attacked our soft plastics while being retrieved.
Jim headed out a bit wider to one of his marks & boated a nice sweetlip.
Lots of yakkas/bait fish 2-3 meters under the yak and also on the surface, they didn't appear to be being harassed by anything predatory.
Things went pretty quiet by about 9:30 - I'd managed 1 more sweetlip and jim reported no further action.
So we had a few more casts and pulled in lines and left sunshine by about 10 & arrived back at MG approx 11:15 after being escorted by a few dolphins on the way back.
Back at MG Kev & Jaro were there to meet us & get a rundown on the days proceedings and provide some well earned morning tea, which I had jokingly suggested earlier would be nice after a long paddle back.
(compliments to Mary on the fruitcake).
A nice easy return to the beach - a change for me (if you look closely they have now erected a sign warning beachgoers of my erratic and somewhat haphazard landings)
My fish: Snapper 52cm, sweetlip 42cm & 39cm
Jim's sweetlip 47cm
Summary
* More sweetlip than usual.
* Great conditions.
* Only a couple of whales.
* All fish taken on SPs
* lots of bait fish around sunshine.
* launching in the dark is not fun.
* Keep your mouth closed when punching through waves.
* Morning tea upon return should be mandatory.
Cheers - Brian (aka whalebait)
Good luck for those venturing out tomorrow I can't make it but probably will fish on Saturday if anyone is interested.
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