Wind: SW 10 to 15 knots
Swell: 0.5 to 1m
Launch point: Western side DIP
Participants: Pedro, Wendy
We caught the 5.30am ferry across the river and arrived on the beach to view a spectacular sunrise.
Sunrise at 3rd cutting
Even at low tide there was little room between the coffee rock and the water line in several places. We headed for DIP Western side. We launched about 6.30 and pa/eddled out toward some birds working just of the shore.
Soon worked out that it was bait fish feeding with no larger fish evident, we continued on to the our destination, a bommie just of the headland. The breeze had picked up, even though we were partially protected by the headland and with the high cloud shading the sun, it was chilly.
We trolled circles around the bommie with Pedro landing 3 snapper on his new preda pro trolling rigged with pillie, and a nice greasy cod on a spaniard special with gar.
Wendy on the other hand, trolling a 7"sp".....got a hit on something that due to inexperience got away........but did manage to get a small snapper to the yak, Pedro arrived to unhook it and released it back to the wilds.
Wendy headed in early due to chill factor, Pedro stayed out landing his cod before coming in at 12pm.
All calm on the beach, all photos courtesy of Pedro
After relaxing on the beach for a couple of hours we headed over to the Eastern side. We spotted a good fishing hole and pulled in to try for some Tailor and with none caught by 4.30pm we headed home on the low tide.
Take note: Make sure if you are traveling on the beach to have your permits. There is a guy taking photo's of number plates at 3rd cutting.
Cheers
Pedro and Wendy
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