Hey raiders,
haven't posted a report in a month or so... Go out today and hit up roseville. I was fishing just to the left of the boatramp (construction site). The plan was to catch a few livies and have them out while i flicked sp. I had some fresh squid as back up in case bait was hard to come by. There was no shortage of tailor and bream at first, but no yakkas... Managed two 30cm tailor on 2" Gulp Shrimps and put them in the bucket to use as livies. Kept trying only to nail a few smaller bream and tailor before i set the baits. One rod with a running sinker to a 5/0 J hook on 40lb leader, The next with a running sinker to a snell with 6/0 hooks and half a squid. Nothing for the first half hour before the baitrunner with the live tailor came to life. Let it run for about 10 seconds before i struck. The was a lot of weight and a good head-shake before the line went slack... Wound it in and 40lb leader was chewed through. Likely to be a bull shark.. Kept on fishing and over the next 2 hours i got at least 40 tailor to 36cm, 2 silver trevally to 33cm and a fair few undersize bream. Also nailed a baby John Dory (40cm) on a 100mm wriggler. I had finally caught a yakka on a little slither of squid which measured 22cm. Perfect Jewie size . Whacked him out only to have a cormorant steal it... This happened twice today... bloody birds... . With the light beginning to fade, i whacked out my last tailor (31cm). After a good 25minutes the bait was engulfed once again. Did the exact same thing and waited 10 seconds. Clicked into fighting drag and bang. A lot of weight straight away. Took a good run of about 25m straight away. I had to put the breaks on as he was heading straight for the moorings... Locked up drag and POP. NOT AGAINN!!!! Wound it up and examined it closely. Faulty leader knot it seemed... What a shame. Would have been a fantastic way to end the day with a big jewie . Anyway, thats what keeps you going back for more. The fresh squid remained untouched the whole day! Fussy fish! Hopefully you all get a few over the weekend !
Cheers, Tom