G'day raiders,
Sorry but a quick late report from Saturday.
With the weather over the past week, well we all know, Dom, myself and a relo jake decided to give it a crack on Saturday morning. We were greeted at the heads by relatively small swell and little wind. So with the westerly forecast we headed south. Boy did that weather change as we rounded the corner at fingal head. It was blowing at least 15knots and close to 2m swell. But we thought we're out here anyway so let's find a spot and have a go. After dodging numerous whales and seals we found a nice drift. I was keen to get my relo jake onto something decent as he doesn't get the chance to fish much but loves it all the same. Anyway, with the wind behind us we begin to cast and dom the snapper whisperer is on straight away and boats a little panny. We do this drift a few more times and suddenly jake comes up tight and his little 3000 is screaming. With a bit of encouragement from us both he gets the fish boat side and into the net.
It went a respectable 54cm and the biggest fish he's caught as well as being on a soft plastic. We then proceeded to find a few drifts with the swell and wind increasing every minute. We tried one more area with Dom coming into his own landing 3 pannies in quick succession. For me, I had one bite all morning and I managed to drop that too! It just wasn't my day but I'm glad jake had nailed a decent fish.
We called it a day and proceeded to head home, where by now the wind was pumping and we had to head straight on into it. To say hectic across the bay was an understatement, it was pretty much 2m and 25knots inside the bay which made for a slow journey home.
Thanks for reading,
Cheers scratchie!!!