Got a call from a customer to do a check measure at malabar so i decided to hook the boat up and fish the bay when i finished . The 20 knot south easter wasnt going to stop me . Got to the new forshore drive ramp et 7pm to see a 8 metre whitley sitting in the car park without a trailer , they didnt hook up the safety chain , thats the first thing i do when i bring in the boat .First inpressions of the new ramp ( crap ) wouldnt use it on a weekend as everyone just ties up to the wharf and blocks the pontoons.
Went straight across the bay into the wind and started to fish on the sea side of the oil wharf. First 4 cast and lost 4 good fish . Thats what you get for trying new rigs . We fished till 1030 but the wind got the better of us and we headed back .The mate i took said there was no fish in the bay and after him only getting 3 fish last week he wanted a little wager , ha final tally was 5 for him and 23 for me with a tally of 28 fish , 1 fh 2 snapper 5 trevally 5 tarwhine 7 bream and 8 whiting with the biggest at 45cm. It was a solid 3 hr of fishing . Hope you enjoy the read .