mako1 Posted October 17, 2006 Share Posted October 17, 2006 (edited) Abit of a late report as my computer was playing up but thankfully it's fixed now. Managed a day of on friday so dad and I went down to Wollongong for a fish.The day looked good with only a slight NE blowing and a calm sea.We headed for a deep reef to try abit of bottom fishing.We found a current line at about the 80m mark so we trolled up and down for awhile and then to the bottom fishing spot,but didn't get a hit.There was a strong current so the boat was kept in gear till the baits hit the bottom. The fishing was hard due to the current,but we still managed a pan sized snapper,a long finned sea pearch and an ocean pearch.There were so many baby ocean pearch,but we only kept one larger one for the pan. Tried afew drifts with a jig but didn't get any hits.We then moved in closer to Wollongong reef and anchored up.The current was still strong.There were heaps of wrasse and other little bottom fish,but we got a better jacket and some nannygai.We then went to give the islands a go.The water was very dirty and there were lots of birds sitting on the water.Livies were set out and we fished the bottom but didn't get any good hits.I then noticed the birds starting to work.We went over and cast metals into the mess of birds and splashing fish and got instant hookups.After great fights on light line two small kings were boated and then released. We continued casting to the fish and had a ball with heaps of bonito and some large slimies.Kept afew bonito for the table and a couple for future snapper sessions.The fish were feeding on mini pilchards about 2cm long,but they wern't fussy as they were hitting different sized lures because we had to use larger metal lures due to the wind picking up.All up it was a great day on the water(especially the spin session at the end) and was way better then being at work. Sorry I didn't realise I posted the other one without the pic. Edited October 17, 2006 by Mako Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
netic Posted October 17, 2006 Share Posted October 17, 2006 Well done mate, was thinking you had been a bit queit lately Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
domza Posted October 17, 2006 Share Posted October 17, 2006 looks like a tasty bag of fish mate. Since ive never really bottem bashed offshore, could you tell me all the fish that are in-between the baker and the jacket? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James Posted October 17, 2006 Share Posted October 17, 2006 top little catch there mate. good stuff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mako1 Posted October 17, 2006 Author Share Posted October 17, 2006 Well done mate, was thinking you had been a bit queit lately Thanks Netic.Been really busy lately so it was nice to spend a relaxing day on the water. Domza the first fish on the left is an ocean pearch, then there are four nannygai and the next one is a long finned sea pearch. Thanks James. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flattieman Posted October 17, 2006 Share Posted October 17, 2006 Great catch as usual, mate! Nice bonnies! Flattieman. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CR@ZY OS@M@ Posted October 18, 2006 Share Posted October 18, 2006 good catch mate well done Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lbc2704 Posted October 18, 2006 Share Posted October 18, 2006 WISH I HAD A BOAT Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kantong Posted October 18, 2006 Share Posted October 18, 2006 great bag of fish top work Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest IFishSick. Posted October 18, 2006 Share Posted October 18, 2006 Great bag of fish. Top stuff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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