Deep Sea Fishing

[keen fisherwoman]

Hi, I'm a new fishraider member although I have been reading your topics etc as I am Tom's (stillrockn) partner. It is Tom who brought the world of fishing into my life and now I thoroughly enjoy it.

Knowing how much Tom loves his fishing, I was thrilled to learn that our local shopping centre had a father's day competition to win a day out on a deep sea fishing charter. I was even more thrilled when I won. Better still it was for two people. So yes, I decided I would go too. Only hitch, I was paranoid that I would get seasick so I bought my travelcalm tablets and even got a seaband (which a friend of mine uses when she goes deep sea fishing)

On Sunday 8th October we woke up at 2.30 am to start our day. We, along with 12 other winners from the mall, set of at 3.30am, taking us to Cronulla (via Bonnyrigg plaza - to pick up some other winners) Bravo Fishing Charters departed from Gunnamatta Bay at 5.30am. John, the captain drilled us on procedures, which was very informing. Fish from the right side of the boat, left side is for burley (or should I say the people who get seasick) Interesting how many liked that side of the boat. Especially ME!! Biggest fish of the day wins a prize.

The sunrise was beautiful and I took some lovely photos of that and Cronulla. It kind of was special for me because I was born and grew up in Cronulla, so it was great to see it from out at sea.

It took us an hour and a half to get to our destination, which was near Stanwell Top. On our way we saw dolphins swimming near the boat and a whale in the distance. My first episode of seasickness started at 7.30am and unfortunately continued throughout the day. Thankfully I wasn't the only one who was sick. Two other guys joined me. One was worse than me cause he just layed down all day and didn't fish at all.

I still fished when I felt a bit better. There didn't seem to be many fish getting caught considering we were deep sea fishing. My thoughts were that Tom and I do better in Botany Bay. But this was an experience I couldn't miss out on ( I just wish I didn't get sick so much) Tom caught a snapper which was a good size.

Finally, after hours of fishing and being bitten of by leatherjackets, I caught my fish. I was just thrilled that I caught a fish. It was a morwong. But wait, not only did I catch a fish I caught the biggest fish of the day. Now that was the biggest thrill for me because I'm not a real good fisherwoman (Just ask my kids) and I was the only woman amongst 15 men.

Just after my catch we had to leave our fishing for the day as the southerly that was predicted for later in the day came up with such speed. One minute we were fishing in calm water and the next minute there were white caps everywhere. It was amazing how fast the weather changed and the conditions at sea could become dangerous.

I had my photo taken with the biggest fish of the day, but as I was standing there I still felt so sick (so it definetly is not a good photo of me) The fish looks great however. I recovered quickly when we reached terra firma.

It was a great experience to go deep sea fishing, I enjoyed it even though I was seasick all day. I think I'll stick to the bays and rivers in future.

p.s. My morwon measured 54cms.

I've had trouble posting this ( the photo was supposed to be smaller and at the bottom of my posting.

Elena

[clutch]

Thats a great fish Elena Well done!

good on you for persevering when you felt rotten

...and to top it off , you wrote a great post

Well Done again

[Stillrockn]

Wooo!!! Hooo!

Go girl ... Great report Elena..

[Penguin]

Nice Mowy,I bet some of the men on board

were'nt too happy to be outfished by a woman

penguin

[The Iceman]

Great to see you here Elena

And I expect to see some reports of the big flatties you get in the bay

[namesay]

Way to go! The best cure for seasickness is to go fishing OFTEN. Cheers Kelvin

[Martin]

Great effort and congrstulations on biggest fish of the day.

The sea conditions don't look to friendly, particularly the wind so a+_+_)ell done for hanging in there and coming up trumps

Cheers

Martin

[FletcherG1991]

well done and a great report, im hopeing to get a few that size in a 2 weeks or so (will be my first if i get one only ever caught a red one)

[mrsswordfisherman]

Wowwwwwww great report Elena and great to see you finally posting.

Another female fishraider in the ranks and a huge welcome

Catch up soon

Cheers Donna

[dazzassj6]

wow! nice fish and welcome!

looks like the wave is coming headon in the background lol

[Guest IFishSick.]

Don't worry you're not the only one who gets sea sick. My name gives it away. When I first started out I was rubbish and got sick in the Bay. Now it takes going offshore to get me worked up, and I'm getting better and better at not being sick as much.

Anyway great fish biggest of the day Wooo!

What was the special prize?

[CR@ZY OS@M@]

well done elena on the catch,good work

[Flattieman]

to the site, Elena. That looks like a lovely morwong - great report! Sounds like you had a good day, and I can't blame you for sticking to the estuaries if that's what you prefer. Can't wait to read some more victorious Botany Bay reports!

Flattieman.

[ACZ]

nice fish there....how about the seas a good couple of metres

[R_Zee]

To the site Elena!

you've gone well i am surprised only 3 out of 12 people got sick.. seing the white caps in the background!!

hope to see more of your posts.

R_Zee

[BUSTER 1]

well done Elena a good fish and a very good read