Guest Aron Posted October 31, 2006 Share Posted October 31, 2006 After a stressful day at work i needed to spend some time alone to unwind. So at 7:00pm i left home armed with 2 rods and a packet of prawns. The plan was to get some yakkas to stock my fish tank in readyness for my next offshore trip. Arived at Clifton Gardens at 7:45pm - this is the first time i have fished this location so i was not to sure what to expect. I got a burley trail of old bread and tuna oil going and rig a size 10 hook and split shot sinker on one of the rod with 8lb line. Just as i land the first yakka a couple of scuba divers appear below lighting the whole area up under the jetty - scaring off all the yakkas - they remained down there for about 1 hour before they left. Meanwhile as i wait for them to depart i rig up the livie on the other rod and send it out hopping to hook something big. I then focused back on catching more yakkas, landed 3 more when the other rod starts screaming zzzzz. I grab the rod and strike, it was at this point i wished i had brought the net , in the end it didn't matter as i was busted off - better luck next time. Finished at 9:30pm with 8 yakkas in the bucket Great night with a slight southerly breeze - relaxing end to a stressful day Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Penguin Posted October 31, 2006 Share Posted October 31, 2006 To bad you got busted off mate, I wonder what it may have been,I've seen some good Kingys under the wharfs there,but that was during daylight hours. penguin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CR@ZY OS@M@ Posted October 31, 2006 Share Posted October 31, 2006 haha we were catching yakkas yesterday and as we were bringing in the yakka we only reeled in a quarter of the remaining yellowtail so then we used a whole pilchard and caught two huge pikes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spanker Posted November 1, 2006 Share Posted November 1, 2006 Busted off eh? Those divers go pretty hard on light tackle, especially if you foul hook them in the groin. Spanker Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Penguin Posted November 1, 2006 Share Posted November 1, 2006 Busted off eh? Those divers go pretty hard on light tackle, especially if you foul hook them in the groin. Spanker I wonder what the heck they were doin there at night. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spanker Posted November 1, 2006 Share Posted November 1, 2006 Clifton gardens meant to be one of the best night time sydney harbour dives. Apparently there is a colony of seas horses that are really worth seeing and a tone of nocturnal species. Probably an awful lot of tackle on the bottom too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Aron Posted November 1, 2006 Share Posted November 1, 2006 I wonder what the heck they were doin there at night. Mate all i know was that they use very powerful lights - it was lit up like christmas underneath the jetty - they were taking photos down there with strong flashes ever so often. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Penguin Posted November 2, 2006 Share Posted November 2, 2006 (edited) Swimming ????? Haa Haa,very funny Swordy. :hehe Edited November 2, 2006 by penguin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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