Fuj Posted January 5, 2007 Share Posted January 5, 2007 Howdy Raiders, First time poster so bear with me if I start woffling.... Bought my first boat over xmas, a little tinny to hit the bays and rivers. Thursday morning I decided to take my mate Rich fishing for his b'day and hopefully to christen my new boat with a fish or two. After smashing the goon bag over the bow we're off down the Port Hacking. 2nd cast at some rocky bank I scored a big hit which resulted in a nice bream, going a very healthy 38cm. That was on a Berkley dropshot smelt on 6lb gear. That was it for the next few hours as light showers came thru and things slowed right down. After a handful of throwbacks we decided to hit some pontoons and moored boats in and around the small bays. Working our way back to the ramp, we drifted along the shore at Grays Point. I drifted a prawn under one of these pontoons and was hit on the retrieve but did not hook up. Rich dropped his sp at the flash of fish and before u know it the drag started to sing........ and sing a sweet song indeed! The fish did about five runs, each time trying to head to the nearest mooring. Rich was handling the situation very well, resisting the fight without loosing his cool. By this time the fish had towed us a fair way and the extra weight took its toll, 10 minutes later a rat king hopped on board... a first for Rich! Coincidently he was using MY bream rod as his set-up had bird-nested just moments before the hook up!! (another coincidence, Rich bought me the reel for my 30th...). Still not bad on 6lb gear and the little Shimano Sahara handled well above it's weight. After a few snaps she was released to fight another day. I was surprised to see the kings so far upstream considering the rain we've had, but Port Hacking is all about surprises. Seeya's on the water! Fuj. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnno Posted January 5, 2007 Share Posted January 5, 2007 Looks like you had a great first outing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kabz Posted January 5, 2007 Share Posted January 5, 2007 (edited) Welcome to the site And where was it in the port hacking river or around lilli pill , yowie bay areas? Edited January 5, 2007 by kabz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mottyman Posted January 5, 2007 Share Posted January 5, 2007 Fuj, great first report mate. What a way to Christen your new boat!!! Good work on the king that far upstream, terrific stuff. Cheers David. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
outdoordan Posted January 5, 2007 Share Posted January 5, 2007 To the site mate, Nice kingy on bream gear and a top way to christen the new boat Keep the posts coming Dan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrmoshe Posted January 5, 2007 Share Posted January 5, 2007 To the site Fuj. Nothing like scoring a few fish on the boat's first outing..well done. Hope to read many more reports from you and the new vessel. Cheers, Pete. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fuj Posted January 6, 2007 Author Share Posted January 6, 2007 Cheers Raiders. A Very welcoming site I've noticed and great tips and reports submitted by all. Hope to share more in the future. Fuj. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
galvin Posted January 6, 2007 Share Posted January 6, 2007 welcome to the site.... i love fishing the hacking nice to see a report come from there... well done guys.. regards livebait... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Penguin Posted January 6, 2007 Share Posted January 6, 2007 to the site, and congrats on ur Kingy penguin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CR@ZY OS@M@ Posted January 8, 2007 Share Posted January 8, 2007 to the site mate. nice king. as for lilli pilli there are heaps of big squid there Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrelxr6 Posted January 8, 2007 Share Posted January 8, 2007 mate:1welcomeani: to the sight. top report.i get out there my self great part of the world Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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