scottwm Posted March 5, 2007 Share Posted March 5, 2007 Hi all, Ive been reading the forums for a while, and thought it was about time i put up a post of my own. I headed out for a middle of the day session yesterday with a couple of mates - one who i have fished with lots, and one who is a newcomer to the sport. Thought we would try for some of the staple estuary species. Anchored up just past Clontarf and started a berley trail of bread mixed with tuna oil, and some mushed up pillies. We dropped down some cubed pillies (very lightly weighted) into the berley trail. Within five minutes we had a hit - a 1 metre hammerhead was raised to the side of the boat on a very light bream rod, before he decided he had had enough, gave a big whip of the tail and broke his way to freedom. For the rest of the session we dropped down cubed pilchards and strips of a bonito i had caught the week before. Got a mixed bag of flatties, flounder, bream and trev's. Also managed a very hungry small rat king on a pink berkley plastic that was aimed at trev's! A great day on the water, and the new fisherman is keen as to head out again - next time to chase some bigger kings! Cheers! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sammy0884 Posted March 5, 2007 Share Posted March 5, 2007 Sounds like you had a great day on the water Scott! you did well to take a feed home. As for the sharks, they are great fun, but better off in the water rather than in your boat! cheers Sammy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest IFishSick. Posted March 5, 2007 Share Posted March 5, 2007 Good report mate Were all those fish taken with unweighted pillies down the trail or down the bottom? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaybee Posted March 5, 2007 Share Posted March 5, 2007 Hey Scott well done and nice report. Cheers Jeff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scottwm Posted March 5, 2007 Author Share Posted March 5, 2007 Good report mate Were all those fish taken with unweighted pillies down the trail or down the bottom? All of the fish were taken on very lightly weighted pillie and bonito cubes / strips down the berley trail. We fished the top of the tide, so there wasnt a lot of current, and the baits were sometimes reaching the bottom (when the thousands of pinkies didnt smash them first!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CR@ZY OS@M@ Posted March 5, 2007 Share Posted March 5, 2007 a nice mixed bag of fish there esp the flounder . good catch mate. gotta be stoked with that well done Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cbietola Posted March 5, 2007 Share Posted March 5, 2007 nice catch and feed there mate cheers craig Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
plankton Posted April 7, 2008 Share Posted April 7, 2008 Nice one Scott, Seems to be a heap of nice Flatties around at the moment. I think the sudden drop in water temp has triggered their taste buds... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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