Guest IFishSick. Posted April 5, 2007 Share Posted April 5, 2007 Hey Raiders, Got up this morning planning to finally land my first Frigate Mackerel. Got to the water at ten to five ready to go. Threw my metal about half heartedly until sunrise when the action began and I started putting some effort in. The Frigates were busting up along the netting of the baths, threw my lures in their face but they just wouldn't take it. While I was madly casting lure after lure, Fishraider gio came up and said hello. During a bit of a chin wag I threw one into the middle of no where and hooked up to a Watson's Leaping Bonito. Now this guy wasn't all that big, but for me, never landing a fish with a metal before it got the blood pumping. After a very short tussle, no line being lost I got him to within 10m of myself he turned around and said goodbye pulling the hooks from his mouth I could not bear it, bad words everywhere, kicking and hitting of everything around me. I calmed myself down and resumed. After 2 and a half hours, and a bit of squidding which resulted in 1 cuttlefish, I was throwing lures over and over and I got a bump while reeling in. Next cast everything goes tight and the rod is nearly reefed out of my hands. zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz goes the reel, 3 more times taking about 3m of line each time with 5lb of drag. This fish didn't fight like what I've seen other Mackerel's do, he was swimming up down and everywhere. He started swimming straight for me so reeling in madly and trying to catch sight of him I saw he was 50 odd cm, very fat and a brilliant green. It was a Frigate for sure and I had him. Then the unthinkable happened, while he was being pulled in for the last 3m of line, he was swirling everywhere then puts it into high gear and rages under the pylons and cuts my leader clean in two To say I was absolutely FURIOUS would be a massive understatement. More tantrums all around because I still havn't landed a Frigate Mackerel. To end the day off I cast the leader and another lure into the water never to be seen again. I know how gio feels about him losing a couple to the net and poles when the wind blew them onto them, but a whole lot worse. I'm off for a 5 day holiday to try and forget my mysery...........but when I get back I'll be out everyday trying to nail that fish. IFS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Penguin Posted April 5, 2007 Share Posted April 5, 2007 Man that is some bad luck, what have u done to deserve that? penguin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frizzy Posted April 5, 2007 Share Posted April 5, 2007 Bad luck mate. But at least you manged to get some action. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mondo Rock Posted April 5, 2007 Share Posted April 5, 2007 IFS - to borrow a phrase from Stewy - That's what I'm talking about!! I know it seems unlucky now, but the truth is that it is through this kind of experience that we all grow as fishermen. I must have thrown away several thousands of dollars of fishing tackle over the years due to poor knots, lazy casting, abraded leaders - you name it - but I've learned a lesson from every one. You've suffered a loss, and now your brain will have come up with a slightly different plan of attack for the next session - and when you get the right combo together you'll be nailing them. The beauty of your approach is that it's entirely self-motivated. You're out there trying to catch mackeral without having ever caught one before, and are learning as you go - without the need for any prodding or prompting from more experience fishos. It's really a testament to you that you're putting the effort into learning something new. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arpie Posted April 5, 2007 Share Posted April 5, 2007 Hi IFS They were like that at Huskisson a month or 2 back - virtually tossed the kitchen sink at them & they still wouldn't take it - even tried bait as well. Shame about the losses, tho! At least you got a cuttlefish, tho! Ya win some, ya lose some - makes you more determined to do better next time! Cheers Roberta Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trentski Posted April 5, 2007 Share Posted April 5, 2007 Bad luck, but that's fishing. At least you had a good story to tell. Your luck will come good one day and then it will make all the effort worth while. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gio Posted April 5, 2007 Share Posted April 5, 2007 Good to meet you today ryan spewin about those 2 fish but anyway thats fishing. If its any consolation it was one of my worse days aswell. Apart from the lost lures, after we moved to the other side all we got was a handful of tiny snapper and i rkn i just about caught every toad in the hacking if thats possible i had my grandfather in stitches, it was one a cast for about an hour Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KingsRule Posted April 5, 2007 Share Posted April 5, 2007 Bad luck on the frigates mate But, times like that keep you comming back, time and time again to try and land that elusive fish:) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gretsch Posted April 5, 2007 Share Posted April 5, 2007 Sorry for your loss mate... great story tellng though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
huntman Posted April 5, 2007 Share Posted April 5, 2007 I'll be squidding down at the baths tonight with my father in law, so if you're around come say hi. We might move on if it's too crowded or if the squid aren't around, but we're starting there for sure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wildfish Posted April 5, 2007 Share Posted April 5, 2007 some of us have the life! going on a holiday from fishin! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pmak Posted April 11, 2007 Share Posted April 11, 2007 IFS, so near yet so far I feel for you man. Hope you had a great holiday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bolan Posted April 11, 2007 Share Posted April 11, 2007 Mate, Its called Murphys Law! I call it Dan Murphys, and just go to his bottleshop and by a case!! Have a holiday and come back with new vigour! Cheers! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luringbream Posted April 11, 2007 Share Posted April 11, 2007 Mate go out and get some Zoom tiny flukes, you WILL definetly hook SOME. DAN Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
henryinnis Posted April 12, 2007 Share Posted April 12, 2007 WOW thats a big frigate! They are only meant to reach something in the 50's.... Or that is what my book says! Henners Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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