Botany Bay 30 /4

[robeebee]

sorry for the delay on this report as i broke the tip on my new rod and have been a tad upset

anyway

me and dad went out on monday for a gulp only session

hit the ramp at 7.00 and was nice and quiet

went just along the beach as far as the Novatel and got a nice drift going in 12' of water

put on a 2"shrimp natural and sprayed with ultrabite

first cast I'm on and it's a small reddie, still , first fish gets my heart going everytime

second cast another reddie 29 cm's this time , getting better

third cast something is pulling drag now and i'm onto a good fish but alas i drop it

I know what your gunna say , every cast a fish? but it was great out there on Monday

anyway, i get another good run, but boat it this time , a nice 30 cm bream ,fat one too

by this time my Dad is getting a little peeved as he has had just a few bites

so i give him one of my Nitro jigheads and he tries a sandworm

next drift he lands a 40 cm flattie, finally .

I get another good bream and have some fun with reddies (30 cm now but I set them free )

got a 28 cm flounder aswell

wind picks up and changes direction so we head up to Dolls pt

get another drift going and the water is a bit shallower , bout 9 to 10'

put on a 4" turtleback worm (yeah I know they are for freshwater )

first cast I'm on , rod bends and get him near the boat and takes line

get the net for a 52 cm flattie

next 2 casts i net a 55cm model followed by a 58 cm cracker

this is like a dream!

wind is making it hard to drift as we cant reel in fast enough, and Dad's still getting nothing

we anchor and clean the fish as the water is still filthy near the ramp

i have a couple of casts as dads gutting the fish and ZZZZZZZZZZZIIIIIINNNNG !!!!!!!!!

pulling line like mad this one , big bream ? after 5 minutes and sore forearms a nice Trevally

never got one of them before , pull like a train , great fun on light gear

get the boat out of the water and pack up

put my rod in the rod bag and tie it up and line goes slack

shit

there goes the tip

took it to my local tackle shop and He tells my it it not so bad (thank god i thought it was stuffed )

he files the tip and fits a new guide and says i will only lose a bit of sensitivity and cant use really light line anymore

I only use 6 pound so that is okay (i cant tie knots with 2 and 4 pound )

so a bad end to a great day out

I'll give the rod a go on the weekend at the breakwalls to see how it is

sorry no pic's as I had the shits

Edited May 1, 2007 by robeebee

[Flightmanager]

Thats the kind of days fishing most of us dream about!! Good to hear the rod was able to be repaired !!

Ross

[pmak]

Wow! Sounds like a dream session. Non-stop action and a great feed!

Sorry to hear about the rod though but glad to hear you got it fixed.

[Penguin]

Nice sesh and nice feed.

penguin

[1975]

great effort mate, always nice to get a good feed.

1975

[Brad Duffell]

How big was that trevor you caught sounds like it went hard?

[Bream Mad]

Great Session Mate

Sounds like the gulps could do not wrong

A fish every cast is as good as it gets, have not had a sesion like that for a long time

Trevors have that distinctive thump,thump, thump of the tail as they pull drag at speed!!

Great fun

cheers

BM

[robeebee]

How big was that trevor you caught sounds like it went hard?

didn't measure it , sorry , should have for my own benefit being my first

i put it back as we had enough fish and dad said there not great eating

would have gone about 45 cm's ?

P.S.

don't think I'll be using a rod bag anymore

Edited May 2, 2007 by robeebee