Brown's Bashing

[TheDiko]

G'day Raiders,

After 13 weeks grounded from the weather it was time to take the boat out for a spin out wide. Hit the water around 6:30am and gathered some Yakka's then headed out. Conditions were quite choppy with plenty of whitecaps but we stood firm that it was going to drop off around 10:30 - 11:00 as predicted by the majority of sites.

Within 5km of heading out we spot a Whale 100m in front of the boat. He soon ducked under so missed out on photo's. But then 1 minute later after setting off again an absolute monster emerges with a baby next to it. This thing was huge the size of a truck the pictures just don't do it justice.

We trolled from the Shelf to Brown's for naught and arrived at Brown's around 9:00am. Got the new Reef Queen geared up after spooling it with 1000m of 100lb braid earlier this week. The bait of choice was squid which cost $22 per kilo so the plan is to next week head out at night to some of the inshore reefs and fill the boat with those Ceph's.

First drop was Dad (addicted Fishraider guest) who after a long drop pulls in two Gemmies which he gaffs himself Both measuring 82cm and weighing 4kg each. A quick bash on the head with the baseball bat after Dad got severely bitten by those razor teeth and we were ready for photo's.

Over the marks again and Worwick's turn. He gets hits as soon as he hits the bottom and pulls in two very nice Gemfish at 90cm and 92cm weighing 5.8kg and 6kg. Although the wind dropped right off while bringing the fish in and hopes were high for plenty more fish 5 minutes later back up to 10 - 11 knots.

P.S. Check out Worwick's new broomstick he bought cheap off eBay

Next drop was mine and hookup on hitting the bottom. Plenty of weight to the fish and after winding 40 odd metres the Reef Queen starts to spin and lose line. Must be a bloody big fish or been Sharked. No, we've drifted over the top of the mountain and the fish has swim into the reef and snagged me

With the wind still howling we troll to the Peak then race in with a few Dolphins around. After an hour at the ramp trying to get the boat out of the hole in the wall in BB we get home after swapping cars to the 4WD.

Took some photo's of the fish on the Brag Mat using Netic's classic feet in the picture snap.

IFS

Edited August 12, 2007 by IFishSick

[andrew399]

Nice report mate! sounds like you had a good day on the water, and you gotta be happy with the gems!

[mark84]

nice bag of gems mate beutiful day for a bit of whale watching to.

[Penguin]

Nice catch of Gemfish there,

Could u pls tell me what that yellow thing in the water

is in that 3rd pic pls.

penguin

[james1990]

WOOHOO ryan, good to hear u guys did well, shame about the bust off, keep up the good work mate.

cheers james

Nice catch of Gemfish there,

Could u pls tell me what that yellow thing in the water

is in that 3rd pic pls.

penguin

Thats a sea anchor, also known as a drouge anchor.

They are used to slow the boats drift down.

Top peice of equiptment.

When using a sea anchor for best results let out about 10meters of rope.

cheers james

[The Iceman]

Nice fish

Didnt you get seasick

Penguin the yellow thing is a drogue used for slowing down the drift in wind

[KingsRule]

Nice one Ryan Shame yours swam into reef though!

[abiasin]

great that you managed to finally get out there mate, well done on the gemmies

[Markwi]

Some good fish well done, good squid is expensive but it make the difference.

[johnno]

Well done guys looks like a top catch

[netic]

Not a bad result...well done

[Kiwi Dan]

did the teeth make a mess of the fingers?

nice fish fellas, how do Gem fish go on the plate?

Cheers

Dan

[sanger]

Nice one guys!!!!

[frankp]

Those gemfish go very nicely on the plate

well done.

[TheDiko]

Didnt you get seasick

Bloody oath mate

Penguin that is a sea anchor in the pic.

Kiwi Dan no they didn't as we were the gloves so we can hold the line and feel the bites once down the bottom. So they couln't bite into the skin when we had them on.

IFS

Edited August 13, 2007 by IFishSick

[Penguin]

Penguin that is a sea anchor in the pic.

IFS

Thanks, I thought so, I got one on my boat also but the one in the

pic looks diff to mine so it kinda threw me.

penguin

[CR@ZY OS@M@]

well done mate,nice feed there,heard that gem fish are really good eating.

[arpie]

Nice fish!! Great report.

WHat a bonus the whales were!! Good shots. I was just saying we should be keeping an eye out for them coming up the coast - on a good day, we can see them from our front balcony ...... with binoculars.....!

Cheers

ROberta