Hutcho1 Posted September 19, 2007 Share Posted September 19, 2007 Hi Raiders, Day 4 of a five week holiday break, yeeehaaa!!!! Woke yesterday morning after making sure the kids school lunchs were packed and the wife was all set for work. I shook off the feelings of sadness (only joking) and as I'm driving to the boat ramp I had this overwhelming feeling of freedom and I was met with absolutely perfect glass conditions. I knew this was going to be a good solo session after RayR had to work. Bad luck mate!!! Motored over to Lion Island and surrounds and immediately found myself in the middle of a huge salmon school. Caught a couple on my 1.8kg bream gear and had a ball with no other boats around. Pound for pound on light gear they are a great fighters. This was all GOOD. After an hour or so of chasing the school I ducked over to Patonga, and threw plastics at the flatties, caught a few small ones, then it was off to the north side of Lion Island. Got the Berley going and caught a few small bream, all released. Then it happened. I was floating a nice hawksbery prawn down the trail when my snapper rod, 14kg braid and 9 pound leader, went off. The fish took an almighty run and for a moment I thought I was going to be spooled. 15mins later and the fish was almost at the boat and bang!!! Gone in one last furious run. Shark, Jew who knows. My appologies to the people at Umina for my bad language. This was all BAD. Fished for another hour and ended up catching the biggest eel I've ever seen. Time to go. This was very very Ugly. All in all a great day and I headed home with a smile on the dial and a feed of fresh fish. You wouldn't be dead for quids. Only four weeks and 3 days to go, you bloody beauty. Regards, Hutcho Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chocofallon Posted September 19, 2007 Share Posted September 19, 2007 Sounds like a great day mate. Spewin about the bust off especially when you don't know what it was. But sounds like a great day....Five weeks off...I've got to start sleeping with the boss. Cheers, Joe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sanger Posted September 19, 2007 Share Posted September 19, 2007 Nice work!!!!! That holiday has put you right in prime time to catch some of the middle harbour hoods before all the rats get in!!!!! Tough for some hey!!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
locodave Posted September 20, 2007 Share Posted September 20, 2007 I know that feeling when you loose a big fish! Was trolling once at Lion island, drag went off, ran out of line!!! It was a PHAT reel too, so who knows what it could of been! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tiger_shark Posted September 20, 2007 Share Posted September 20, 2007 Hopefully the sambos hang around for a while...i'm getting out there next week to have some more fun with them...hopefully. I'll give you back your hook when i catch that big jewie near lion island.....lol...nice report and well done on the catch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveD Posted September 20, 2007 Share Posted September 20, 2007 That sounds like a ripper of a time, the best thing though is it's going to always leave you thinking "what was it? a shark? a jew?". Other than that with the sounds of the conditions and sambos sounds like a perfect day out. Good on ya Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ray R Posted September 20, 2007 Share Posted September 20, 2007 Okay thats it for you buddy , no more fishin' while I'm at work.... Ray R... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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