North Head / Cg / Middle Harbour

[PPSGT]

Hi Raiders,

Went for a fish around the harbour today , picked up some medium sized yakkas and a solid bream at Balmoral, then joined the Salmon circus with about 12 other boats around North Head.

After 30 minutes fruitless casting with sluggos, metals, and drifting epoxy flies in front of the school without a nibble (and watching a guy with a fly rod hook up every few casts)

I decided to get serious and break out the servo pillies.

I put away the 3kg gear and quickly grabbed the next available rod with a hook on it and one freezer burnt pillie was shot across the bow whilst steering, with the intention swinging the boat around and have it drift towards the approaching salmon. No sooner then it had hit the water I was onto my first salmon which proceeded to the bottom at an alarming rate, double checking the rod I realized I’d grabbed the 50lb braid outfit ,

The drag was already heavily set so I started to pump and wind the fish back from the deep. After the third run I finally got some colour – just enough to see a big silver flash

followed by a bright yellow tail. At the start of the fight I thought it was a salmon soI didn’t really set the hook - when he flicked around after seeing the boat the hook must have slipped

and he was gone…

Fished Clifton for a few hours for not much, and in Middle harbour caught some rather

Large sweep and small snapper.

We found plenty of kings on the sounder, but they wouldn’t bite – we chatted to another boat as they passed us downrigging and they’d hooked a 62cm model ( now undersized, where’s my letter from the fisheries informing me of the change? )

Great day on the water – with temps always above 18 everywhere we went , as opposed

to the greeny 16 from a few weeks ago.

Southern Calamari squid were hard to find today, 3 weeks ago got some monster ones

And saw plenty – this week at the same spots nothing…

All fish were released, including the Yakka that toured middle harbour on the down rigger.

Sorry no fish so no photos - Liked to have got one of me swearing and carrying on after

I lost the king, like LOST KINGIE VIDEO (warning:course language) by dazzassj6

Cant wait for summer & daylight savings for some after work sessions

Jason

[Benb]

Hi PPSGT,

I was one of the many boats at the sambos this morning and had no luck as i have posted, i should have used a pilchard

What boat were you in ??

Ben

[clifford]

hi ppsgt I was out today i tryed soft plastics wich does'nt fall the lost couple of weeks but got nothing, the schools were not that big . I did not think to trye survo pillies better luck next time mate.

[dazzassj6]

LOL better luck next time, yeh i would be screaming profanity out if i lost a king there in the school. Yeh the water temp is sure getting better and the harbour is firing up !

[Guest squido]

Jason,

I was flyfishing this morning,and we bagged sambos,then found kings++.A big day.

Cheers Mark.

My Mac's photos have too many bytes to post here for some unknown reason,even my son can't fix this problem!

IQ=iqf pillies!

[robeebee]

My Mac's photos have too many bytes to post here for some unknown reason,even my son can't fix this problem!

did you try resizing them >

[sanger]

Unlucky on the king mate, seems they need just a little bit of a jumpstart in mh then they will be on for young and old!!!