Nicnat Posted February 9, 2008 Share Posted February 9, 2008 Hi All Team Nicnat (Rodhogger and I) have been quiet of late. RH (7yr old son) is back at school and work has kept me busy plus the weather has been just so wonderful. So we were looking forward to getting a line wet this weekend. Pumped some nippers late yesterday and had the little tinnie ready to go, only to wake up to that sound that has become so familiar - RAIN! We therefore decided not to worry about it, however with the boat packed and ready and an esky full of nippers, RH was jumping around like a frog on drugs all day. We finally spotted a small break in the clouds around 2.30pm and made a break for it. Got to the ramp at Silverbeach with a rain shower just passing and not one other person on the ramp. Stuck our nose out into the Bay with the stiff southerly behind us so decided to keep things safe and were contemplating the HWO but ended up a few hundred metres off the groynes at a spot that has been kind to us in the past. Anchor goes down and conditions are not great - windy, water the colour of a strong coffee, good swell coming through, tide roaring out and the boat swinging back and forth. In my head I'm giving this 15 minutes just to get it out of RH's system and then back home for a warm bath. First bait goes out and another shower comes through and I'm revising my 15 minute estimate down to 5. However, half way through this thought RH yells out his familiar war-cry - "I'm ON! 6lb line peels off against a stiff drag and I'm thinking maybe we stick out the 15 minutes. A minute later a 35cm Bream shows itself in the murky water and is landed. As I net the fish the second rod goes off and RH launches himself through space to grab it. I barely have time to drop the bream in the keeper net when a nice whiting hits the deck. For the next hour we don't have time to scratch ourselves as every bait gets nailed within a few minutes of hitting the water. A mix of small snapper, good size Bream, Whiting, Flathead and rays all make it to the boat. The final tally is a dozen fish kept (mainly gut hooked), roughly that many again released (our keeper net was full) and several other "self-released" fish. After 1.5 hours the tide started to slow down, our nippers were just about gone and we had enough of bouncing around inside the tinnie so headed back. A great finish to the afternoon was when RH stepped into a hole wading back though the mud at the ramp and managed to get himself covered in mucky brown stuff. Here's a couple of shots with the 2 best fish - a 39cm Bream and a PB whiting of 43cm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest rzep Posted February 9, 2008 Share Posted February 9, 2008 What a top session there. Well done on braving the elements and getting out there Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jewgaffer Posted February 9, 2008 Share Posted February 9, 2008 (edited) Hi Nicnat. Nice to see you out getting nippers first mate. That's a nice variety for an afternoon session in Botany Bay ! Seems the fish in the river have gone for more salt and nippers proved to be the perfect bait on the day for the various species you caught. Well done. Cheers jewgaffer Edited February 9, 2008 by jewgaffer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrmoshe Posted February 9, 2008 Share Posted February 9, 2008 Ya gotta be happy with that lot. Some quality fish there. Just shows to go ya...listen to the kids...it must be a 6th sense and RH has the midas touch by the looks of it. Great little session, even if it was uncomfy. Cheers and congrats, Pete. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mako1 Posted February 9, 2008 Share Posted February 9, 2008 That's a great session Nicnat and a top bag of tasty fish to take home. Well done Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jenno64 Posted February 9, 2008 Share Posted February 9, 2008 Great Post Well done on persevering with the weather and calming the rodhogger down. I too thought of an afternoon bash but chickened out......maybe tomorrow after reading that there are fish swimming around in the coffee Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jewgaffer Posted February 9, 2008 Share Posted February 9, 2008 Good luck tomorrow Jenno64 !! I'm going to have a go down there on Monday pm, the debri seems to be attracting a lot of baitfish (tailor). I think this particular batch of coffee has the right flavour about it. The heavy rains were better spread out this time and apparently there are not the usual reems of heavy mud coming down the river to take a lot of the oxygen out of it. There seem to be some good bream rising into the debri as far up river as Como. Cheers and I hope you get some good size fish down there Jenno64 and I know you won't be too far away nicnat that's for sure jewgaffer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fishmaniac Posted February 9, 2008 Share Posted February 9, 2008 great report nicnat! sounds like you guys had some good results. great to see you getting the kids in on the action too, they look very happy! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nicnat Posted February 10, 2008 Author Share Posted February 10, 2008 Yep, the kids certainly have a ball. And they are great motivation as well! I don't think I would have gone out if RH had not been pestering me all day, which was great as we ended up having one of our best sessions. However it can also have it's downside - RH also "motivated" me yesterday to play another season of over35 soccer. Not sure if I will be feeling as good after that one ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nicnat Posted February 10, 2008 Author Share Posted February 10, 2008 Hi Esky We only saw 2 other boats - one at the HWO when we first arrived and one in close to the groynes. We ended up about 5-600 metres off the groynes towards the sticks in about 5 mtrs of water. There were no other boats anywhere else near us - I think that's the first time for me in Botany. Nicnat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
damariboyz Posted February 10, 2008 Share Posted February 10, 2008 Wow RH is a master fisho well done again team Nicnat. PS does your daughter fish as well. Russ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flightmanager Posted February 10, 2008 Share Posted February 10, 2008 Thats the smiles ya love to see when you take em out fishing!! Great report mate ! Ross Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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