jenno64 Posted July 8, 2008 Share Posted July 8, 2008 (edited) Looked at the swell report and decided to give therocks and the pigs a miss. Took the yak out in the harbour instead. Hit a fav summer fishing spot in the hope that little wind would make for a pleasant arvo out. Armed with nippers, HBs and SPs, I launched at the leisurely hour of 11:30am to catch the last of the run in. First trolling with Hbs (including a brand spanking SX-40 out of the pack I noticed a touch on one rod...took it out of the holder and felt a couple of gentle head shakes and proceded to bring in what I thought was a flatty. She came torwards without a whimper and as I lifted the rod tip to get colour....I saw the biggest flatty pop straight up next to the yak...it must have been close to a metre in length and a foot across the head ( No BS as my PB is 96cm)...bad news was no sign of the lure and with a little head shake and a shimmy she left me palpitating and &^%$#ing. I sat in disbelief for a few minutes and retied another HB onto a easily severed 12 pound trace. Anyway the arvo was pleasant and I picked up 3 flatties from 42-46cm and a nice whiting of 33cm but the most interesting was ablackfish of 36cm hammering a HB. I was also harrased by 3 fairy penguins that circled the yak and squawked at me on and off the whole afternoon. Had a great arvo and scoreda good feed. Cheers Rob Edited July 8, 2008 by jenno64 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hodgey Posted July 8, 2008 Share Posted July 8, 2008 Bad luck on dropping the big girl Rob. From the sounds of your tackle, the last thing you were expecting was a fish of that size Great to see you got onto a nice feed of fish regardless. Some nice photos too! Hodgey Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andrew399 Posted July 8, 2008 Share Posted July 8, 2008 Spewing about the lost croc!! sounds like a good day all in all though! what part of the harbour were you fishing? no need for exact locations... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ray R Posted July 8, 2008 Share Posted July 8, 2008 Hey Jenno64, you had a productive day in the yak, do you get bounced around a bit in the habour ?. The pics are nice and a good feed....Cheers... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve07 Posted July 8, 2008 Share Posted July 8, 2008 Nice report & photo's,sounds like a pleasant afternoon on the harbour with a few quality fish caught too. Well done!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dreamtime Posted July 8, 2008 Share Posted July 8, 2008 You would have to be happy with that mixed bag. Well done! I bet they taste even sweeter knowing that they were caught with paddle power. Add to that the smooth conditions, it must have been a great arvo on the water. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
martymonsta Posted July 8, 2008 Share Posted July 8, 2008 Make that 'pedal power'! Love the Hobies and have a Revo myself. Shame about the lost big flatty though. Marty Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jenno64 Posted July 9, 2008 Author Share Posted July 9, 2008 Hey Dicko, Was fishing a quiet bay up Lane Cove way near figtree bridge. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andrew399 Posted July 9, 2008 Share Posted July 9, 2008 Thanks mate! thats pretty good to see penguins that far up the harbour! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spirit_fall88 Posted July 9, 2008 Share Posted July 9, 2008 Thanks mate! thats pretty good to see penguins that far up the harbour! i've saw penguins near the harbour bridge last week Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gretsch Posted July 9, 2008 Share Posted July 9, 2008 Great little session there.. nice work! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
no idea Posted July 10, 2008 Share Posted July 10, 2008 nice mixed bag you got there mate. its amazing the amount of different sea life in the harbour at the moment, the other day standing at manly whalf looking down at some nice sized bream and surgeons (no rod and its no fishing) a seal swam past and just started playing around in the water around the whalf. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jenno64 Posted July 10, 2008 Author Share Posted July 10, 2008 Yeah it was a great arvo...in shorts almost dead calm and the water was crystal clear (hence the lack of bream maybe)and just in time before the cold front set in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Ben75 Posted July 14, 2008 Share Posted July 14, 2008 Gday Rob Nice feed there Mate . Hows that a Blackie on a lure is that your first ? I have caught a few on the troll now the on Hb lures. Cheers Ben Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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