Weekend On Lake Macquarie

[Brocky0984]

Hi there Raiders

Had to get out of Sydney on the weekend so hitched up the ol boat to the car and headed for Dads place up at Swansea. Had a good sleep in on Saturday and hit the lake at about 10am for a session. Well the lake isn’t fishing all that well at the moment. Headed over to Myuna Bay and sat out in the warm water coming out of the power station. Not much happening there. Then around the lake we proceeded to zoom. Zilch. Even hard to get a few bites for long stretches. Oh well of to the pub about 4. Caught a few there. Ha.

Decided to head out on Sunday. Left round 6am and puttered around the point to Blacksmiths beach and proceeded to loose about $50 of tackle on the reef in front of the surf club. Stuff that! Lets head on down to Caves beach and give that a go. Encountered the fleet chasing the Salmon on the way but we didn’t have the gear. They looked like they were having a ball and the water was boiling with them. I swear you could have walked on them at times Saw numberous hookups. Was slappin myself for not packing all the gear in the boat. Anyhow continued down to caves and sat about 1 Km offshore for about 5 minutes before we were on. Giant Slimey Mackerals for about an hour and a half. Good fun. Took home about 30 all about the 40cm size. Salted them up for next time.

Headed back in for a go on the sand flats for some Lizards. Was getting desperate now for a fish that I could actually eat. Alas Zilch again. The lake is very quiet at the moment. Even the locals cant find the fish. Well to top it all off while I fished the lake, dad was cleaning up the Slimeys. Opps over goes his fishing knife with the blooded water. Damb. Lots a swearing etc etc etc. Wheres your knife boy. I hand it over. 5 minutes later, over goes that knife again with the blooded water. Geepers Dad whats got into you. Senility has set in I think!

Anyhow it was a great day to be out on the water again but unless your prepared to head out a bit up at Lake Macquarie be prepared for a quiet day fish wise. Oh n if you need any help throwing gear overboard PM me, my Dad is available pretty much anytime.