sherackattack Posted October 9, 2008 Share Posted October 9, 2008 (edited) today my mate and myself went to a spot near the gladesville bridge, the spot i usually go to my mate is a bit older than i am but hes only caught 1 fish in his life and he seemed pretty keen to catch some so we left at around 2pm to the spot, we were fishing with some prawns, squid and some meat from the butcher the story of the first fish he ever caught was pretty funny, it was about 10 years ago when he was at south west rocks and his mother bought him a $10 rod , and when they went fishing and hooked onto a fish, it snagged them around a pole, then the rod broke while he was trying to pull the hook out, then he broke the handle on the reel trying to reel it in so there they had a modified rod and when they pulled it in by hand it was only a tiny little bream anyways we started fishing and about half an hour in of using prawns i got a fish hooked and passed the rod over to him and brought up a little tailor then soon after he pulled this monster in by himself thanks to some master photography (i've been in the business for 50 years) waited about an hour with only a few bites, then i finally hooked onto something, it felt really big on my very light rod, then it fell off! i kept winding in and the tailor that fell off turned around and ate the bait again that was on the surface another hour or so passed and one of our mates that we never thought went fishing turned up to the same spot as us, and we both wound in to say hi to them, and my friend had something big on the line, it fought pretty hard, you should have seen the look on his face when we were bringing it up the 3m ledge! (note: his face in the photo does not indicate how happy he was) it was quite a decent leatherjacket, havent really seen one like that caught that big before, estimate it to be around 36cm had a try with this new overhead reel i got, but i kept getting birdsnests so i gave up on it after the leatherjacket we waiteed a bit with no luck, and turned back home for some maccas in all it was a pretty good day, we were out of the wind and the sun was quite warm without the wind chill factor, hope to go back there some day Alex Edited October 9, 2008 by sherackattack Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slayer666 Posted October 9, 2008 Share Posted October 9, 2008 sounds like you guys had a fun day Cheers Slayer666 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hodgey Posted October 9, 2008 Share Posted October 9, 2008 Great report Alex! I particularly enjoyed your mate's yarn about his first (only) fish ... talk about a comedy of errors! Good to see you are out there having a go mate. Perservere with your baitcasting outfit. Practice, practice; and then practice some more . Terrific photos as well. Cheers Hodgey Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
terryuts Posted October 9, 2008 Share Posted October 9, 2008 Good report mate, l heard that the leather jacket u caught was particular delicious,have u cooked it? Cheer terry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brickman Posted October 9, 2008 Share Posted October 9, 2008 geess alex you come a long way in a short time great report and multy pisc 6 more months and you will be a vet. i think it's time you ladds started useing live bait you need to get it right before summer i'm thinking kings alex cherrs gary Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
forliano Posted October 9, 2008 Share Posted October 9, 2008 Haha yeah... Top report... good story and sounds like youse had fun... Definately agree with the livebaiting... especially if the leathery was a good fight, bring on the kings Cheers Ben Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sherackattack Posted October 9, 2008 Author Share Posted October 9, 2008 yeah we definitely had fun that day, next time we'll take an esky with drinks and some speakers to play some music live bait aye... tahts gonna be a challenge.. better read into how to rig them and stuff catching kings seems so far out of my reach... but im determined to try! Alex Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brickman Posted October 10, 2008 Share Posted October 10, 2008 alex where you fish is a very narow section off the river all fish pass this point at some stage you need to set up a livey and then set it and go back to nomal fishing very imortant to have this rod in a good hole or tyed to somthing when a king hits it will pull the rod out off you hands if you not carfull and alex it is not a matter off if but more like when you will hook up the summer i garentee it gary Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sherackattack Posted October 10, 2008 Author Share Posted October 10, 2008 lol i tried throwing out this dead calamari but i couldnt cast it far enough on that overhead reel i had... it was spooled with 20lb fireline on a 10-15kg rod and set it to it was a piece of crappy dead bait wasnt expectin to catch anything might go to one of the piers and try it out Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slinkymalinky Posted October 10, 2008 Share Posted October 10, 2008 the story of the first fish he ever caught was pretty funny, it was about 10 years ago when he was at south west rocks and his mother bought him a $10 rod , and when they went fishing and hooked onto a fish, it snagged them around a pole, then the rod broke while he was trying to pull the hook out, then he broke the handle on the reel trying to reel it in so there they had a modified rod and when they pulled it in by hand it was only a tiny little bream Great read sherackattack. Glad you and your mate had a good day fishing. Cheers, Slinky Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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