choad Posted October 14, 2008 Share Posted October 14, 2008 (edited) A delayed report from Saturday, as I was waiting for a mate to email me some pics. The day began at a deserted roseville boat ramp an hour before dawn. We picked up a brace of livies (yakkas) - about the only fish I can gaurantee on Choad Charters. We tried a new spot for squid as the stock standard Spit Bridge drift, although seemingly popular amongst Sydney fishos, has always been a disappointment for me. The new spot lived up to Spit standards.... zip. The post dawn hour somehow slipped away during that squid session so we rigged up the livies and started a troll through some select spots in MH. We saw presumed kings on the sounder and a bit of spooked yakka action but no takes. Before we knew it it was 10:30am and time for a change of tactics. We decided to collect some more livies and head outside. Whilst gathering bait near a reef I picked up this oogly from the bottom using a patternoster rig on frayed 6pd vanish fluorocarbon. (the rod is the one to the left of the picture) At first i thought i was reefed after the initial tap, tap. If it wasn't for slow sideways movement I would of thought it was an anchor or big chunk of reef junk. 20 minutes of fight in ten metres of water gave the old imagination plenty of time to wish for a big lizard but unfortunately THIS thing came up. Anyhow, it was the biggest Port Jackson shark I've ever boated and the biggest fish I've caught in the new boat. It went an estimated 140cm and 15kg. It swam off as if nothing had happened shortly after the photo. The rest of the morning and afternoon was spent chasing (and wretching) after salmon outside the heads. It would have been fun if not for sea sickness. 11hrs later and pulling into the driveway empty handed apart from a bag full of bait for the freezer and the looking like this , reality set back in... I thought to myself, "Maybe it's time for a fishing break. Rejuvenate the hunger. Regain the faith.".... that was of course until I saw the emailed pics and remembered my "trophy" Port Jackson on 6pd line. I feel another session coming on this weekend. Yakkas and triple refrozen bait here I come! Edited October 14, 2008 by choad Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brickman Posted October 14, 2008 Share Posted October 14, 2008 i just posted a pj in the records as a laugh and it gets smashed in 5 min,that's what fishing is all about,do'nt be shy there must be 20 pics you all have hiden somwere well done mate on smashing the pj record the crown is now yours till the weekend that is cherrs grinning gary Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
choad Posted October 14, 2008 Author Share Posted October 14, 2008 saw your post. what a coincidence. forget kingy madness... lets have a PJ social! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brickman Posted October 14, 2008 Share Posted October 14, 2008 (edited) a pj social i do'nt think that one would be a goer but just think jewys would be the bycatch gary hey i just remembered some thing the one i caught was female and so is yours and mine had what looked like the barbs cut off and so does yours i wonder if that happens when they mate just an observation gary Edited October 14, 2008 by brickman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Josh88 Posted October 14, 2008 Share Posted October 14, 2008 Too bad you didn't get what you were after. Catching something that size on 6lb line is a bloody good effort, i've had that feeling of is it a reef or what?? quite a few times, more often than not turns out to be some sort of shark. Hopefully next week.... Josh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ray R Posted October 14, 2008 Share Posted October 14, 2008 a pj social i do'nt think that one would be a goer but just think jewys would be the bycatch gary hey i just remembered some thing the one i caught was female and so is yours and mine had what looked like the barbs cut off and so does yours i wonder if that happens when they mate just an observation gary Did someone say Port Jackson Social, I'm in.. Cheers.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robbielites Posted October 14, 2008 Share Posted October 14, 2008 Choad...... Look over you left shoulder mate... We call that spot Squiddyland! I never said that on a public forum OK Robbie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
choad Posted October 14, 2008 Author Share Posted October 14, 2008 Choad...... Look over you left shoulder mate... We call that spot Squiddyland! I never said that on a public forum OK Robbie. mate, very observant. you really know your harbour don't you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slinkymalinky Posted October 14, 2008 Share Posted October 14, 2008 Choad...... Look over you left shoulder mate... We call that spot Squiddyland! I never said that on a public forum OK Robbie. I bet the PJ came from the deep trench too!! Nice fish on 6lb Choad. May not be a table fish but a great capture is a great capture Cheers, Slinky Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GregL Posted October 14, 2008 Share Posted October 14, 2008 Choad...... Look over you left shoulder mate... We call that spot Squiddyland! I never said that on a public forum OK Robbie. I was just thinking "I catch squid in that bay"...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1975 Posted October 15, 2008 Share Posted October 15, 2008 mate, very observant. you really know your harbour don't you. i'm just starting so can someone tell me where suiddyland is????? thanks Billy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
choad Posted October 15, 2008 Author Share Posted October 15, 2008 i'm just starting so can someone tell me where suiddyland is????? thanks Billy Hey there Billy, Squiddyland is located in Sydney Harbour. See the map. Hope it helps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
plankton Posted October 15, 2008 Share Posted October 15, 2008 That's funny, i tried right where the arrow points and didn't catch any??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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