Botany Bay 10/11/08

[Penguin]

Hi Raiders,

My girlfriends been harassing me to take her for a fish since she has her own rod and reel now.

So I decided to take her out to Botany bay as I haven't been there for ages.

We set off from Penhryn ramp at about 8am, and head to the entrance to the bay as

I could see bird activity there. We arrive and are confronted by heaps of gulls, and

Slimeys. We threw some metal slugs around for a bit off fun didn't catch any

big predators among the Slimeys, but we did get a heap of them instead. After we had

a dozen in the tank, we set off for some down rigging. Dropped the riggers down and proceeded

around various markers for the next hour and a half, we totally lucked out not a touch on

any of our liveys.

We did see a gray fin at one of the markers as we approached.

It looked like a shark fin at 1st but it was only this guy.

After getting bored of the downrigging we set off for my secret spot near the oil wharf

My girl wanted to get her 1st King after seeing a school of them in Rose Bay with me last week.

20 mins after arrival there we started to get hits, and we started to hook into a few trevs 35-42cm

After awhile one of the rods with a live slimey goes off, after a bit of tuition from myself , the

g/friend lands her 1st ever Kingy, she was over the moon even though it was only a little fella

at 50cm.

We continued to catch Trevs, got checked by the police and had another couple of blistering

runs, one on a live Slimey the other on a large peeled prawn. Hooks pulled and we lost em both,

one at the side of the boat He was a good King way over legal size.

We set off for home mid arvo with some of the trevs we caught for a feed. The missus was

happy she got her 1st King and 1st Trevs after only her 2nd attempt at fishing.

I think I may have her hooked.

penguin

Edited November 10, 2008 by penguin

[nosliw]

Nice fish there penguin! and good of you to take the gf out as well.

Shame about the runs but at least you were getting some action.

[tide'n'knots]

well done mate! looks like you had some good company too.

Its a bonus if your other half enjoys getting out on the water with you.

[Dreamtime]

Looks like a great day was had by all.

Good to have a fishing partner that enjoys as much as you do.

Nice catch there mate, and the trevs don't look to bad also.

One lucky fisherdood indeed.

Cheers

Mariner

I've been looking for a girlfriend that likes fishing but the wife keeps frightening them off

Edited November 10, 2008 by Mariner 31

[nemo1203]

Welldone on the trev's, looks like u guys had a good day on the bay.

[Tiger Cam]

Congrats on a successful day all round! The missus hooks some fish......and you've hooked the missus onto fishing!

Cheers,

Cam

[VA911]

Great report penguin.

Congrats on getting the GF amoungst them.

[sanger]

Looks like a fun day out!!!!

Well done!

[King slayer]

Well done to your girlfriend!

My wife won't go any where near a fishing line! That can be a good thing at times though...

[big_steve]

good work mate

well done

[gregg.michael]

pink rod and all! awesome. i'm going to tell my lady. having a missus that loves fishing! don't let go of her mate.