mako1 Posted May 24, 2009 Share Posted May 24, 2009 Launched at the north side of Captain Cook Bridge and crossed the river. I drifted east across the mouth of Woolooware bay with some poddies but I didn’t get any hits. I had forgotten the battery pack for the sounder so it was hard to find the holes at the mouth. With the wind strengthening I decided to go inside Woolooware bay and fish with lures around the oyster leases. Spent quite a while flicking all sorts of plastics at the leases but only had a few small hits. The wind made it really hard to keep in contact with the lure. Not having much luck with the plastics I tied on gold SX40 and an old gold DK lure I had. I trolled around the set of leases closest to the moored boats but only got a small bream on the SX40. Went over to the SE leases and trolled up to the shallows. Got another small bream on the SX40 and then had a better hit on the DK which turned out to be a 41cm flathead. Set up a troll again and got some more small bream on the DK lure and then just as I past the end of the lease I had a good hit and after a few tense moments after the fish went around a big patch of weed I had a good flattie on board. It was 53cm I got a few more small bream on the DK but nothing seemed to go for the SX40 so I put on a pink Attack lure and trolled back to the SE leases. As I was crossing the bay I had a screaming run on the pink attack. I thought I had hooked up to a salmon or tailor but this fish wasn’t jumping and was hanging down deep. It took me a few minutes to work the fish to the surface and to my surprise it was a good trevally. It was just over 40cm and my first on a hard body lure. I was surprised to find a trevally up in Woolooware bay after all of this rain. I put the attack back in and just as I was setting the second lure I had another screaming run and after a top fight I landed another trevally just over 40cm. After that I lost the school and I continued on to the SE leases. I trolled around for another little bream and flathead and made my way back to the mouth. I decided to troll through the moored boats on the way to the mouth and just as I was passing the last boat I had another screaming run on the pink attack lure. I thought it was another trevally but there were a lot more head shakes and it was fighting on the surface. I finally worked it to the yak and saw that it was a good bream. Both hooks were into the fish but there was a tense moment as I lifted the bream in as one of the hooks pulled but luckily the second hook held. The bream went 34cm. I trolled around a bit more but only got a small flathead so I called it a day. After a slow start it ended up being a really good day and I ended up with a good feed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fisheroo Posted May 24, 2009 Share Posted May 24, 2009 nice mix there mate...well done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ray R Posted May 24, 2009 Share Posted May 24, 2009 Great catch of finned critters Mako , good fishing skills shown to work out what they were after and you ended up with a good feed of fish.. Congrats mate.. Cheers.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cjchen Posted May 24, 2009 Share Posted May 24, 2009 thats really cool a pink hb i've never tried....... amazing was this on a hobie? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A.dawg Posted May 24, 2009 Share Posted May 24, 2009 Great report And nice feed of fish you got there Congrats Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jenno64 Posted May 24, 2009 Share Posted May 24, 2009 Great session Mako, Thinking the river would have been too fresh, I hit Kurnell this arvo hoping to get some pigs close to the rocks but the swell spooked me too much. I only scored a couple of trevors and a few small flatties just inside Kurnell. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ACIMA Posted May 24, 2009 Share Posted May 24, 2009 Nice catch Mako. Great report and pics. It's good to see some of the old faithfuls come out of the tackle box and put together a good feed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
squid hunter Posted May 24, 2009 Share Posted May 24, 2009 beaut lookin fish there regards Squid Hunter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slinkymalinky Posted May 24, 2009 Share Posted May 24, 2009 Fantastic mixed bag Mako. I still don't quite know how you guys with kayaks can handle flatties down at water level. I get spiked if they even look at me. Cheers, Slinky Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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