MrChipsnSalad Posted May 27, 2009 Share Posted May 27, 2009 (edited) It is a few days late but nevertheless. Put the tinny in at Roseville with a mate. Only hit the water about 10.30am, so it was always going to be a tough day out. Noted the really brown water from the rain and was expecting to find it like that all the way to Balmoral. Surprisingly it cleared up just around the 8kt speed zone heading towards the Spit Bridge. Started off around the Quakers Hat Bay side of Beauty Point. Tried plastics, prawns and pillies for not even a bite. drifted around the moorings close in, but it was no good. Went to the Spit Bridge and drifted around the second pylon from the Southern end of the bridge. Used the same baits as before. We picked up a lot of baby Snapper initially. We decided to put out a few whole pillies and drift them down around the pylons. Lost a couple of 40 pound fluorcarbon leaders to big hits with clean bite offs, but never saw the culprit. Tried the same tactic for longer, but never had the hits again. At a guess, it was tailor. Picked up a black bream (28cm) on one drift, between the bridge and the marina on the eastern side of the bridge. We released it in good nick. That fell to a prawn on a #2 suicide hook, with a lightly weighted running trace. Picked up another one at about 20cm in the same spot, although we released it without measuring, so just a guess on the size. Decided that it was only going to be small stuff there, so we packed up and did some drifts near the beach at Clontarf. There were quite a few small leather jacket that were turning our plastics into something resembling a half eaten apple core, so we upped and left pretty quickly. Stopped at the point between Shell Cove and Balmoral and tried a drift there. Lost one big fish that gave a solid pull for about 15 seconds, but then we were chewed off again. Once again, a whole pillie, so possible tailor. We saw a fairly large fish on the surface, and motored over to find a Kingy wallowing on the surface. Netted it to see what the problem was. It was still pumping water through the gills, but had a fairly swollen belly. We ended up tossing it back because it was undersized (around 50cm) and we did not want to be caught with it on the boat. It had a few bites out of the tail, looked unhealthy. It may have been hit by a boat, or swallowed something bad. It swam off when we dropped it back in. Anyway, we motored over to the northern shore and drifted just east of Clontarf, on the sand to try for a flathead. Not much luck there, but we lost a few rigs to pesky leather jackets. We brought in a one small and very toothy leather jacket, leading to that assumption. There were no hits, just bitten off hooks when we reeled in the gear. That concludes a day that left us empty handed, but we did have a bit of fun. The most promise seemed to be by the bridge. We lost some nice fish there. Edited May 27, 2009 by MrChipsnSalad Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zen801 Posted May 27, 2009 Share Posted May 27, 2009 G'day, Yeah my last couple of trips in MH have been much the same. It is shutting down for winter. Cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hugeted Posted May 28, 2009 Share Posted May 28, 2009 Great detail! Keep up the good work! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrChipsnSalad Posted May 28, 2009 Author Share Posted May 28, 2009 Great detail! Keep up the good work! Thanks for that. I have not posted for awhile, but thought that I really should get back into it. Wayne Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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