Sick Session Off The Rocks Today! - Mixed Bag

hooklineanddrinker · May 29, 2009

Sensational day at my local spot. Got myself a few pb's too!!!

Thought I was killing it...... until, I changed from the float method to get my pigs and niggas when a mate took me to my spot X two days ago.

Weather overcast, drizzlely but the wind held up. Barometer dropping and fished the top to run out tide.

'Watch grasshopper, said Brett. New method... size 1 or 2 bait holder hook to a size 00 running bean sinker. I have 12 lb line on my reel but I put a on small swivel to a 17 lb leader. Still in it for the sport of it, but I love the adrenaline rush when you hook something good. Thinking about it, there's a bit of dancing around the rocks to go with it just so I don't get smoked!

Anyway, a good berley to start and then bits and pieces while fishing. My mate Brett smashed it two days ago and caught a lot of what I caught by myself today (a good mixed bag!). I couldn't get the feel of fishing the new way at first .... and just watched Brett with a grin on his face like Dale Kerrigan in the 'Castle' pulling in fish after fish. Then .....it clicked!

I got my p.b 40 cm 2.15 kg black drummer and two good niggas 36 cm & 39 cm to take home. Threw back two small drummer, my first silver drummer, 1 trevally and a small bream. Now I was grinning too!

Great day and a new way!!!

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Then.... today went down by myself and replicated the previous session.... but with now Master Brett. Could I pull it off on my Pat Malone????

Weather overcast , drizzlely and the wind was up a bit today. Barometer steady and fished the top to run out tide again. The wind did give me the $%^&s but I started casting in between the gusts and put on a size 0 running bean sinker. That did the trick!

Well..... I $@#&ing nailed it!!! From the photos you can see it was good, huge mixed bag!!!

PB's: silver drummer 36 cm, yellow fin bream 37 cm and my first few keeper trevally's... largest 42 cm and luderick 43 cm. And my total PB in one session:

8 luderick

4 black drummer (largest 38cm)

1 silver drummer

3 yellow tail bream

5 trevally

Now I don't take everything home that's just legal!!! The group shot with the dog was just after I took the fish out of my keepers net and I did throw back the small back drummer, small bream and the thumper silver drummer. I only keep the good sized ones!

Took home 5 niggas, 1 pig, 1 bream and 4 blurters and some good photos too. The dog loves the treva fillet raw with rice.

Sorry to dribble but I had a great day! .... and you didn't! Well I hope someone else did? Makes me feel heaps better about losing my job last week!

I'm outta here and hitting the hose. Bye.

Edited May 29, 2009 by hooklineanddrinker

keng-lee · May 29, 2009

good job hope im as lucky tonight

jahajo · May 29, 2009

Well done on your mixed bag

to fishraider

Ray R · May 29, 2009

G'day mate and to FR, thats a great mixture of finned critters mate,

you would have had a ball.

Where is the area you are fishing , just general nothing specific.

Great read and keep the reports coming..

Cheers..

hooklineanddrinker · May 29, 2009

G'day mate and to FR, thats a great mixture of finned critters mate,

you would have had a ball.

Where is the area you are fishing , just general nothing specific.

Great read and keep the reports coming..

Cheers..

Hey Ray R,

Area: Sydney Eastern suburbs

But more importantly............... the secret bait................. bread!

Good berley to start (bread mixed with 1/2 a pack of chicken pellets). Watch the way it drifts..... and the fish were literally jumping out of the water to get hooked. I've never seen luderick and drummer in such a frenzy, smashing bread on the surface.