Jason Sunn Posted January 10, 2010 Share Posted January 10, 2010 (edited) It all started with a post on Friday looking for a deckie to go out on Sunday Morning, Lucky for me fishythings (AKA Scott) answered the call and the plans were set. Leave from Roseville around 4am Sunday morning. As with all plans something has to go astray. To my surprise in the morning at a spritely 3am some one had parked a little too close to my boat in our under ground carpark and what was supposed to be a 10 min job to get the boat out became a 30 ming effort. Oh well. Made the ramp a little late and met up with Scott (what a top bloke). Headed off to the Spit for a little squid action which proved to be harder than you would think. 1 Dropped and no more to be seen so we decided to high tail it off to Clontarf for some Yakkas.. With a little patience we managed to put about 20 in the live bait tank (with quite a few small ones). Then off to hit South Head. Was a bit of a parking lot out there with between 20-25 boats all drifting the same small patch of reef (with a few anchored ones thrown in to create some obstacles). Sent down our first couple of livies and within 20 mins my brand new BTR 6500 had a bit of a nibble and then bang. On for a nice Kingie, At first it tried to trick us and started to come up really high in the water column but it was no match for the new reel. Just before the hit I realised a potential issue, No fish measure or ruler. Luck for us we were not going to need one today. Half way through the first fight and whilst trying to get my fish in the net, off goes Scott's rod with a fairly nice bump and bend. A bit of double action going on and with my fish going left to right and then back under and Scott's playing a little nicer we were luck to get both of them in the boat. Nice one for me and an even better one for Scott. Decision time, do another drift, no question really. We managed to boat another really good fish and over the course of a few hours lost another 5 decent fish to fight another day. Also manager to pull up the biggest Sgt baker I have ever seen. Ahh if only they weren't so full of bones... Well the wind started to pick up a bit and with there being so many boats out there we decided to hit the harbour but without much luck. Decision to leave and be home in time for lunch seemed to tbe the way go to. All in all a top day and a new friend made. Thanks to Scott for being a top bloke and coming along for the day. Here are a couple of the better fish from the day. Oh and as for the size well without a measure all I can say is my fish measured to fantastic fillets with burnt butter and lemon sauce... Cheers Sunnyboy1 Edited January 11, 2010 by Sunnyboy1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robeebee Posted January 11, 2010 Share Posted January 11, 2010 top Kingy's mate well done Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wantingaboat Posted January 11, 2010 Share Posted January 11, 2010 Whats that odd whit spot on the kings side? The one on the left. Nice job by the way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Sunn Posted January 11, 2010 Author Share Posted January 11, 2010 This is where it was resting up against the side of the ice block in the esky.... Whats that odd whit spot on the kings side? The one on the left. Nice job by the way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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