Aussie Day Fishn (very Slow) Botany Bay

[DGF]

G'day guys.

Ok first up i was suppose to take the boat out Monday arvo as i was stoked the barometric pressure was nice n high and my mate had been out all morning and he landed 3 50cm+ lizards 1 40cm trev and 3 35+cm bream. keen as i was ready to finish off work early n go out on the bay but had some bad luck last minute afternoon delivery that we need to do out passed hoxton park i thought shit there goes another 2.5hrs, needless to say fishing canceled for Monday.

So still needing to get my weekly fishing fix i said ill go on Aussie day wit my mate didn't check the barometer this time as i just wanted to get out there, so 4am boats ready on my car ready and waiting for my mate to rock up he arrives we head out get to the bay load up the boat prep it up get in the water by 5:20am head over to the Hot water outlet to catch some livies as i have been keen to try my down-rigger out managed to get 2-3 yakkas before they stopped completely which was weird, i thought o well lets hit the heads on a slow troll with the yakkas on the down rigger so took about 1hr to get to the head of kernell and followed the gutter there down toward the south, stoped to take a look and my line as it un-cliped from the down rigger

grabbed it but no weight bring it in to find my line was taken clean off :/

After that i said bugger this lets go up towards the reefs off coogee so full throtle up to coogee and try out luck there with a bit of reef bashing and still nothing other than a few little picks (which turned out to be leather jackets and there goes another bunch of hooks) stayed for about and hour or so everyone around was also saying there nothing around etc..

headed back in the bay to fish the break wall trolled that and come to a stop and decide to anchor up and just try catching some bream or something so we don't go home empty handed .. bring up my rod on the down rigger and my lines getting all twisted up etc.. (stupid monofiliment line i had put on the reel was all twisty) ended up taking off half the line from my reel and still getting all tangled and twisted up together, so i put the rod away and gave up on it till i get some braid or something with no memory on it started fishing with the good ole hand line bringing in yakkas that were abnormally huge im talking 30-40cm yakkas and because of the luck i was having that day i said o well ill just keep catching these out of 20 yakkas only 2 were live bait worthy as the rest were all in the 30-40 cm range.

now being so persistent and wanting to get a fish on the down rigger my mate was falling asleep n i said nope gonna go for another troll now haha and still got nothing and decided to give up @ 3pm headed back in.

got to the ramp my mate got down to grab my car comes to the ramp and realizes i got a flat Tyre on the rear DANG, could it get any worse? with my spare tyre being taken off the car for having a puncture i was tyreless so took the car to the nearest servo filled up the air and i see a big screw in the rear Tyre but the air was holding (the wait of the trailer must of let it all out) got back to the ramp reversed in went to my winch and what the heck ! my winch handle is gone! *sigh* what a day used a Tyre iron as the winch handle after driving my boat completely onto my trailer so not much winching was required but damn what a series of events.

oh well got home with 20 big yakkas cleaned them filleted them and we ate yellow tail pan fried with flour for dinner and 8 beers to end the day.

Edited January 26, 2010 by DGF

[nosliw]

That's unfortunate, better luck next time!. At least you ended the day well(8 beers)!

[DGF]

yeh i also forgot to bring food n drink wit me fishn ahhaha so i was dehydrated and those beers went down very well ill definatly go out lil more organized next time i was just too keen haha

forgot to add that when i got home i checked the barometric pressure n itwas under 1004 :/ which explained alot

[deek]

yeh i also forgot to bring food n drink wit me fishn ahhaha so i was dehydrated and those beers went down very well ill definatly go out lil more organized next time i was just too keen haha

forgot to add that when i got home i checked the barometric pressure n itwas under 1004 :/ which explained alot

I did something similar a while back. Got to the ramp at Concord. Dropped the boat & trailer off the side of the ramp. Got that sorted, then found out that the battery was flat. Thankfully someone jumped started me. Then on the way back to the boat ramp in the arvo realised I might've left the winch handle on the ramp Went to pcik up the trailer in the carpack and lo and hehold it was still on the A frame near the winch post.

[Keflapod]

Jeez DGF,

What arun of bad luck. I bet your own personal barometric pressure must have been pretty high after all that !

Seriously - one of the biggest shortcomings of my analysis of fish data is that I don't gather barometer readings in my data. I also don't fully understand it - but I'm led to believe that a big movement of pressure, either upwards or downwards, will result in fish feeding. Once it gets very low as a storm hits, the fish stop feeding and maybe take cover. Similarly, when it gets too high, the fish get lazy and don't feed. How does that info compare with your understanding ?

Tony

[DGF]

from my understanding its about the same as you just stated but i also tend to see more action in above 1010-1020 usuall under 1010 they get lazy or go into hiding but as its moving up and down between those it usually makes for good fishing.

deek, my winch handle was no where to be seen oh well good thing the tyre iron fits haha

[Little Hooker]

I feel your pain mate! I DR jus out side BB and only manage 1 bonnie on the rigger ( thats a first for me too) and another small bonnie on a slug.

Around sunrise the yakkas were pentlyful and in all different sizes at the 3rd runway