Weekend At Currarong

[Benzz]

Went down currarong this weekend with a friend from school for a fish. Wasn't the best weekend for fishing as it was really windy but managed a few fish anyway.

Day 1:

Not a lot but managed 4 red rock cod, a trevally, a few pike, some leatherjackets, a drummer, a couple of moray eels. All released except some of the red rock cod (poor mans lobster) and leatherjackets.

Day 2:

again not the best day ive had there but good fun. today the red rock cod were in huge proportions as we must have caught at least 13 or 14 - only kept a couple though. we got another trevally, again some pike and leatherjackets, a blackfish that amazingly enough i caught on the fillet of a pilchard - definately a blackfish. we had a spell of about an hour with no fish then my friends reel started screaming , he was trying a piece of crab we caught on the rock, I was ready with the net. then we saw colour, blue. I netted it and yep, it was a blue groper, 55 ish cm (didn't measure it) we were only using 12 lb line for it so we were pretty happy. we gladly released it as we have been snorkeling with them and they come up and have a cuddle , I couldn't kill one of them. straight after that i turned around and my rod was buckled over, i had left the bait in the water. i picked it up and the reel was going zzzzzzzzzzzz! but it pulled me under a rock and bust me off.

Sorry about no pictures as my friend realised he had forgotten the camera and was cursing he had no proof of his groper.

All in all it was great fun in one of my favourite places in the world.