mako1 Posted May 24, 2011 Share Posted May 24, 2011 I haven’t been on the forum for a while but I've still been fishing when I can get out. During my holidays I did a few long trips in the yak launching from Cooks river and pedalling out to Molineux point in search of some kings. I worked all of the buoys along the way with poppers and plastics but I only managed small fish. I did find a few better kings around Molineux but they busted me off on the buoys. I even had a small shark hit a surface popper. I hit Towra point in the yak in search of some blue swimmers and to do some lure fishing. In the few trips I did I managed to get some crabs each trip. There were also some nice trevally taking soft plastics Woolooware bay fished really well this summer with some nice bream, whiting and flathead. The Flathead fishing was really good with nearly all of the fish over the legal size and quite a few fish between 50-60cm especially behind the moored boats near the mouth and along the eastern drop-off. The Berkley fat dog deep produced the most flatties. I managed a nice 86cm fish near the mouth of Woolooware on a Tilsan bass lure. She swam away after a quick photo. The whiting fishing with surface lures was quite good, especially near the mouth of the bay. The Bream in the racks were very aggressive this year. Being so aggressive they were quite hard to hook as they would hit the surface lures really hard sometimes sending the lure flying through the air. The flats at the back of the bay didn’t fish as well as previous years. The action seemed to be located in the racks and near the mouth of the bay. Some nice mixed bags from Woolooware. Here is a video of some of the fish caught at Woolooware Bay. Dad and I did a couple of trolling trips offshore on the boat but we seemed to miss the marlin and wahoo action earlier in the year. Dad did manage to get a nice dollie on one trip. I was able to get out once off Wollongong harbour in the yak. While trolling south from the harbour the Halco laser pro screamed off and I wasn’t sure what I had hooked. After working it to the surface I was surprised to see that a hammerhead shark had taken my lure. I ended up cutting it off as I didn’t want to bring it into the yak. After catching two red rock cods in front of the harbour I managed to hook a pan sized snapper on a plastic near the bommie just north of the harbour. Here is a video of the action. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pmak Posted May 24, 2011 Share Posted May 24, 2011 Mako, Was wondering where you'd disappeared to! Woollooware still producing the goods for you I see. Great flatties there and some pretty big trevally too! Still, nothing beats those crabs... Great helmet cam footage too! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hodgey Posted May 24, 2011 Share Posted May 24, 2011 Welcome back Andrew. Well you've been busy! Some great fish and some terrific footage. (Just watched the Marlin footage as well) Good to see you getting into a few fish in the yak mate. Hope to see some more footage soon Cheers Skip Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
taloyoak Posted May 25, 2011 Share Posted May 25, 2011 Mako, you rock!. Love the GoPro HD helmet cam, have also thought of getting one myself!. Excellent field report, hope other Raiders follow suit and submit reports like this, cause these kind of reports are pure joy to read. Would love to get into Yaks, but have too many other addictions at the moment and I'd have a hard time convincing the boss that (we) need one. keep it up!. Matt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bassboy888 Posted May 25, 2011 Share Posted May 25, 2011 Some great footage and results there mako! Awesome flatty and trevally. Those berkley 3B's work a treat in WB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mako1 Posted May 25, 2011 Author Share Posted May 25, 2011 Thanks for the replies. Hi Andrew, Mate, love the pictures and the footage! Top Stuff. If you ever keen for a yak, give me a buzz and I will join you with Cheers, Mike Thanks Mike. We'll definitely have to organise a yak trip and chase some estuary species. Mako, you rock!. Love the GoPro HD helmet cam, have also thought of getting one myself!. Excellent field report, hope other Raiders follow suit and submit reports like this, cause these kind of reports are pure joy to read. Would love to get into Yaks, but have too many other addictions at the moment and I'd have a hard time convincing the boss that (we) need one. keep it up!. Matt Thanks Matt. The GoPro camera is great. It's really easy to use and the videos turn out quite good for such a small camera. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jenno64 Posted May 27, 2011 Share Posted May 27, 2011 Mako, You undercover dog you! Great report and you have nailed some sensational catches there as usual! Good to hear some reports and keep them coming...let's get out there soon! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tide'n'knots Posted May 31, 2011 Share Posted May 31, 2011 some very impressive catches there andrew - love the video of woolaware bay! pete. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Penguin Posted June 1, 2011 Share Posted June 1, 2011 More good fish from you again Andrew especialy that Dolly, great work Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brendong Posted June 1, 2011 Share Posted June 1, 2011 Wow great summary and fish to boot....dam I miss the surface action this time of the year...bring on Nov/December... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rob mcdonald Posted June 7, 2011 Share Posted June 7, 2011 some good catches there Andrew, is that a nitro 1-3 jobby...great rods cheers rob Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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