Lake Macquarie

[paddy69]

I took my Kayak out today for the first time in a year or so. I keep it at my Out Laws place at lake Macquarie and is used in times of emergancy...like when my wife won't let me bring the boat up...coz I need to spend more time with the kids....they are more than welcome on the boat :-). Anyway I went for a fish - i just wanted to see if I will ever master soft plastics (unlikely but I am a wishful guy!). My first cast straight onto a yacht and the hook digs deeply into an anchor rope. As I try to un hook myself I lose my knife overboard! Yet another McInerney day on the water. A few minutes later and I am off and running - the wind is pushing me along at a good pace and after around 30 cast I finally get a very little nibble - my first ever on soft plastics so I am feeling pretty chuffed. By this stage the wind has pushed me a long way from where I started so I think I should head back and start the drift again - 20 minutes of paddling and I am back to my starting position....and I start casting again. First cast nothing, second cast...nothing. third cast and SMASH. My reel starts singing like Elvis...line is peeling off it and any attempt by me to stop it is useless as the underwater steam train that has taken my bait starts to pull me (110Kg man) and my kayak around the lake. five minutes later and the fight is still going...ten minutes later the fight is still on 12 minutes later and the fish has won. Elated but sore I rig up again, same size hook, same soft plastic and the first cast I am off again....reel is spinning the line is peeling off it and once again the big man is off on a free tour of Lake Mac. This time I am determined to see the beast from below...I am ready to let this monster tire itself out.....I wait as it takes a run...then I regain some line...then it runs again....I retrieve a little more line...it runs again. But this time i can feel that its not as hard or as fast as the times before...I start to pull more and more line in and finally I can see the silver demon rising from the depths....I can see the colour of its eyes...I get the monster to the side of the boat....but I have made one fatal mistake. I have left the net at home :-) To quote the missus "you Moron"!. I suppose this time I will have to agree with her. Good fun though. No pics as the kayak and mobile phones don't mix...it took me a few times....but I am there now...sorry for my poor spelling and gramma if you read this

[rjc123]

I took my Kayak out today for the first time in a year or so. I keep it at my Out Laws place at lake Macquarie and is used in times of emergancy...like when my wife won't let me bring the boat up...coz I need to spend more time with the kids....they are more than welcome on the boat :-). Anyway I went for a fish - i just wanted to see if I will ever master soft plastics (unlikely but I am a wishful guy!). My first cast straight onto a yacht and the hook digs deeply into an anchor rope. As I try to un hook myself I lose my knife overboard! Yet another McInerney day on the water. A few minutes later and I am off and running - the wind is pushing me along at a good pace and after around 30 cast I finally get a very little nibble - my first ever on soft plastics so I am feeling pretty chuffed. By this stage the wind has pushed me a long way from where I started so I think I should head back and start the drift again - 20 minutes of paddling and I am back to my starting position....and I start casting again. First cast nothing, second cast...nothing. third cast and SMASH. My reel starts singing like Elvis...line is peeling off it and any attempt by me to stop it is useless as the underwater steam train that has taken my bait starts to pull me (110Kg man) and my kayak around the lake. five minutes later and the fight is still going...ten minutes later the fight is still on 12 minutes later and the fish has won. Elated but sore I rig up again, same size hook, same soft plastic and the first cast I am off again....reel is spinning the line is peeling off it and once again the big man is off on a free tour of Lake Mac. This time I am determined to see the beast from below...I am ready to let this monster tire itself out.....I wait as it takes a run...then I regain some line...then it runs again....I retrieve a little more line...it runs again. But this time i can feel that its not as hard or as fast as the times before...I start to pull more and more line in and finally I can see the silver demon rising from the depths....I can see the colour of its eyes...I get the monster to the side of the boat....but I have made one fatal mistake. I have left the net at home :-) To quote the missus "you Moron"!. I suppose this time I will have to agree with her. Good fun though. No pics as the kayak and mobile phones don't mix...it took me a few times....but I am there now...sorry for my poor spelling and gramma if you read this

What was it? it could be me being un observant but i don't recall reading what it was.

[paddy69]

What was it? it could be me being un observant but i don't recall reading what it was.

Salmon big dirty salmon... Lots of fun though.

[rjc123]

Salmon big dirty salmon... Lots of fun though.

How big (long)?

[paddy69]

Mack the two that I brought to the surface would have been around 80cm and felt like they weighed between 3 or 4 kg. But my arms were aching by that stage.