Sydney Harbour Sat 28th Jan

[lostproperty]

Took a gamble on the weather, and it paid off! Was meant to be terrible, but as Im going overseas next weekend decided to have one last crack at the kings before I went away.

Ive also purchased a new carbon fibre rod, reel and 15lb braid off online shop, all up cost me about 80 bucks including shipping. Firstly the reel was crap and didnt spool the brain evenly, so I decided to spool up my jarvis walker reel after giving it a service and went on very nicely, so the online shop reel can be for the Mrs seeing as it ended up being purple and not blue.

The braid, well I can break 8lb line with my hands quite easily, however couldnt budge this cheap online shop stuff rated at 15lb. Only thing I noticed was the die was coming off onto the guides whilst I was spooling it up, other than that It held up quite well. I ended up with a massive birds next after the first few casts so I just cut it off and left it with less line on it and worked fine for the rest of the day without any problems, casting distance is great and rod is nice and solid.

Unfortunately we couldn't find them anywhere... again! becoming quite frustrating after starting the summer off so stong

Anyway we got the Roseville boat ramp at about 5:30, only 1 other guy there as we launched, not another soul in sight. Motored out to collect some yakkas quickly, then off to find some squid.

Spotted a school of tailor on the way over and have a flick at them with blades for a double hook up to the boat which was a good way to start the morning. As we keep moving I flicked my lure out hte back of the boat and hooked up to another tailor, wasnt interested in keeping it but still fun to catch and let him call off There was a school of bonnies floating around but they moved too quickly and didnt want to waste time chasing them until later in the day.

My $10 pink jig is still working wonders for me, hooking onto a nice squit within a few casts, actually had another one following my jig up to the boat! Managed one more good sized squid before we decided to head to north head in search of kings.

Stopped at some markers on the way, nothing but pickers so we didnt hang around for long. North head was basically the same, but mainly our baits were untouched.

Went to chase the bonnies busting up all over the habour and my shoulder is sore today from so much casting, clicking metal lures at them and struggled to hook up properly, numerous dropped fish and missed hits, just wasnt our day! We went over to the naval wharf and waited for them to make their way over to the saftey of the restricted area, paid off because I look at the sounder and first 5m is clear then from there to the bottom is chockas with fish, cast out and let the lure sink for a good 20 secs then start cranking and Im on straight away! Get it to the boat its well hooked, no chance of this one getting away!

Adam hooks onto a nice fat bonnie, goes for at least 5 runs before we manage to net it bugger, measured up at 51cms and very thick!

I manage one more bonnie before the sounder goes dead again and the fish move on again. Not sure if they were actually feeding on anything, none of the fish had anything in their stomachs when we gutted them, made hard work for use but the persistance definately paid off in the end.

Overall very happy with the days fishing, weather, and new gear.

2 of the fish I caught, one came in at 1.1kg the other at 1.3kgs

[PRED-ATOR]

Well done mate there some nice bonnies, they seem to be everywhere right now.

If you troll the bar near the old fish trap you will get some really big ones.

Will be out there this weekend my self might see ya out there.

Cheers, Stan

[lostproperty]

I wish, off to Bali for 2 weeks so no fishing til I get back