Botany Bay 5/02/2012

[lostincable]

Well, held of on going out on saturday as the weather was crap but decided no matter what I was going out on sunday as the conditions looked good.

Headed out early got to the ramp about 5.30 just on first light, dropped the boat in and head up towards towra drifting.

Now my boat is a nice little boat but I am a fairly green skipper and like to pace myself so have not really ventured across the bay to Yarra and Trev Alley but the conditions where good and the boat was running well and I had a spare jerry can of fuel so I though bugger its now or never.

So after a quick drift at Towra with nothing to show I jetted across to Yarra Bay to be met with a crapload of boats, fished for a while but got no interest and the waves on the point where not breaking but quite high so though it better to cross back over the side.

About half way the motor started acting up, crap I thought maybe I am out of fuel!!! Checked the tank and I still had fuel, got 3/4 of the way back and she died completed sputtering a horrible death. Composing myself I pulled the cowling off had a look over everything and checked the fuel bulb.

I noticed a little bit of fuel was draining out of the hose where it connects the engine, I tightened this re attached it and purged the fuel line and added as much fuel in the jerry can.

Started her up and after a few turns bang she fired into life so I made a beeline for the shoreline but she was running great so we stopped and had another drift and I made a few more runs in the boat and did a few more drifts over different areas.

Not much enquiries and a few baby snapper came aboard but nothing fantastic, then at about 9.30ish the wife lands a 50cm flathead. I have to do the fish handling as she refuses to touch them so I was busy sorting that out and then hear her screaming she was on again and up comes a nice 40cm trevally. So I put the flatty in the esky and came to the rescue for the trevally, got it off the line and was doing my thing and up comes another.

I though bugger this got to get my line in so quickly got my line in and within a few minutes I managed my only fish for the day another nice trevally.

Was good to see some quality fish out of the bay finally, its been a few quite weeks and I was starting to loose my faith in soft plastics.

So it was now time to head home, we where getting close to the bridge and she sputterd, coughed and died. We grabbed the oars and start paddling trying to get to the sailing club wharf but the current was to strong.

Some one in a tinnie noticed we where stuck and towed us in, whoever you are THANKS!!!!! Got out of the boat and did a nice lengthy walk with fuel tank in hand as punishment for running out of fuel in the blistering sun ....

Made it back and overall enjoyed every minute of the day ...

Note: All fish where caught on a 1/4 Jighead with a size 1 hook and a variety plastics such as atomic tomato wriggler.

Edited February 6, 2012 by lostincable

[RADZ2413]

thats a nice catch and good to see some fish around as i thought there might have been to much fresh about as i was drifting towra with plastics around same time but no results, got one follow up from a flounder but no take. shame about the fuel but good to people are helpful when some are in trouble.

radz