Boban Posted February 28, 2012 Share Posted February 28, 2012 (edited) My mate who I play football with has been telling me how good the fishing has been when he goes away on his annual break. He is pretty clever in that he doesn’t take his break until February, when the crowds are all gone. I decided to give work the bird for a couple of days and did a quick run for two days of fishing with my fishing crazy middle child. Come Wednesday night we were off to Hat Head. I am not going to bore you with too much detail, but I can tell you that the fishing was absolutely brilliant, especially the first day. We caught our livies, went out to see the tuna busting baitfish on the surface everywhere. We caught everything from Mackeral Tuna, Striped Tuna and Yellowfin Tuna by tossing slugs at them and ripping them back. We had a ball and left them biting. They kept going all day. After that we dropped the livies and caught stacks of kingfish, an 850mm and 500mm snapper and half a cobia (we lost a few good fish to the sharks). We also saw a 130kg Blue Marlin at the ramp that was landed on a tiny lure, on a tiny outfit in a tiny boat. Amazing capture but sad to see it dead, although it did get cut up for food. Day 2 was not as good as Day 1 but exceptional by any standard. We ended up catching stacks of tuna but not as many kingfish as Day 1. The highlight was the Grey Nurse shark which was unlucky enough to cop a circle hook into the corner of its mouth after it stole a hooked fish. It was the first one I have ever seen in the flesh and was released unharmed. Needless to say, I will be heading up next year as well. Unfortunately for Pete, the fishing was absolutely hopeless after I left. Edited February 28, 2012 by Boban Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swano Posted February 28, 2012 Share Posted February 28, 2012 Geez mate thats a good variety of fish.How good does that big red look! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
outdoordan Posted February 28, 2012 Share Posted February 28, 2012 Looks like an awesome couple of days... Great to see your young fella getting amongst the action. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
night_rider Posted February 28, 2012 Share Posted February 28, 2012 Awesome right up! The photo of the grey nurse is tops, any idea on size? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boban Posted February 28, 2012 Author Share Posted February 28, 2012 (edited) Awesome right up! The photo of the grey nurse is tops, any idea on size? It was a big fish. Guessing around the 2m mark. It gave the boat a few slaps when it first came up toward the boat. Here's a couple more for you. ****I have been advised that it is a whaler shark, not a grey nurse******* Edited February 28, 2012 by Boban Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
little marlin Posted February 29, 2012 Share Posted February 29, 2012 Good fishing looks like you had a ball on a wide variety of fish.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
excalibre Posted February 29, 2012 Share Posted February 29, 2012 Great trip there mate hat head would have too be one of the best spots in the world I'm there every year in January an I absolutely love it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boban Posted February 29, 2012 Author Share Posted February 29, 2012 Great trip there mate hat head would have too be one of the best spots in the world I'm there every year in January an I absolutely love it It is a very "fishy place", that's for sure. Everything about it just seems to say that there are fish around. Even the creek holds some big fish. Unfortunately for me, I didn't get to go snorkelling after the fishing as I was catching up on some sleep the first afternoon and on my way home the second afternoon. Pete tells me that there are heaps of good bream in the creek and one really big flatty that he was lining up for a catch, photo and release. When we threw in the frames of the tuna and kingies, all you could see was these huge black balls around them. An amazing site. I am going to do 4-5 days next year. BTW - is that Marlin in your avatar from Hat Head - that looks like the cleaning tables Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
excalibre Posted February 29, 2012 Share Posted February 29, 2012 It is a very "fishy place", that's for sure. Everything about it just seems to say that there are fish around. Even the creek holds some big fish. Unfortunately for me, I didn't get to go snorkelling after the fishing as I was catching up on some sleep the first afternoon and on my way home the second afternoon. Pete tells me that there are heaps of good bream in the creek and one really big flatty that he was lining up for a catch, photo and release. When we threw in the frames of the tuna and kingies, all you could see was these huge black balls around them. An amazing site. I am going to do 4-5 days next year. BTW - is that Marlin in your avatar from Hat Head - that looks like the cleaning tables Hey boban yes that is the cleaning tables at the hat. I got that black 2 years ago only kept it because it died on me I hook 6 marlin there in January this year an 4 to the boat there was no tuna around like now but only here an there but the dollies were every where. Have seen some very big flathead in the creek I seen one over a meter down near the road bridge coming into hat head. The frigates always come into the creek all the time to it great to see all the kids chasing them around. I just love the place some much Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boban Posted February 29, 2012 Author Share Posted February 29, 2012 Dammmmmm Mitch where the hell have you been man!!!....good to see you back fishing and posting again. Regards to Maryanne and family mate. Cheers Stewy Mate, I have had a well earned rest from the fishing for quite a while now. Just had too much to do and as you know, I prefer to fish during the week rather than the weekends. My 14 year old has sparked my interest again and I can now find more time to just say "Stuff it, I'm going fishing, everything else can wait". Not that I have fished anywhere near what I once did. Just starting again. Will catch up soon enough. Say hello to the boss! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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