Angelvic Posted June 15, 2012 Share Posted June 15, 2012 Well fellow Raiders this is a very late report, but you know how life can get very busy these days. This was around mid Feb. The old saying "good things come to those who wait" couldn't be further from the truth. Now it's not everytime I have an opportunity to fish with the bride, but I reckon she's a good omen. How many times have I tried to hook up to a decent Jewie and managed nil or Salmon or even big Tailer, now don't get me wrong there's nothing wrong with the above mentioned , but when your live yakka or live squid gets taken by these thieves instead of the Holly Grail, well your spirit is dampened. Anyway on this particular day I had a good feeling, the tide was high at 7am, 2 days before new moon,7km NW winds oh yer the wife in company. As we made our way to the bait grounds, we manage to find Yellow Tail in an area where it drops down from 4mts to 8mts with bigger fish holding close. We managed to drift at this location and berley with mashed up bread and pillies, within 15minutes we had a dozen or so. With Squid caught the day before and enough live bait we set out to anchor up wind and drift back on the spot mininizing noise. By now it was 6:15 am, we put out 4 rods at different depths and distance. At approx 6:45 the lightly waited yakka started to vibrate, I gentley grab the rod wait 10 seconds and start to lift the rod, the fish loads the rod and takes its first run. I let it have it's way before it took about 50 meters of line when it started to ease back. I started to reel some line back when the head shakes started. I then knew that this could be my PB. The fish took another run, but this time it was short. 1O minutes later the unmistakable silver/purple flash appeared, I leaned over put my hand under the gills and she was onboard. Looked at the misses and said "What do ya reckon love" She replied " well it's about time you got one" . The fish went 99 cm and just shy of 10kg, What a day in the Bay. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fat_souvlaki Posted June 15, 2012 Share Posted June 15, 2012 a dream come true mate, very jealous Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wahoo76 Posted June 15, 2012 Share Posted June 15, 2012 Good read. Nice fish mate Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J Hooked Posted June 15, 2012 Share Posted June 15, 2012 Better late than never. Great report, they're a great fish to catch. Well done! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fish311 Posted June 15, 2012 Share Posted June 15, 2012 Well done , Nice fish ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jayoox Posted June 15, 2012 Share Posted June 15, 2012 Cracker of a fish. Well done. Great start to the day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robinsoi Posted June 16, 2012 Share Posted June 16, 2012 Solid looking fish there ..... well done Thanks for sharing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spooooled Posted June 16, 2012 Share Posted June 16, 2012 top jewie mate well done Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red Posted June 16, 2012 Share Posted June 16, 2012 Stop the bus!! Are you a bus driver by any chance? You look very familiar. Cheers Red Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angelvic Posted June 16, 2012 Author Share Posted June 16, 2012 Stop the bus!! Are you a bus driver by any chance? You look very familiar. Cheers Red Stop the Bus , Use to drive the Buses 4 years ago, now in a different role in the organisation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
erroll Posted June 17, 2012 Share Posted June 17, 2012 Well done Buddy, great capture. I just love the way the missus gives you that positive reinforcement all our sensitive egos need. Mine is the same! Cheers erroll Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sydangler Posted June 17, 2012 Share Posted June 17, 2012 Nice fish mate. I love the sight of that silver slab coming to the surface. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hnsgeq Posted June 18, 2012 Share Posted June 18, 2012 Great fish there. Well done! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keflapod Posted June 18, 2012 Share Posted June 18, 2012 Hi Angelvic, So whenever you get a nice fishm, your wife will tell you that it's about time ? Jeez she has some HIGH expectations of you ! So now when you come homwe without a jew, it;s gonna be 'where's the jew ?' is it ? That's a very nice fish mate. Where do you get your live yakkas from ? Going to watts reef or the yarra bay suction is too far.... Tony Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angelvic Posted June 18, 2012 Author Share Posted June 18, 2012 Hi Angelvic, So whenever you get a nice fishm, your wife will tell you that it's about time ? Jeez she has some HIGH expectations of you ! So now when you come homwe without a jew, it;s gonna be 'where's the jew ?' is it ? That's a very nice fish mate. Where do you get your live yakkas from ? Going to watts reef or the yarra bay suction is too far.... Tony Thanks for your and the rest of the Raiders coments, I look at the above mentioned spots , but instesd of going there directly I scan any drop off on the way. If it holds bait I'll give it a go and usually the bigger predators are not far behind. As for the high expectations from the wife, yep your right, but in saying that we release most of the Mulloway as they are a magical fish to catch only once. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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