Formosan Posted June 17, 2012 Share Posted June 17, 2012 (edited) Was umming and ahhring about going because of the continous rain. Decided to brave the rain and went anyways. Hence the title .Arrived at appletree bay at 4.45pm and launched and onwards to waratah bay.There were a few boats around and light rain. Down goes a pillie and it got smashed , drag screaming off and 30 seconds later pulled hooks. Got a few more to the boat and upon lifting the line snapped or pulled hooks.It was fustrating for a while with actions a plenty but no hairys boated. We continued on and finally securely hooked and land one, Number two appear soon after. My cousin hooked onto a soupie on prawns and I got a bream. other species werent firing so we concentrated on hairtails.Whenever the action went quiet we would burley up and cube pillies . The yakkas came and big fish icons also appear on the sounder then sure enough hook ups followed.Pics included. Edited August 21, 2013 by Formosan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rjc123 Posted June 17, 2012 Share Posted June 17, 2012 Nice work mate! Well done for braving the conditions and coming back with a good bag of hairies. Can't wait to have a crack at them myself! Cheers, Tom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gonfishing Posted June 17, 2012 Share Posted June 17, 2012 Awesome catch there Formosan. That's a great feed! Well done! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mimyo Posted June 17, 2012 Share Posted June 17, 2012 Nice haul of hairies there formosan, did the fog come in? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
locodave Posted June 17, 2012 Share Posted June 17, 2012 Damn I'm jealous! Was going to go too! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jenno64 Posted June 17, 2012 Share Posted June 17, 2012 Great haul...how do you rate them on the chew? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cdol9 Posted June 17, 2012 Share Posted June 17, 2012 Well done mate few there . I fished Georges river today , waste of time after all the rain . Chris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PowerFisher Posted June 17, 2012 Share Posted June 17, 2012 Mate you sure learn quick on catching these beasts nice catch and jewfish as well.. How do they fight when hooked. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fish311 Posted June 17, 2012 Share Posted June 17, 2012 Hey buddy , I should follow you . I missed it . Haha good job man ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J Hooked Posted June 17, 2012 Share Posted June 17, 2012 Great catch there Formosan! I was going to go up myself, would have bumped into you. I'll try next Sunday. Are they still locking the gates? J Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
taloyoak Posted June 17, 2012 Share Posted June 17, 2012 Well done, what a great haul. if only you could get them on fly! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wulau Posted June 18, 2012 Share Posted June 18, 2012 Hi, Mate What time did you leave? I was wondering how do you leave after 5.30pm and before 6am with the gate locked. Is there another route that by pass the locked gates? Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richard_pdc Posted June 18, 2012 Share Posted June 18, 2012 Nice work Heading out tonight let you know how I go Ritchie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
erroll Posted June 18, 2012 Share Posted June 18, 2012 man... that's a lot of silver there. well done cheers erroll Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
niicholas.nguyen Posted June 18, 2012 Share Posted June 18, 2012 Excellent report mate!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
josamill Posted June 18, 2012 Share Posted June 18, 2012 We had a crack on Sunday night, got hit once at 6.30pm but caught nothing. Anyone else at WB then? Beautiful clear night and the westerly dropped. Fished 4 pillies at various depths and burleyed. Had to leave 9pm. Let me guess, the action started at 9.45pm! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Formosan Posted June 18, 2012 Author Share Posted June 18, 2012 Nice work mate! Well done for braving the conditions and coming back with a good bag of hairies. Can't wait to have a crack at them myself! Cheers, Tom Thanks Tom. Go have a crack! Awesome catch there Formosan. That's a great feed! Well done! Thanks for your comments Nice haul of hairies there formosan, did the fog come in? Only fog I saw was halfway up the hill on the road. Water wasn't foggy. Thanks for your tips on no sinkers. Damn I'm jealous! Was going to go too! They are still there. Go get them. Great haul...how do you rate them on the chew? Soft meat a few bones but generally people rate them and I find them pretty tasty. Mate you sure learn quick on catching these beasts nice catch and jewfish as well.. How do they fight when hooked. Mimyo gave me some tips. They fight alright on light gear but easy to drop, Easy to get a bite by hard to land, they are not easily hooked in the mouth unless they swallow it further down. Their mouths are so hard. Hey buddy , I should follow you . I missed it . Haha good job man ... Nah I should follow you and find that 12kg jewie! Great catch there Formosan! I was going to go up myself, would have bumped into you. I'll try next Sunday. Are they still locking the gates? J Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Formosan Posted June 18, 2012 Author Share Posted June 18, 2012 Well done, what a great haul. if only you could get them on fly! Thanks. these fellows are no more than 5 metres deep. Nice work Heading out tonight let you know how I go Ritchie Yeh good luck mate..let us know how you go. man... that's a lot of silver there. well done cheers erroll Thanks..giving some away to relos. Excellent report mate!! Cheers We had a crack on Sunday night, got hit once at 6.30pm but caught nothing. Anyone else at WB then? Beautiful clear night and the westerly dropped. Fished 4 pillies at various depths and burleyed. Had to leave 9pm. Let me guess, the action started at 9.45pm! Bad luck mate. I found they are never more than 5 metres as seen on the sounder. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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