Sydney Harbour Friday 23 November

[The Rev]

Hi Raiders

Went out with a mate from Little Manly yesterday and had a great day on the water catching a mixed bag. I work weekends (local minister at Manly) so I get to have a midweek day off Great for fishing! Hit a new spot near early (5:30am) on the high tide at north head for 5 good bream - biggest went 39 cms. Lost 3 others as we were fishing very light. Went to try an catch some squid as we wanted to try our hand at snaring a kingfish but no luck - Still learning that art but will persevere for next time. We then went and fished North Harbour for some lives - caught a bunch of Slimies (13) and some yakkas (5) which we then went to slow troll off north head. Also caught a salmon and a nice 30cm trevally at North Harbour. On the way out to North Head we trolled some bibbed lures out and caught a rat king (55cm) and then a toothy tailor (50cm).

I landed the tailor with the net and then went to get it out but it wasn't happy about it's new environment ... It latched onto my middle figure and bit down! Boy it hurt, what's more it wouldn't let go! AFter a struggle that went on for what felt like an age, I got the fish off along with some nice new puncture marks all around my finger. There was as much blood in the boat from bleeding the fish as there was from my finger. NOTE TO SELF - USE A GLOVE WHEN HANDLING LARGER TAILOR.

We then switched to live baits and did a slow troll up and down but had no takers.

With the wind getting up we retired to Middle Harbour to soak a few baits but not much luck there so we came home.

All in all a good day on the water.

Cheers

The Rev

Just got one photo uploaded!

Edited November 25, 2012 by The Rev

[Robinsoi]

Wonderful report mate and sounds like a great day out on the water.

Sorry to hear about your finger, hope it heals quickly.

Thanks for sharing.

Ian