Port Hacking

[Krispy !]

After uni last friday i headed down to the hacking by train armed with a handline , a handful of hooks and sinkers and bread. Started burleying with abit of bread and was surprised to see two rat kings swimming through eating the bread. I sent out a small bit of bread, nothing for about 20 seconds and was thinking about rebaiting when i felt something take the bread, i struck and had the line almost ripped out of my hands, when i eventually got a proper hold and started to get line back the line went slack, upon closer inspection i found out that the hook was bent almost straight. After cursing a fair bit i got back into the action pulling up a nice variety of fish even though they were undersize. In an hour i caught bream, tarwhine, trevally, blackfish, striped trumpeter and one of those diamond shaped fish. I eventually landed a just legal bream which was sent back and then headed home.

[tumra]

sounded like a good session mate. if you had a rod and egg beater you probably would have landed it as the drag would have kicked in. Good luck with it next time

[Krispy !]

sounded like a good session mate. if you had a rod and egg beater you probably would have landed it as the drag would have kicked in. Good luck with it next time

Thanks mate

Yeah i wish I had a rod but handline is more convenient when coming from uni, would have been a much better chance of landing it with a rod but it was only a small size 8 blackfish hook.

[Yowie]

At least you managed a few fish for your time.

The small kingies do take bread at times, even hooked a couple on the yellowtail handline, but never had enough line to stop them!

[philfish61]

Sounds like you had fun, I sometimes go there just to wet a line, I call it

play fishing.