Yowie Posted August 27, 2013 Share Posted August 27, 2013 Headed out for a flattie drift in Bate Bay this morning, caught them in a couple of hours. Also released a few undersize blue spots , and a few undersized tigers. Not much wind and not much swell. Did not see any fish jumping, or any birds working the bay area. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Basil D Posted August 27, 2013 Share Posted August 27, 2013 Nice catch yowie, I might head out Saturday, fingers crossed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yowie Posted August 27, 2013 Author Share Posted August 27, 2013 Groper, it was just a matter of finding them, they were in patches, and plenty of little spikies about as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pongrass18ft Posted August 28, 2013 Share Posted August 28, 2013 Hi Dave, Quality feed mate,wind was good in close yesterday but out off the shelf was windy and white caps all day. Any headaches from the leatherjackets???Or was it stress free from them yesterday. Chris. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yowie Posted August 28, 2013 Author Share Posted August 28, 2013 Chris, No jackets for a few weeks now, about bloody time they pissed off. The flatties are right into breeding now, a few of the females have fat roe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robinsoi Posted August 29, 2013 Share Posted August 29, 2013 Nice catch Yowie! Well done. Ian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yowie Posted September 2, 2013 Author Share Posted September 2, 2013 No point starting a new post. Headed out today (2nd September) for another drift in Bate Bay. Drifted for some time before even a bite, noticed there were a few dolphins about. Eventually found a few tiger flatties, then a couple of dolphins swam under and around the boat for a while and the bites stopped. Moved a few times to get away from them, but it was a while between bites, and after 9am, all bites stopped, including the little spikies. On the last drop, pulled up a jacket just under the 40cm mark, the only jacket bite of the day, so headed home. Kept 5 flatties to 43cm, one was a blue spot and the others were tigers. Also released under sized tigers, some as small as about 25cm, smallest I have ever caught, and 1 small nannygai. Just nothing in some patches, so maybe the trawlers have been in the area. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Overdraft Posted September 2, 2013 Share Posted September 2, 2013 Hi yowie I fished bait bay Saturday afternoon for 24 flatties (3of us fishing) and a monster leather jacket going just on 54 cm. Would of been nice out there today! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sydney south Posted September 2, 2013 Share Posted September 2, 2013 Good catch Yowie, I gave it a go in Bate Bay on Saturday. All I managed was some undersized spikies. But, I was in close in (West of the line of the bommie) as I had a boat full of female deck hands. May try a little wider on the weekend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yowie Posted September 2, 2013 Author Share Posted September 2, 2013 Good catch Yowie, I gave it a go in Bate Bay on Saturday. All I managed was some undersized spikies. But, I was in close in (West of the line of the bommie) as I had a boat full of female deck hands. May try a little wider on the weekend. The bigger ones are further out, no need to go further than a line south of the Kurnell Lighthouse. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yowie Posted September 2, 2013 Author Share Posted September 2, 2013 Hi yowie I fished bait bay Saturday afternoon for 24 flatties (3of us fishing) and a monster leather jacket going just on 54 cm. Would of been nice out there today! That was a good catch, you only left me a few ! A big jacket as well. Not too much swell or wind today. I hooked up a small slimy mackerel from the bottom, so maybe that's why the dolphins were about. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Choicebro Posted September 6, 2013 Share Posted September 6, 2013 Was out last Sunday, Tried Jibbon for a Squid donut. Headed around the corner towards the cliffs past the bommie drifting for a couple of flatties about 45cm. Came back in off Shelley beach in about 28m for a few drifts and picked up 4 more flatties ranging from 45-65cm . Last drift got me a Gummy shark. All in all a good day and plenty of fillets for the family and friends. Squid heads and wings locally caught and frozen for bait. Cheers Choicebro Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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