Devil Ray Posted January 20, 2014 Share Posted January 20, 2014 Finally a absoloute cracker day on Sunday, next to no wind, not much swell and the leader of the opposition giving me permission to spend a day on the water. Organised my crew who also got permission from their respective ministers. The weather forecast was getting better and better as the week progressed. So everything was pointing in the right direction. It all began on Saturday, fitted a new winch to the boat, played around with the live bait tank and mowed the lawns ( part of the conditons for going fishing from the boss). Spent the night rigging up my gear for the much anticipated fishing adventure the following morning. Sunday morning the alarm rings through the house at a very respectable 4am, i load the boat, bungs in, sounder and EPIRB, fitted quick check of the battery and we are ready to rock n roll. A short 15 minute drive to the ramp and we unstrap and prepare to launch.... First problem, someone has decided to back down his real wheel drive commodre on to the very low tide ramp straight on the sand and is inevitably bogged. Luckily he had a recovery strap and there was a very helpful squid fisherman on the sand with a 4x4 who rescued him in pretty good time. We get on to the water without a drama and head straight for "The Bull". First flick with the SP and a cheeky squid followed it up, luckily for me i was prepared with my Yo Zuri squid jig rigged up, i dropped it down and within seconds my boat was being blasted with some lovely ink and into the bait tank for a little later on. The SP's were being flung about and after just a few casts we managed a nice size flatty of a touch over 50cm, not the targeted species but we now know we wont be going home with a big fat donut. After what seemed like only a few more casts i hooked another good size flatty which went 65cm and had a little go about him. I was using a Zman white grub, Deano a white Nemesis and Torbs the caterer also a white Nemesis, the target being the hardfighting, line stretching Kingfish. Some time had gone by and a few hundred casts each and Torbs has hooked up to what could only be a Kingfish after some rod bending and line peeling he lands a nice little 50cm model which as anyone would know who has caught Kingfish punch well above their weight. We started a new drift and come across a small patch of bait on the sounder, after a bit of burley in the bucket we bring up a few stonking Yakkas ( biggest i have seen). One went on live and the other in the tank. After a good hour or so of soaking the livey he come up a not looking too crash hot so we knock some fillets off him and Deano pins one up to a 5/0 hook and a small weight, withing minutes it is smashed by a beautiful kingfish, after first making sure the Go Pro was running the big guy gets into the fight with some light gear. We knew it was a King from the get go with the huge head shakes and tail bumps and the rod just not bend like that for no other. After a good battle we bring aboard another King of the 60cm variety, he is realeased to grow a little bigger for us. After many more casts we decide to have a Troll around The Bull and Norah Head with no luck. We found some nice fishy looking structure off the light house and decide to flick some more plastics around, after hooking countless Red "bucket mouth" Cod we finally hook onto another King, which promptly busts off as the drag had not been reset after being locked up after a poor attempt at releasing the bottom of the ocean from the gear. A few more casts and Deano hooks a fish which we knew wasnt a King but still had plenty of weight and lots of bump, it turns out to be some sort of Cod, not sure of the name but it was brown and would have tipped the scales at around 3 kgs. A few more hundred casts for not much other than pesky " mother in law" Red Cod ( they got big mouths and you are never to happy to see them). We decided to call it a day and after fighting through hundreds of swimmers at the ramp safely returned to the ramp. We had a great day and to top it off, i only used about 20 litres of fuel so it was a relatively cheap day which will also keep the minister for finance happy. Cant wait to head out again and i hope to see some fellow raiders out on the water Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prawns Posted January 20, 2014 Share Posted January 20, 2014 LOL at the mother in law cod - will have to remember that one Mate sounds like you had a wonderful day - So jealous! Those kingys sound like great fun, cant wait for my first Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeanFish Posted January 20, 2014 Share Posted January 20, 2014 (edited) Thanks for a good day out Big Guy. Your 65cm flatty was solid but not as good as your PB Flatty in the attached pic Edited January 20, 2014 by DeanFish Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Devil Ray Posted January 20, 2014 Author Share Posted January 20, 2014 If anyone can tell me what that the name of that brown cod is?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Testlab Posted January 20, 2014 Share Posted January 20, 2014 If anyone can tell me what that the name of that brown cod is?? It's not a great photo so it's hard to tell, but I think that's Martin, although it could be Gus or Stu. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrpasqualie Posted January 20, 2014 Share Posted January 20, 2014 I think the brown cod is a Wirra , commonly known as an old boot. Did you eat it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Novicefisherman Posted January 20, 2014 Share Posted January 20, 2014 looks to me like a wirrah. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Devil Ray Posted January 21, 2014 Author Share Posted January 21, 2014 Yeah thats what we thought, just wanted to confirm, thanks Novicefisherman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Catchin Jack Posted January 21, 2014 Share Posted January 21, 2014 They been cleaning up with good sized kingies off the bull apparently. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robinsoi Posted January 21, 2014 Share Posted January 21, 2014 Nice work guys and well done Sounds like a great day out on the water. Ian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Devil Ray Posted January 21, 2014 Author Share Posted January 21, 2014 I think the brown cod is a Wirra , commonly known as an old boot. Did you eat it? No we didnt eat it, i remember catching loads of these off the rocks down at JB as a kid, i did read on this site though that if you skin it right and remove the layer of fat that lays under the skin it is a really good eating fish, sounded like too much work though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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