The Peak Sunday

[saltrix]

The plan was to get some live bait a Clontarf, then head out to the Peak armed with live bait and new jigs of various weights.

As a back up if there were no Kingfish then to fish the bottom where in the past I have had good catches of pinkies.

Another fall back was the 50-60m sand drift for flathead.

We got an early start and although there was a bit of chop the sea was pretty flat.

There was not a yellowtail to be seen at Clontarf or Dobryod Point despite heaps of berley so we set off without the live bait.

At the Peak there did not seem to be much action and there was a roaring current that made it difficult to hold bottom, certainly anchoring was out of the question.

After a few drifts that produced a medium red, a nice pinkie, and a Barracuda, followed by several losses of hooks to jackets we decided to try plan B.

Unfortunately the current was still pretty fast at 60m although I got a mowie before we lost bottom.

Fishing closer in just wasted bait as small flathead hammered the bait as soon as it hit the bottom.

Finished with enough for tea, but it was an effort.

[Krispy !]

Mate thats a mixed bag of very tasty fish, definitely quality over quantity

[Guest 4myson]

Krispy right on the quality .... Well done !

[KingSnap1]

Never tried these wrasse got a heap of them on sunday and threw them back as we had a good feed already in the esky, are they any good eating??

[saltrix]

Wrasse are excellent eating, nice white firm flesh, but bones around the rib cage. They have to be a good size though, and I also throw most back if I have a lot of fish,but bringing them up from 60m usually kills them so I dont like to waste them.

[NaClH2OK9]

You've got to be in it to win it. Bad luck it didn't come together for you with lives or on the peak. But different conditions would have seen big results. That's what keeps us going back.

[mannyspy]

I don't think many people fished Sunday with success, I was out around long reef and couldn't even sound up bait.. completely baron. The current was raging, at least we got out there though.

[saltrix]

Thanks for that news. I was wondering whether we would have been better going north to out usual spot off DY but it sounds like that raging current was everywhere.

[harold]

i agree, at least you were out there and that, to me, is a large part of the joy of fishing.