hairtail weekend

[Sydneyfisher12]

gday raiders

this is my report on the hairtail social

me and gianni left Sydney on Saturday morning we stopped at two tackle shops loaded up on bait, gangs and red glow sticks

we arrived at apple tree boat ramp and not long after ray arrived and then Stephan and his mate sam

we headed off towards cowan and met the mothership in pinta bay we registered and then had a look at the sounder and it was full with bait so out came the sabikis and we quickly had 15 yakkas in the tank. i heard one of the boys at the back had spotted a squid so a squid jig went on and if pretty much 6 casts i had 6 squid.

we headed off around 2pm to chase hairtail we anchored up right in the spot set the lines and waited i managed another 2 squid but no bite yet from the hairtail

it wasn't until it started to get dark that stewie hooked one but dropped it. About 10 minutes later i looked over and my rod was buckled picked it up and i was on then gianni's rod went but he missed it i got mine to the boat and got it in 126 he went

with all the focus on my side of the boat we looked over to see one of gianni's rod bent right over he struck and was into one he got it beside the boat and it pulled the hook but lucky he was able to jag it in the back on the way down we gently guided it into the boat and we landed it going 121cm

we were both stocked both new hairtail PB's

there was bait all over the sounder a mixture of yellowtail, squid, tailor and squid cowan is packed full of bait its everywhere

we kept fishing up until 10:30 when me and Stephan made a move to Waratah bay as we arrived the sounder lit up so i quickly chucked in the only baited rod which was gianni's it didn't take long for it to hook up and he was on we got it to the boat i grabbed the leader and the hook pulled. we put all the baits back in and the bites were consistent gianni hooked up again and landed a small on at 105cm we had many hook ups even fish coming to the boat but they were very small and hard to hook.

eventually one of my bigger yakka baits went off and i was into a good fish it fought very hard the best fight I've ever had on a hairtail we got it in a noticed 20-30cm of its tail had been bitted off

after that we had a few more bites but nothing much at 3am Stephan and his mate sam left and at 3:30am we went to sleep we woke up at 6am and headed back to Jerusalem bay we spoke to scratchie who said there was a bite at 5am we anchored up but we didn't have long until we headed to the mother ship

it was great to meet everyone some people i knew and some new people

sean won the first prize but generously gave his prize back and i was lucky enough to win the $100 raffle cheers mate

i'd like to thank Stewie and Donna for organising another great social and Gianni and Stephan for being great company out there

ill definitely be back next year might even give them a go very soon they're one addicted species

cheers seamus

[thefisherman6784]

What a great weekend!

A big thanks to Seamus and his dad for taking me out, and to stewy and Donna for yet another great social

Also thanks for the great company Stephan and Sam! You'll get one soon

[scratchie_junior619]

Great work boys great meeting you's finally!

2 of those hairtail look familiar??

[Guest no one]

Good work fellas! Was good meeting you both too (and your old man). See you on the water shortly!

[harold]

Great report and yes they are addictive. I think we are out again tomorrow afternoon to Warath Bay until Sunday morning. Won't it be great when the morning temps are like 22 again instead of single digits.

[Ryder]

Great looking fish, so sleek and silver.

It almost looks like it has racing stripes in the first picture.

Well done guys. I knew you'd get a few.

Edited July 23, 2015 by Ryder

[Squishy]

Grats on your PB's! Nice write up, thanks for sharing