Ryder Posted August 8, 2015 Share Posted August 8, 2015 Hi Raiders, I met up with the boys, Mark and Royce, this morning and we headed to South Head in search of the usual, Blackfish. With the swell being up it was a big NoNo, so we fished camp cove. Royce headed off with his fly rod to another ledge, while Mark and I floated out cabbage. It wasn't long before Royce had his first and stashed him in a rock pool. Soon after he's again, and again. He had 3 in the pool before Mark chimed in and put one in the bag. I was making a slow start, getting downs but not hooking up. Royce kept catching them on fly, and Mark got a few more on cabbage, then out of the blue, Trevor turns up intending to flick some plastics. He soon switched over to my spare rod, and started getting into them. Meanwhile I'm still on a donut. Royce came back to our ledge, armed with his trusty Sportex and he's on first drift. He said 'they're taking weed, more than cabbage'. That was the turning point, I switched to weed and to everyone's surprise, I got my first. The fish really came on during the 2nd half of the rising tide and the bag filled up fast. We ended up with 23, a few throw backs, and a heap of pulled hooks. The crows got to a couple of Royce's fish while in the rockpool. They are bound for the smoker, along with a few of they're mates, the rest of us took home a feed as well. Last August I couldn't buy a fish, and it was looking like it was going to be a repeat this year, happily No. Cheers Ryder Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ambrose607 Posted August 8, 2015 Share Posted August 8, 2015 Well done. That's a good haul of fish. Them Crows do some damage straight for the eyes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burger Posted August 8, 2015 Share Posted August 8, 2015 Nice catch boys! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yowie Posted August 8, 2015 Share Posted August 8, 2015 good work on the blackfish Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Basil D Posted August 8, 2015 Share Posted August 8, 2015 great haul Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bessell1955 Posted August 8, 2015 Share Posted August 8, 2015 Do you salt the fish before smoking them ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stapo Posted August 8, 2015 Share Posted August 8, 2015 Nice work mate. Woo great day. Yeah you gotta have the weed man. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adamski Posted August 8, 2015 Share Posted August 8, 2015 Nice job Ryder, good team effort there and well done for persisting and getting the fish. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wizza Posted August 9, 2015 Share Posted August 9, 2015 have you had good smoking results?i found with the hot smoker they shrivel unlike other other fillets.Cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryder Posted August 9, 2015 Author Share Posted August 9, 2015 Royce was doing the smoking. He marinates in a special mix of salt sugar beer, I don't know all the ingredients. The last batch I had he did turned out very nice, especially the roe, that's extra special. I love the smoked fish on its own, my wife not so much, but she did like it in Kedergee. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ron Howes Posted August 9, 2015 Share Posted August 9, 2015 Nice to see you have sussed out where the fish are. I have never used a weed fly, are they lightly weighted. We fished Chiswick Saturday afternoon and the fish bit like crazy on run up, however, only on weed I sourced from canal in Pomeroy street Homebush near Ausgrid depot. The weed there is absolutely beautiful. (you need a grappling hook and 20M cord). The fish would not take a bait when tide changed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryder Posted August 9, 2015 Author Share Posted August 9, 2015 Lightly weighted with a tiny shot when fly casting just to get it down. Otherwise you're normal Backfish rig, just replace the baited hook with a fly, and berley them up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robinsoi Posted August 13, 2015 Share Posted August 13, 2015 Great work Andrew and Co. A very impressive haul of fish. Keep up the top work. All the best Ian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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