GreyNurse Posted August 9, 2015 Share Posted August 9, 2015 After a few false starts, Antonywardle and myself finally met up at his kind invitation to take me out on his boat "Two Blues". Antony lives on the Central Coast, so it was arranged that I meet him at Lions Park ramp at Woy Woy at 3.30pm. An ambitious plan, as it transpired as negotiating the traffic through Sydney from Beverly Hills on a Saturday afternoon is worse than having a tooth pulled. But we managed to depart the ramp at 4.30, so I guess that's not too bad. With a brisk Sou'Westerly blowing up the the main channel, we decided to forgo our original plan of hitting Cowan Creek for hairtail and opted to fish the Rip Bridge. We anchored up in about 6m of water off the eastern shore, some 200 meters north of the bridge. The tide was on the way out and along with an eddie adjacent to us, it made fishing both weighted and unweighted baits a challenge. Antony was the first to hook up. He couldn't get a read on what it was and had to wait to see colour before declaring that he had caught a ray. Well, snagged it would be a better choice of words as the hook had penetrated the skin just forward of the knuckle on top of it's head. A quick release was easily affected an Mr. Ray swam off, none the worse for wear. As the sun dropped low on the horizon, I began to wind in my unweighted pillie cube and came up on some good weight. There were a few good head shakes, then it just lugged in. So I tightened the drag and proceed to bring a nice 57cm flatty to the boat. Normally, I would release such a fish, but a hunch told me that this should be a keeper, so it was placed on ice and we resumed fishing with a renewed vigor. After another half an hour, nothing was happening, so we moved to deep water in the middle of the channel. The Lowrance was showing a lot of "noise" all through the 27 meter water column, with some promising lines. I fished a weighted pille about 20 meters down and continued with an unweighted pillie on the other rod. However, with the commencement of nightfall, the bite had shut down. I glanced at my watch. Only 6.30. But something was nagging at me. Five minutes later, the penny dropped. I had forgotten to bring my evening medication with me. Without going into detail, it's suffice to say that the greater delay in taking the meds, the worse the deterioration in my comfort levels would become. Sadly I had to advise Antony that we would have to cut our session short, so I could get back home and medicate. Stupid, stupid, stupid me. At least we had some success in less than ideal conditions. I really didn't expect to take home anything as I had never fished Brisbane Waters before, so a nice flathead was a bonus. I made it home in some discomfort by 9.15 and quickly sorted myself out and had a reasonable rest of the night. Thanks Antony, for your kind invitation. I'll try to return the favour one day, but you'll have to wait until I upgrade from kayak to proper boat. Did you weigh the rock? (Don't worry folks, he knows what I'm talking about) Sunset beside Mt. Ettalong The Prize! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kiwicraig Posted August 9, 2015 Share Posted August 9, 2015 Nice one - shame I could not get out to join you guys! Nice BW flattie there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
antonywardle Posted August 9, 2015 Share Posted August 9, 2015 Np I took the rock to the weigh in but didn't get it weighed. Nice night, pity the wind didn't stop until we got back to the wharf. Interesting wildlife at the ramp too! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scratchie Posted August 10, 2015 Share Posted August 10, 2015 Great report mate. It's shame you couldn't spend a bit more time out there. But it's better than nothing. Well done on the flatty! Cheers scratchie!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Belligero Posted August 10, 2015 Share Posted August 10, 2015 Good to hear some flatties are still about. Keen to get out there again soon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quochuy Posted August 11, 2015 Share Posted August 11, 2015 Nice guys. Do you think it would be a challenge fishing the Rip Bridge from a kayak? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meg126 Posted August 11, 2015 Share Posted August 11, 2015 I see guys in kayaks there a bit but when it runs hard, it can be challenging with a motor, you wouldn't have a chance to paddle against it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quochuy Posted August 12, 2015 Share Posted August 12, 2015 Right, thnks Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kiwicraig Posted August 12, 2015 Share Posted August 12, 2015 Actually you can do it from a kayak. I've had some success drifting with the tide. When it is time to come back you stick close to the shore and the current is not as strong as right under the bridge. Depending on the direction of the tidal flow you can put in at the Blackwall boat ramp or launch next to the Guyra St public wharf. If you time it right you can go with the tide both ways. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quochuy Posted August 13, 2015 Share Posted August 13, 2015 I was also thinking at the change of tide it should be very doable too during the slack Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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