W4z Posted December 20, 2015 Share Posted December 20, 2015 Headed out Saturday morning at stupidoclock (1am) on a mates boat. Did well collecting squid using the green lights. Picked up 20 by 4am all lolly pop size. We could see 30+ under the boat but they were pretty finiky. Changed the the smallest jigs we had, I think size 1 or 1.5 and were able to get a few that way. Headed offshore in the dark, slowly and carefully to another squid spot hoping to find some bigguns but it wasn't to be. As the sun came up we decided to try along the cliffs hoping to find some kings. This was new ground for us so a bit of exploration. Trolled a live squid and a fresh squid slowly along. Had hits on both fairly quickly but no hookup. Rerigged and hooked up again quickly. When the fish saw the boat it really woke up, we were thinking Bonnie or rat king, but the tail beats were real fast. Turned out to be a fat Bonnie at 55cm. A first of species for me, I was stoked. Put out some small white squid skirts and pulled in a few more. Got a bit quiet so put a diving rapala out and left one squid skirt out. Picked up a couple more. In the end we got 7 bonito and I dropped 2 more right at the boat. A fun morning out and home earlyish Cheers Waz Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fisholb Posted December 20, 2015 Share Posted December 20, 2015 thanks for the report mate good to hear the bonnies are biting atm hoping to catch some tomorrow if the wind settle down Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zacnoel Posted December 20, 2015 Share Posted December 20, 2015 Bonnies on light gear = great fun Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Holls Posted December 20, 2015 Share Posted December 20, 2015 Well done. Great report, love that underwater shot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LuckyFil Posted December 21, 2015 Share Posted December 21, 2015 Great report and love the underwater pic! Good to hear the bonnies are finally showing up. Which waterway were you fishing? - not after your spot just generally. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
W4z Posted December 21, 2015 Author Share Posted December 21, 2015 Cheers guys. This was out of port hacking Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Krispy ! Posted December 21, 2015 Share Posted December 21, 2015 Great stuff W4z good to see some bonito coming in Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Squidy Posted December 22, 2015 Share Posted December 22, 2015 Top stuff, love the pic of the Bonnie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Incredible Hull Posted December 22, 2015 Share Posted December 22, 2015 That's a great high def shot, what sort of camera is that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
W4z Posted December 22, 2015 Author Share Posted December 22, 2015 Cheers guys. It's a Panasonic GF2 with an 8mm fisheye lens, Recsea housing and dome port Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Welster Posted December 22, 2015 Share Posted December 22, 2015 Great report. That's the first I have heard of anybody catching Bonnies in numbers. Nice pic too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sharknett Posted December 23, 2015 Share Posted December 23, 2015 Well done. Got a few bonnies as well around South Head on Saturday trolling a laser pro. Also lots of undersized kings getting caught Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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