sam bros Posted May 26, 2016 Share Posted May 26, 2016 Hey fellow Raiders, With such great weather, we decided to go fishing a couple days ago off central coast. There is 2 parts to this report and it included a day of many firsts. We usually drift for flathead but decided we would do something different and troll around in our small boat to see if we could entice anything. Had 2 lines out, one with a halco twisty and the other a skirt, Within 30 secs of trolling we caught a mac tuna and then a bonito caught on the halco twisty and the skirt respectively. This was my first fish caught trolling. We then caught tailor and salmon, when ever we caught a salmon, several of his friends would follow him to the boat. We then threw out a plastic and bang we were on. All the salmon were in the 60-70cm range and VERY fat, they were feeding on schools of yakka. Then for a 10 min period a massive school of salmon were feeding on a school of yakka right underneath the boat. the yakka were literally jumping out of the water and into the boat to get away from the salmon. It was a very surreal experience. I'm not sure if this picture will do it justice. They were taking anything you put in front of them, I literally caught my first fish on a blade, my first fish on a floating minnow, my first fish on a deep diver, my first fish on a popper. All those lures you have in your tackle box and wonder if you'll ever use them were all catching fish. We kept one salmon and gave some to kayakers who were watching us catch the fish and they were really happy. After a BBQ and a break we headed off to the beach at sunset to have yet another crack (after many doughnuts) at some beach mulloway. It was a beautiful sunset and even more beautiful with a rod in the hand. We found a very jewie looking gutter and casted out. We caught a lot of bait sized tailor around the 35cm mark and I decided to fillet one to use as fresh jewie bait since the squid baits were getting demolished by pickers. The fillet went onto 2 snelled 7/0 gamakatsu circle hooks and just as the sun went down the rod buckles over and goes for a run. I set the hooks and bring the beast in. Called it for a jew and in the next wave came up a nice silver ghost. High fives all round , as we picked up a 93 cm slab of beach jewfish. (Another first for me) We also caught another one on a squid shortly after. The jews died down but the salmon kept going and we caught heaps of salmon. At one stage I caught 2 salmon on my paternoster rig which was another first for me. All in all it was an amazing day and an unforgettable fishing experience with many things being ticked off the bucketlist. The highlight of the day being the Jewfish which was my first legal Jewfish, a first off the beach and a great accomplishment. I think the jewie deserves a spot on the Catch of the month competition and will be submitting it in. Thanks for reading . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
budzsta Posted May 26, 2016 Share Posted May 26, 2016 Wow! That's incredible! Fishings really healthy up central coast way! Awesome work on the report Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jewdreamer Posted May 26, 2016 Share Posted May 26, 2016 Wow mate! That's not fishing......That's CATCHING!!!! Now, what are you going to do to top that! Great work Was this on Saturday? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
big Neil Posted May 26, 2016 Share Posted May 26, 2016 Good onya Sam. A day you'll remember for a long time. Neil Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TimH Posted May 26, 2016 Share Posted May 26, 2016 Fantastic report Sam Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
night_rider Posted May 26, 2016 Share Posted May 26, 2016 Mate I could be wrong, but that school photo from your boat look like Kingies? The yellow tails don't look salmon like at all.. That jew is a solid slab for your first! Well done maaaaate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fragmeister Posted May 26, 2016 Share Posted May 26, 2016 That's a great performance all round and a nice detailed report. Looks like the fish were queuing up to get on your lines! Cheers Jim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sam bros Posted May 27, 2016 Author Share Posted May 27, 2016 Wow! That's incredible! Fishings really healthy up central coast way! Awesome work on the report Thanks mate, the central coast has been firing since the mullet run. nearly every beach will hold salmon and tailor, just need to pick out the gutters. Wow mate! That's not fishing......That's CATCHING!!!! Now, what are you going to do to top that! Great work Was this on Saturday? Thanks mate, it was a very fun day. It was on sunday Good onya Sam. A day you'll remember for a long time. Neil Thanks Big Neil, The day will go down into family folklore. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sam bros Posted May 27, 2016 Author Share Posted May 27, 2016 Fantastic report Sam Thanks TimH Mate I could be wrong, but that school photo from your boat look like Kingies? The yellow tails don't look salmon like at all.. That jew is a solid slab for your first! Well done maaaaate. Those yellow tails are from the yakka that were on the surface, the salmon were just underneath them. The one day that I forget the gopro, the fish decide they are hungry I'll make sure to bring the gopro next outing and get some underwater footage and better photos. That's a great performance all round and a nice detailed report. Looks like the fish were queuing up to get on your lines! Cheers Jim Thanks Jim, Hopefully not a one off occurrence Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OldMateJon Posted May 27, 2016 Share Posted May 27, 2016 What a stonker of a day! You won't be forgetting that any time soon. Congratulations on the jewie man, massive effort! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted May 27, 2016 Share Posted May 27, 2016 LEGEND !!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scratchie Posted May 27, 2016 Share Posted May 27, 2016 Great report Sam! That will be a day to remember for sure. Nice jewy. A good accomplishment from the beach! Good luck with cotm Cheers scratchie!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kingie Hunter Posted May 27, 2016 Share Posted May 27, 2016 Wow great work mate. Would you mind if I ask what beach that was?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluefin Posted May 27, 2016 Share Posted May 27, 2016 All in one day !!!!!!! Whats next ? Well done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
recurve Posted May 27, 2016 Share Posted May 27, 2016 Super effort. Epic day, well done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cargo05 Posted May 27, 2016 Share Posted May 27, 2016 Great report sam bros Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yowie Posted May 27, 2016 Share Posted May 27, 2016 A day to remember, that is for sure. Great jewie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sam bros Posted May 27, 2016 Author Share Posted May 27, 2016 What a stonker of a day! You won't be forgetting that any time soon. Congratulations on the jewie man, massive effort! Thanks mate, it was a great experience for sure LEGEND !!!! cheers mate Great report Sam! That will be a day to remember for sure. Nice jewy. A good accomplishment from the beach! Good luck with cotm Cheers scratchie!!! Thanks scratchie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sam bros Posted May 27, 2016 Author Share Posted May 27, 2016 Wow great work mate. Would you mind if I ask what beach that was?? pm sent All in one day !!!!!!! Whats next ? Well done. next on the bucket list is some kingfish Super effort. Epic day, well done. cheers mate Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sam bros Posted May 27, 2016 Author Share Posted May 27, 2016 Great report sam bros Thanks mate A day to remember, that is for sure. Great jewie. Thanks yowie, hopefully I become a jewie whisperer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GordoRetired Posted May 28, 2016 Share Posted May 28, 2016 That sounds like a real days fishing, great Jewie and the rest sounded like a lot of fun. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
harold Posted May 28, 2016 Share Posted May 28, 2016 Fisho's dream. Congrats Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Welster Posted May 28, 2016 Share Posted May 28, 2016 Gee I could do with a day like that! Awesome fishing well done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sam bros Posted May 28, 2016 Author Share Posted May 28, 2016 That sounds like a real days fishing, great Jewie and the rest sounded like a lot of fun. Thanks mate It was great to get some jewies after many unsuccessful attempts Fisho's dream. Congrats Thanks Harold, It is a day to remember for sure Gee I could do with a day like that! Awesome fishing well done. Haha thanks mate Persistence finally paid off Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stunami Posted May 29, 2016 Share Posted May 29, 2016 Now that's what I call a good days fishing, for me I'm wondering because I don't get out much if that would tide me over for a few months or would it get my more motivated to get straight back at it again, well done mate and a great report. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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