longy509 Posted April 6, 2017 Share Posted April 6, 2017 Hi i just had 2 weeks holidays with the wife and rented a holiday unit at Salamander bay spent the first week fishing around the bay and made it out to broughton island for a day catching a lot of little stuff nothing worth writing home about other then a decent couple of hour session on the squid out front of shoal bay and a little bonito on a lure on the way to broughton. The second week i got hold of Scratchie who was keen to go for a fish even though he was running on 2 hours sleep over the previous 2 days i met him at little beach boat ramp at 8.15am he was coming straight from work but still keen for a fish, After catching a few slimies and yakkas at the heads we headed south when we got to our destination a slimy went straight out on the big rod i dropped some fresh calamari and scratchie proceeded to flick a few soft plastics around, After about an hour i was in the minus after reeling in a few boot fish scratchie hooked up on a decent snapper but dropped it close to the the boat as i was getting the net ready then he got hit by another good'n that took some decent drag before escaping in between i got pan sized snapper that went in the esky. We then decided to chuck a couple of lures out and head back and after roughly 5 minutes the reel was screaming and i jumped on it and bought in a nice little mac tuna then 5 minutes later another one the nothing else back to the ramp over all an interesting 4 hour session and i learned quite a bit from scratchie Cheers mate. The next day i headed to broughton again with the missus we landed a few under size kings i got smoked twice on live bait and got a few keeper flatties and some trevally also got dozen blue swimmers in the crab trap so overall had a pretty good 2 weeks away from work even though i wont live down the fact that the missus got the most squid and the biggest flatties. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rickmarlin62 Posted April 6, 2017 Share Posted April 6, 2017 nice work it doesn't matter bout the fish the bay is just so good to hang out at fish are just a bonus..rick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wellzy94 Posted April 6, 2017 Share Posted April 6, 2017 Good fishing at Port Stephens, and you managed to drag out the resident guru too! Those mac tuna are a beautiful looking fish. Cheers, Wellzy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
big Neil Posted April 6, 2017 Share Posted April 6, 2017 I enjoyed reading your report Longy. How privileged are you to have Scratchie join you? Great pics of a memorable time spent doing what we all love best. Cheers, BN Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scratchie Posted April 6, 2017 Share Posted April 6, 2017 Good on you longy! Glad you had a great trip up here mate! The conditions on the day weren't fantastic but fishable! Would have liked to hit those reefs earlier for a few more snaps! They were two decent mackies you caught too! Put up a great fight and both released! Sorry it was a short trip but that was the only window of time I had! Couldn't keep my eyes open any longer! Next time I'll plan a day at Broughton with you! All the best, Cheers scratchie!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kingie chaser Posted April 7, 2017 Share Posted April 7, 2017 Nice report & great of a local mod to show you a few spots. Cant beat the bay for the scenery, but its better fishing from a boat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
longy509 Posted April 7, 2017 Author Share Posted April 7, 2017 Cheers everyone had a good time up there just cruising around on the water beats work any day, No dramas with the short session either Scratchie i just appreciate the fact you were willing to come out for a fish and give me a few tips as well, I will be sure to get in contact next time im up that way and see if your keen for another run. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farvos Posted April 7, 2017 Share Posted April 7, 2017 Nice little catch. We are thining of heading there for easter for a session. Either there or bermagui. Not sure yet. Depebds on weather Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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