krause Posted May 22, 2017 Share Posted May 22, 2017 (edited) Hi all, Ventured out last night in the kayak all rugged up and ready for hairtail. After picking up a few tailor and flaties along the way we anchored up at the hairtail spot (take a guess) and set out the baits.... and put on another jacket after a bit of waiting i was onto my first hairtail of the year and my second ever after last year's social. There was much celebrating as we had our first in the esky, no easy task in a yak let me tell you. The first was closely followed by a second larger fish and with that we had a meal, smiles all round. With an occasional bite here or there it quitened up, until i realise my sinking bait is no rocketing off to the west. "That's a funny looking sinking pattern...." i say to myself as i reach for the rod. Flip the bail arm but tangle my leash in the spool.... the line went tight and the line went snap. Bugger, gone with the wind, and a nice fish to. Took the bait on the sink and flew off with it, not like any hairtail bite ive seen. Maybe a small shark? A little while later i had another solid hookup to what was definitely a hairy, and boy did it feel solid.... for all of 30 seconds before my crimp let go!!!! Anyone know where to buy small crimps (very small) for 20lb wire trace? And with work the next morning, that was all for the night. Paddled back and played with the bio luminescent algae in the water, and man that is really something special. Pitch black in a kayak, no motor, no speed, just glowing water. Awesome! Home by 11 Cheers Edited May 22, 2017 by krause Added pic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaddyT Posted May 22, 2017 Share Posted May 22, 2017 Dont crimp single strand wire- it will slip every time- look up the haywire twist- much better Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GoingFishing Posted May 22, 2017 Share Posted May 22, 2017 Nice report Krause. Sorry about the lost fish but u got two in the bag so still a great result. How do you fish at night from the kayak with lights do u have an upstand "anchor light" ...your very brave Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scratchie Posted May 22, 2017 Share Posted May 22, 2017 Good on ya Krause! Not that cold just yet, haha! Looking forward to getting down there at some point this winter and having a go myself but not from a yak! cheers scratchie!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rah Posted May 22, 2017 Share Posted May 22, 2017 top effort Krause!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
krause Posted May 22, 2017 Author Share Posted May 22, 2017 Cheer guys PaddyT your my hero, thanks heaps. G.T. i fish with a headlamp, no anchor lights. I keep to the sides and out of the way and make sure people now im around when i arrive. You don't need fixed lights of less than 4m, but you do need a readily available light to signal with Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sam bros Posted May 22, 2017 Share Posted May 22, 2017 Nice work Krause The hairtail are going off at the moment Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
big Neil Posted May 22, 2017 Share Posted May 22, 2017 Well done Krause, you certainly have my admiration going out in a kayak, in (almost Winter) night time, and taking on those toothy critters. I can imagine how hard they would be to get into an esky, on a kayak. BN Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ARC H Posted May 22, 2017 Share Posted May 22, 2017 yak in the night..... nice!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lungfai76 Posted May 22, 2017 Share Posted May 22, 2017 You need to make yourself a bait tube to slide those critters head first into ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
krause Posted May 22, 2017 Author Share Posted May 22, 2017 Need a bloody long tube Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
podtrailler Posted June 3, 2017 Share Posted June 3, 2017 Nice report. So where about did you catch does nice hairtails i like to try night fishing on my kayak. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farvos Posted June 4, 2017 Share Posted June 4, 2017 Great carch. Will head out soon for aome. What rig w were you using Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
not the dart Posted June 5, 2017 Share Posted June 5, 2017 I also use 20 or 30 lbs wire trace and i bought a pack of 100 size 1 crimps for $8 from Shin Shin in Eastwood. They also have a store in Campsie but I dont know the name. Korean gear is cheaper than Japanese but still good quality. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regan Posted June 5, 2017 Share Posted June 5, 2017 nice catch, like the sound of kayaks in the night Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
krause Posted June 8, 2017 Author Share Posted June 8, 2017 Cheers guys. In cowan creek and it was using an unweighted set of gangs on a wire trace Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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