Oscarthebeagle Posted July 9, 2017 Share Posted July 9, 2017 Fished Saturday morning with my dad (hookerbruce) from my boat. Launched at first light from Sylvania waters, plan was to catch some lives and head out to the peak. First part of the plan worked well with live bait caught at the artificial reef. Started heading for the Peak but after a few kms with the westerly wind blowing and the sloppy conditions we decided today was not the day for it, Yes we could have made it out and back but it would of been a bumpy trip and hard fishing once out there. Turned around and headed back in to the shelter of the cliffs. Drifted the reef edge and back over the sand. Caught a few good flathead 45-50cm, a few six spin jackets 38-40cm and assorted wrasse and other throw backs and a heap of undersize red bream and flathead. Also took home a baracouta as my boys love fish and with its vicious teeth it would be interesting to them. Picked up a half eaten cuttlefish on the way home which will give me a few trips worth of bait and an interesting back bone to show the kids. The run home across the bay was glassy smooth and i even managed to get home 10 minutes early. Not the original plan for the day but still fun and managed to come home with a feed of fish. Thanks for reading Ash Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regan Posted July 9, 2017 Share Posted July 9, 2017 good you still got a feed i am sure the baracouta would be amazing to your kids Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gwoods Posted July 10, 2017 Share Posted July 10, 2017 Hey Ash, we fished Maroubra on Saturday as well. Got a couple of 40cm+ Flathead as well then went whale watching for a while a couple of miles off Botany heads. Kids had a blast. Were you the boat in close to the Northern heads of Maroubra? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ARC H Posted July 10, 2017 Share Posted July 10, 2017 barracouta are a weird fish very agressive Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oscarthebeagle Posted July 11, 2017 Author Share Posted July 11, 2017 On 10/07/2017 at 10:37 AM, gwoods said: Hey Ash, we fished Maroubra on Saturday as well. Got a couple of 40cm+ Flathead as well then went whale watching for a while a couple of miles off Botany heads. Kids had a blast. Were you the boat in close to the Northern heads of Maroubra? We were fishing of the rifle range, south of Maroubra. fishing out of a white 5m aluminium cuddy cabin (No bimini). Only boat near us looked like a 6m white fibreglass boat maybe a Trophy centre cabin. I took my kids out whale watching on Queens birthday Monday out from port hacking and south. We had a pod of dolphins playing in the boats wake and saw a dozen or so whales in about 2 hours, 4 jumping and playing, the kids loved it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gwoods Posted July 11, 2017 Share Posted July 11, 2017 Ash I got my North and South the wrong way around, we were fishing the middle in a 6.05 Grey Bar Crusher, the kids really enjoy the whales and the dolphins don't they. Have fun. Thanks Sean. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KingfisherMan Posted July 14, 2017 Share Posted July 14, 2017 Glad you got a feed there, I'm planning to go sometime, but I have trouble looking for spots. How deep was the water of the reef you were at? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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