BigRod Posted September 8, 2017 Share Posted September 8, 2017 Gonna hit the hacking this sunday if anyone is keen gonna push off say 6am from wallys wharf weather and tides seem nice Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sam bros Posted September 10, 2017 Share Posted September 10, 2017 Good luck mate Hopefully you get a few fish Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HenryR Posted September 10, 2017 Share Posted September 10, 2017 (edited) i was gonna post this in Fishing Reports but now I see it's already got a place. Even though Rod had plans to hit the Hacking and I was weighing up the merits of paddling to some quiet corner of the Hawkesbury to sit in the sun and chase luderick, it was krause who called the shots in the end. Krause dictated an early start at Port Kembla for all three of us. It was the slimmest of plans. We'd fetch some livies, troll them around in the first hour or two of light, not expecting much to happen, just in case we got lucky. Then we'd retreat to the back of the bay, where the weekend's big swells couldn't get us, and toss plastics for flathead. And that's almost exactly what happened. Only pike and mini barracuda wanted to eat yakkas and one by one we all drifted to the back of the bay. There, sadly not much was happening either. Krause had a few bumps but no hook up and Rod likewise, bites but no fish. I couldn't even get a bump from a fish so, half heatedly, I paddled back to the breakwall. A lucky decision that scored the only fish of the day. It was a pretty chaotic fight because I had line out to a snagged lure when the livie rod took off. The king managed to circle through the lot (of course). Two crossed lines, one tied to the bottom the other to fish charging off in to the distance, and two unsecured rods in a kayak. I decided to sacrifice a lure and cut the braid on the snagged line figuring that'd be the end of it. Braid is like spider web at times! More than once during the fight I looked down at my reel to discover the stray braid had somehow reappeared and was again wrapping itself around my reel again. It took lots of nervous line snipping, some luck, and a fair bit of the frantic back paddling that comes with hooking kings from a kayak near structure to finally get a fish in the net. New kingie pb for me, 80cm, and few nice hours in some almost summery sun. We finished off the morning with a quick walk out to Hill 60 and watched small mountains of water roll between the point and the island - big seas might limit the fishing options but they are awesome. little boat meets BIG boat fish meets little boat Edited September 10, 2017 by HenryR Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
big Neil Posted September 10, 2017 Share Posted September 10, 2017 Good report Henry. Lucky that you stayed calm and managed to land it with all the ensuing problems cropping up. Very well done. BN Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigRod Posted September 11, 2017 Author Share Posted September 11, 2017 Yeah was a good day even thow the fish were quite will post date and times of the next outing probably do a roseville trip Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
krause Posted September 12, 2017 Share Posted September 12, 2017 Fish meets little boat haha, now i demand fish meets my boat! >:( nah it was a pleasant day out. Roseville is a contender rod, as long as it aint that hill again! Wheres raz he knows what we're taking about Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
COASTIE 01 Posted September 13, 2017 Share Posted September 13, 2017 On 9/10/2017 at 5:37 PM, HenryR said: i was gonna post this in Fishing Reports but now I see it's already got a place. Even though Rod had plans to hit the Hacking and I was weighing up the merits of paddling to some quiet corner of the Hawkesbury to sit in the sun and chase luderick, it was krause who called the shots in the end. Krause dictated an early start at Port Kembla for all three of us. It was the slimmest of plans. We'd fetch some livies, troll them around in the first hour or two of light, not expecting much to happen, just in case we got lucky. Then we'd retreat to the back of the bay, where the weekend's big swells couldn't get us, and toss plastics for flathead. And that's almost exactly what happened. Only pike and mini barracuda wanted to eat yakkas and one by one we all drifted to the back of the bay. There, sadly not much was happening either. Krause had a few bumps but no hook up and Rod likewise, bites but no fish. I couldn't even get a bump from a fish so, half heatedly, I paddled back to the breakwall. A lucky decision that scored the only fish of the day. It was a pretty chaotic fight because I had line out to a snagged lure when the livie rod took off. The king managed to circle through the lot (of course). Two crossed lines, one tied to the bottom the other to fish charging off in to the distance, and two unsecured rods in a kayak. I decided to sacrifice a lure and cut the braid on the snagged line figuring that'd be the end of it. Braid is like spider web at times! More than once during the fight I looked down at my reel to discover the stray braid had somehow reappeared and was again wrapping itself around my reel again. It took lots of nervous line snipping, some luck, and a fair bit of the frantic back paddling that comes with hooking kings from a kayak near structure to finally get a fish in the net. New kingie pb for me, 80cm, and few nice hours in some almost summery sun. We finished off the morning with a quick walk out to Hill 60 and watched small mountains of water roll between the point and the island - big seas might limit the fishing options but they are awesome. little boat meets BIG boat fish meets little boat awesome catch mate Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
krause Posted September 13, 2017 Share Posted September 13, 2017 Coastie01, we're always looking for new kayakers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
COASTIE 01 Posted September 14, 2017 Share Posted September 14, 2017 hello krause, i live on the central coast, so i dont know how far away that is to where normally fish. i am also only 15 so maybe a bit later on thanks anyway Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regan Posted September 14, 2017 Share Posted September 14, 2017 On 9/10/2017 at 5:37 PM, HenryR said: i was gonna post this in Fishing Reports but now I see it's already got a place. Even though Rod had plans to hit the Hacking and I was weighing up the merits of paddling to some quiet corner of the Hawkesbury to sit in the sun and chase luderick, it was krause who called the shots in the end. Krause dictated an early start at Port Kembla for all three of us. It was the slimmest of plans. We'd fetch some livies, troll them around in the first hour or two of light, not expecting much to happen, just in case we got lucky. Then we'd retreat to the back of the bay, where the weekend's big swells couldn't get us, and toss plastics for flathead. And that's almost exactly what happened. Only pike and mini barracuda wanted to eat yakkas and one by one we all drifted to the back of the bay. There, sadly not much was happening either. Krause had a few bumps but no hook up and Rod likewise, bites but no fish. I couldn't even get a bump from a fish so, half heatedly, I paddled back to the breakwall. A lucky decision that scored the only fish of the day. It was a pretty chaotic fight because I had line out to a snagged lure when the livie rod took off. The king managed to circle through the lot (of course). Two crossed lines, one tied to the bottom the other to fish charging off in to the distance, and two unsecured rods in a kayak. I decided to sacrifice a lure and cut the braid on the snagged line figuring that'd be the end of it. Braid is like spider web at times! More than once during the fight I looked down at my reel to discover the stray braid had somehow reappeared and was again wrapping itself around my reel again. It took lots of nervous line snipping, some luck, and a fair bit of the frantic back paddling that comes with hooking kings from a kayak near structure to finally get a fish in the net. New kingie pb for me, 80cm, and few nice hours in some almost summery sun. We finished off the morning with a quick walk out to Hill 60 and watched small mountains of water roll between the point and the island - big seas might limit the fishing options but they are awesome. little boat meets BIG boat fish meets little boat nice king henry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flattiefisher27 Posted September 15, 2017 Share Posted September 15, 2017 Solid king mate, especially for this time of year. You'll have to come up Pittwater way in the summer when the kings are around in numbers!! Jacob Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HenryR Posted September 17, 2017 Share Posted September 17, 2017 BN, Coastie, Regan, Jacob, thanks muchly for the generous comments Jacob, you bet Pittwater is on the list of places to visit this 'season'! I've been on a few failed attempts at getting fish out of there but they've all been visits at times when other places weren't the go either. Sometimes you gotta rip yourself away from known bets to properly learn new stuff. It does sound like, when Pittwater's good it is excellent. Will let you know when we make it, lol, that far north!! Actually lots of places to try this summer ... we - krause, myself and a few other associated yakkers - learned a few new tricks in the slow last half of last summer and autumn. Still have a lot to learn but I'm quietly confident (or optimistic) that this season we can consolidate a bit and find at least a few good fish for everybody. On 9/14/2017 at 8:46 PM, COASTIE 01 said: central coast coastie, do you get to fish the Haven much?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flattiefisher27 Posted September 18, 2017 Share Posted September 18, 2017 8 hours ago, HenryR said: BN, Coastie, Regan, Jacob, thanks muchly for the generous comments Jacob, you bet Pittwater is on the list of places to visit this 'season'! I've been on a few failed attempts at getting fish out of there but they've all been visits at times when other places weren't the go either. Sometimes you gotta rip yourself away from known bets to properly learn new stuff. It does sound like, when Pittwater's good it is excellent. Will let you know when we make it, lol, that far north!! Actually lots of places to try this summer ... we - krause, myself and a few other associated yakkers - learned a few new tricks in the slow last half of last summer and autumn. Still have a lot to learn but I'm quietly confident (or optimistic) that this season we can consolidate a bit and find at least a few good fish for everybody. coastie, do you get to fish the Haven much?? Would definitely be keen on heading out with you guys when you come up to Pittwater, or even around middle/north harbour, let us know when you're around for sure ?????? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
COASTIE 01 Posted September 19, 2017 Share Posted September 19, 2017 On 9/18/2017 at 7:43 AM, HenryR said: coastie, do you get to fish the Haven much?? yeah i do fish it a bit mate, if i can help you wih anything about it i am happy to help Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
krause Posted September 20, 2017 Share Posted September 20, 2017 (edited) Flatiefisher, north head is/will be a major stomping ground for us in a few months so we can definitely keep you in the loop on that one. Potentially also long reef? I don't know hire blue water oriented you are Coastie, how what where etc hahah, no there is a curiousity about the pelagics out front of the haven. Wondering if it gets as good as some say it does? Edited September 20, 2017 by krause Spelling, or the lack there of.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flattiefisher27 Posted September 20, 2017 Share Posted September 20, 2017 4 hours ago, krause said: Flatiefisher, north head is/will be a major stomping ground for us in a few months so we can definitely keep you in the loop on that one. Potentially also long reef? I don't know hire blue water oriented you are Coastie, how what where etc hahah, no there is a curiousity about the pelagics out front of the haven. Wondering if it gets as good as some say it does? That'd be great, haven't done much blue water yaking but would be keen to do it with a few others. Would love to be kept in the loop. Cheers Jacob Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
savit Posted September 20, 2017 Share Posted September 20, 2017 Henry , thanks for interesting report and congrats with new PB. What rig was used , and how long did it take to land the king from kayak? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
COASTIE 01 Posted September 22, 2017 Share Posted September 22, 2017 (edited) On 9/20/2017 at 0:27 PM, krause said: Coastie, how what where etc hahah, no there is a curiousity about the pelagics out front of the haven. Wondering if it gets as good as some say it does? hello, i have never had much luck outside of the haven on my hobie revo but, fishing inside the haven off the rocksi have caught, big tailor, frigates and bonito. that is about the closest to a pelagic speies i have caught there so far. but i have seen pics of tuna, salmonand kings caught off there, gotta pick your day i guess rickmarlin would know more than me ....... Regan Edited September 22, 2017 by COASTIE 01 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rickmarlin62 Posted September 23, 2017 Share Posted September 23, 2017 leave haven turn right and you can paddle for miles down around cape three points..heaps of reef to troll over..plenty of washes tuna .kings .salmon .tailor .bonnies. etc etc .....rick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
krause Posted September 23, 2017 Share Posted September 23, 2017 Sounds like a nice part of the world to spend a few days at... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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