joking fish Posted April 16, 2018 Share Posted April 16, 2018 Had a free afternoon to do what I do best. Fishing! I looked at the weather forecast yesterday and it predicted 20+ km per hour winds so I was pleasantly surprised when I arrived at Palm Beach to be greeted by a warm afternoon with hardly a breath of wind. I immediately started burly with chook pellets mixed with tuna oil. There was a lot of micro bait and the conditions looked very fishy. My first cast I caught an under size red. Great start! I arrived at 3.40pm and fished until sundown at 5.48pm. Over the course of the afternoon I lost about 6-7 really good fish that snagged me around the pylons. I was fishing with whole Pilchards on size 3/0 gang hooks. I was using 16 kg leader and 4 kg main line. I lost countless rigs over the afternoon and went through quite a few hooks. I also got sharked at least once. For my perseverance I was rewarded with a 59 cm Flathead. This was my first legal fish of the day. I also landed 2 Snapper that were 31 and 34 cm respectively. I cant remember any other calm water land based fishing session where I have landed 2 legal Reds myself. I have done it before deep sea fishing and there was a session a few years ago with my brother where we each landed 1 legal Red but anyone who knows Sydney inshore waters knows legal Reds are hard to come by. There must have been lots of them out there today and I am sure I lost a few bigger ones. The head shakes are a dead giveaway. Right at the end of the day I landed a 32 cm Tailor. This was the icing on the cake. About 4.30 pm a photographer rocked up with a half naked Asian model in a bikini. I said to the photographer "you have the best job in the world." They both laughed and started to do a photo shoot together. After about 15 minutes of racy photos they waved good bye and left. It was certainly an exceptional day for more reasons than one reason. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Omally Posted April 16, 2018 Share Posted April 16, 2018 Man sounds like quite the trip ☺️ Well done matey Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdanger Posted April 16, 2018 Share Posted April 16, 2018 Dinner and a show! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
big Neil Posted April 16, 2018 Share Posted April 16, 2018 Just like Forrest Gump...with fishing, you never know what you're gunna get. Sounds like a memorable land-based fishing trip. Good result! bn 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
masterfisho7 Posted April 16, 2018 Share Posted April 16, 2018 Nice report well done Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seasponge Posted April 16, 2018 Share Posted April 16, 2018 sounds like a great evening! nice report. I was expecting pics of the photo shoot though ;-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jords boi Posted April 17, 2018 Share Posted April 17, 2018 Where abouts at palm beach may I ask?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GoingFishing Posted April 17, 2018 Share Posted April 17, 2018 I agree legal size reds from the shore are very rare indeed so landing two is definitely a great acheivement. In all my years fishing from the shore ive only ever landed 2 legal snapper, one which spat the hook halfway lifting it up the rock ledge. So technically only 1 though there are some places with the right burley strategy i have heard of consistent legal reds can be caught but i doubt u will find anyone to share those locations in a public forum !! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joking fish Posted April 17, 2018 Author Share Posted April 17, 2018 1 hour ago, jordswalt said: Where abouts at palm beach may I ask?? The Ferry Wharf but please keep hush hush. It's a well kept secret don't want the fobs turning up and taking 50-100 undersize fish in a session. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jords boi Posted April 17, 2018 Share Posted April 17, 2018 2 hours ago, joking fish said: The Ferry Wharf but please keep hush hush. It's a well kept secret don't want the fobs turning up and taking 50-100 undersize fish in a session. Used to fish around there years ago but thanks for the reminder about it! Even drove past there yesterday! The reds are a great catch well done Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sam bros Posted April 19, 2018 Share Posted April 19, 2018 Nice work, legal reds are pretty difficult to catch landbased So well done Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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