antonywardle Posted October 28, 2018 Share Posted October 28, 2018 (edited) I was trying to decide what to for fishing on the weekend when I got a text from fishraider Zoran AKA @zmk1962 He wanted to go out bottom bashing for flathead and I'd been chatting with him during the week about getting a bigger boat, so this was a good opportunity to go out in one and see how it goes. We made plans to meet at Paisley bay ramp and then head offshore. I was there a little earlier an was surprised at how busy the ramp was. For the most part, people were ok, but as I was used to Woy Woy, I found it a bit hectic. Anyway, when Zoran got there, it was a lot quieter, we loaded the boat and went to launch. At this point, Zoran asked me if I wanted to have a go at driving the boat off so he could go and park the trailer. So I did and his boat was very easy drive. I was pretty nervous about scratching his pride and joy but I managed to get the boat off the trailer and then up to the jetty for Zoran to jump on. We then switched places and headed out at a leisurely 60 k/hr. The swell was quite small and there wasn't much wind to speak off. We stopped at the 40 metre mark and started a few drifts. We got a half a dozen small flatties so moved out to 50 metres and started again. I got on to a couple of 40 cm models and Zoran suggested a tactic that I have never used and that was to anchor. With the press of a button, the anchor was deployed and we started catching. It was a good tactic and seemed to produce the goods. When it went a bit quiet, Zorans' magic finger lifted up the anchor so we started drifting until we found some more and then down it went. I don't do this in my boat, its too hard winding up a flathead from 50 metres, let alone doing it with an anchor, but the electric model Zoran has makes this an effective addition to the fishing tackle box! This was so successful, that by around 9:15, we've got 20 flathead on board, and surprisingly, had to come up with a plan B, or what to do next. We headed out to the FAD, but noting much was out there, then tried a spot of reef fishing, with the only things that we caught being a pike and a nannygai. The wind started getting up so we decided to head back in, and Zoran handed me the keys to drive back in. I really enjoyed it, and Zoran was giving plenty of coaching about adjusting the trim and throttle to make it a softer ride back. It was good and I'll be trying to incorporate it in to my driving style. Finally we were back, and I was once again entrusted to drive the boat on to the trailer, and thankfully, the weather and tide gods were kind and the boat went straight on first go. We then spent a bit of time cleaning the fish and swapping stories before heading off. Top day and it was good fun fishing with another raider. Edited October 30, 2018 by antonywardle fixing the spelling of Zoran 6 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wizza Posted October 28, 2018 Share Posted October 28, 2018 Well Done,copilot... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zmk1962 Posted October 28, 2018 Share Posted October 28, 2018 (edited) Thanks for the write up @antonywardle - you know your way around boats - and make a great crew member. It was a very good day out - not often that I have bagged out within an hour. Look forward to a repeat sesh ... one where we have plans B, C, D already prepared. Cheers Zoran Edited October 28, 2018 by zmk1962 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kiwicraig Posted October 28, 2018 Share Posted October 28, 2018 Nice work @antonywardle and @zmk1962 I'm with you Ant - I don't fancy anchoring in 50m of water without an electric anchor!! Not unless I have a deckee with me to haul it up! ? Hope you enjoyed your feed. Always nice to get some flatties on the plate and they were on Saturday! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
masterfisho7 Posted October 28, 2018 Share Posted October 28, 2018 Well done nice bag of fish some fine eating 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scratchie Posted October 28, 2018 Share Posted October 28, 2018 And that’s what it’s all about!!! Well done lads. ??? Its great to see fishraiders meet up and comeback to report stories like this! Champion effort! Cheers scratchie!!! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rah Posted October 29, 2018 Share Posted October 29, 2018 Well done fellas!! nice feed there 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rickmarlin62 Posted October 29, 2018 Share Posted October 29, 2018 Nice one boys sounds like a good day out 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Guest123456789 Posted October 29, 2018 Share Posted October 29, 2018 Nice write up Antony sounds like a top day out and you learnt a few new tricks as well. Any closer to knowing what boat you want to upgrade to? Seems like a bigger fibreglass rig as opposed to a tinny might be more your style. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GoingFishing Posted October 29, 2018 Share Posted October 29, 2018 Great write up Antony. Sounds like an awesome day on the water and Zoran is a real gentleman isnt he. Not many blokes around willing to let someone else steer the ship. And to top it all off a nice bag of flatties. Theyre certainly firing up from the reports ive read! 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tyrone07 Posted October 30, 2018 Share Posted October 30, 2018 Hey mate is the fad out there?? According to DPI it hasn’t been put in place yet? Good feed on the flattys Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zmk1962 Posted October 30, 2018 Share Posted October 30, 2018 FAD (from memory Sydney North) ... was definitely there 33.35.565 151.34.618 We managed to drift two lines over its rope... so it's definitely there ! Flathead feed ? Cheers Z 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GoingFishing Posted October 30, 2018 Share Posted October 30, 2018 (edited) Its definately not on DPI website and from what i can see theyre still working their way down the coast. Could it be a private FAD? Edited October 30, 2018 by GoingFishing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zmk1962 Posted October 30, 2018 Share Posted October 30, 2018 Hmmm. Don’t think so. Bright yellow. The usual shape. From memory had 173 or 113 numbered on side. Z 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
antonywardle Posted October 31, 2018 Author Share Posted October 31, 2018 as above. It was the real deal! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yowie Posted October 31, 2018 Share Posted October 31, 2018 Nice catch there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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