zmk1962 Posted March 1, 2019 Share Posted March 1, 2019 Hey Raiders, I've been off the air for almost two months - a combination of being away on an overseas holiday and then getting quite ill - but I'm happy to report that's all behind me. Anyway, back to the fishing report, the weather gods were predicting a smile for Thursday 28/2 so my dear Mrs (Maria) and I decided have a go, get out on the water and try to re-fill our quite empty freezer....and what better way then to target our favourite bread and butter species -- flatties off Broken Bay !! We launched from Parsley Bay, and raced out to our proven flathead grounds between 6-11kmout east of Barrenjoey. I wont go through all the details as they pretty much followed my previous posts "Tight-lines Tuesday" and "Wet-a-line Wednesday"... but thats how "Throw-a-line Thursday" came to be. For this post I'll just try and tell the story through some photos and commentary. I call this one: "The LOVE of my life !" ..... Maria of course - seriously what were you thinking !!! She was a total trooper - she had not been feeling well for most of the week and was seasick most of the day, but would not call stumps until we had filled the esky. The next one: "The only place to be?" ..... We found them ! Time to call stumps - Maria's first Rat - yes she scored the oddball fish again ! ... let the fun begin ! ...and some seriously good fillets ready for tucker.... For those that need stats: Bait - salted pillies, frozen slimies and yakkas from the previous trip and soft plastics fished on a 2 hook paternoster. Water deep blue with temp 27C (seriously different to the -25C we were skiing a few weeks ago!). Action - we'd get a bite going, but then it would go dead. I was bitten clean off so there was something toothy harassing the fish. We moved several times. Lots of pickers and yakkas. The bigger flathead fell to SPs or whole mackerel heads. We boated 12 large flathead - 3 at 60cm and the rest 45-55cm. Plenty of fillets for the freezer. Cheers Zoran PS - In case anyone is interested, Maria and I spent a few weeks skiing in BC Canada which was fantastic, but I had picked up a flu virus on the flight over, got through that over a few days but was prescribed some cold and flu meds for the cough. But the cough did not go away so I was prescribed more cold and flu meds then back in Oz I was given a dose of antibiotics and more cold and flu meds .... finally after 6weeks, and an array of xrays, blood tests and swabs ... we discovered that I had no virus or infection but was actually having a reaction to the cold and flu meds - they were causing an asthma like attack (hence the cough and wheezing) and drove my blood pressure to dangerously high levels !!! So there... lesson learnt for me. I was one of those 1% that actually experienced the side effects -- so from now on if I get the flu - its gonna be whiskey sours and honey for me. 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
masterfisho7 Posted March 1, 2019 Share Posted March 1, 2019 Well done a great feed there top photos 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rebel Posted March 1, 2019 Share Posted March 1, 2019 Top story. Great Boat. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
61 crusher Posted March 2, 2019 Share Posted March 2, 2019 Great photos,story & good sized fish, I’ve never tried slimy heads, is that what the toothy critter fancied, last time I was out the bite was on & off, more likely to do with lack of wind & current rather than sharks 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rickmarlin62 Posted March 2, 2019 Share Posted March 2, 2019 Good to hear your on the mend nice lot of flathead 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GoingFishing Posted March 2, 2019 Share Posted March 2, 2019 Great report Zoran (and Marie). A very nice bag of flatty fillets. Glad to see you back in good health and back out fishing!!! Ps i like the naming convention. Thats monday, friday sat and sunday left Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saltrix Posted March 2, 2019 Share Posted March 2, 2019 Thanks for the report, nice photos and a good catch. Good to have a report as I am heading to the same area tomorrow. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nutsaboutfishing Posted March 2, 2019 Share Posted March 2, 2019 8 hours ago, zmk1962 said: I call this one: "The LOVE of my life !" ..... in the first photo, is that the lovely lady or the boat? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrsswordfisherman Posted March 2, 2019 Share Posted March 2, 2019 Nice to see you back and well again Zoran A very nice report and great you take your lady fishing with you. Too many reports on here with just guys and their male mates at times! How was that skiing trip? What a blast. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zmk1962 Posted March 2, 2019 Author Share Posted March 2, 2019 Thanks Raiders for all the well wishes - so many replies ...... its certainly great to be "breathing" again ... 11 hours ago, masterfisho7 said: Well done a great feed there top photos Thanks @masterfisho... we really enjoyed the session was a great day on the water. 10 hours ago, Rebel said: Top story. Great Boat. Thanks @Rebel, she's an oldie but a goodie (and for the record we are referring to the boat!) .. its a Haines Hunter 635L with some mods. 9 hours ago, 61 crusher said: Great photos,story & good sized fish, I’ve never tried slimy heads, is that what the toothy critter fancied, last time I was out the bite was on & off, more likely to do with lack of wind & current rather than sharks Hi @61 crusher, yup took the slimy head. When bottom bashing I typically fish two rods, one rigged with SP and a large bait like the slimey head or an occy leg - this sits in a rod holder and bounces with the boat motion, and the other rod that I hold I work with smaller baits (SP and pillie half, or slab of slimey). There was a 2.6km/h current on the surface but little to no wind. We fished anchored up in 50-60m. The bite left 3in of a 6in dropper loop and was a clean cut. If you look at my last two reports fishing the same area, we hooked a 5ft grey nurse on one trip and landed a 70cm Mako on the other. They are out there ! 7 hours ago, rickmarlin62 said: Good to hear your on the mend nice lot of flathead Thanks Rick (@rickmarlin62) .... yup we enjoyed some yesterday and just finished packaging the rest for the freezer - came out to 4.3kg of clean fillets from 12 fish. Pretty chuffed about that. Freezer full so I can now focus on other more sporty species on the next trip! 4 hours ago, GoingFishing said: Ps i like the naming convention. Thats monday, friday sat and sunday left Hey Sam (@GoingFishing) thanks so much. Hahaha... yes the naming convention sort of reminds me to fish on all the days of week ! ... I wish to make it a reality. Got any ideas for the remaining ones? - I guess it's going to be a race as to who fills in the missing days ! Tight-lines Tuesday, Wet-a-line Wednesday, Throw-a-line Thursday ... are now taken ...... 4 hours ago, Mmg said: Good catch, and Maria sounds like a gem of a deck hand. your truly blessed there. Hey @Mmg, thanks so much... yes I am very very fortunate.... and she is sitting right next to me hahaha. I've told the story before, but I'll retell it here again: many years ago Maria and I were caught out in our first boat (a 16ft Savage open runabout) in a really bad swell off Bowen Island Jervis Bay - we eventually got back to Murrays beach with 8in of water swilling around the hull - and I asked "do we give this shit away !" and she said "NOPE ... we get a bigger boat ! ".... True story and hence the Haines. 4 hours ago, saltrix said: Thanks for the report, nice photos and a good catch. Good to have a report as I am heading to the same area tomorrow. You're welcome @saltrix, they are out there... you just need to mix it up and move if they are not biting. Best of luck. 3 hours ago, nutsaboutfishing said: in the first photo, is that the lovely lady or the boat? Hey @nutsaboutfishing .... Hahaha very cheeky mate... I thought I answered that.. "Maria of course - seriously what were you thinking !!! " 3 hours ago, mrsswordfisherman said: Nice to see you back and well again Zoran A very nice report and great you take your lady fishing with you. Too many reports on here with just guys and their male mates at times! How was that skiing trip? What a blast. Hey Donna - Thanks so much. I take my lady fishing ANY time she wants to come along. Most of the time she out-fishes me and always gets the oddball fish. Go figure. I'm one very fortunate fella that we both love fishing and skiing - now if I could just get her to like my guitar playing I'd have a trifecta but I am not going to push it !! Skiing was absolutely awesome even though we copped the arctic vortex for the last week - where the temps at 11am were still hovering around -25C. .... Cheers Zoran 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rickmarlin62 Posted March 2, 2019 Share Posted March 2, 2019 Marlin mondays 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zmk1962 Posted March 2, 2019 Author Share Posted March 2, 2019 (edited) 1 hour ago, rickmarlin62 said: Marlin mondays Yep great addition... but you gotta actually catch the fish on the day hahaha So best of luck for the beakie mate! Edited March 2, 2019 by zmk1962 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
antonywardle Posted March 2, 2019 Share Posted March 2, 2019 Welcome back mate! Great report. Flathead were on yesterday too. Browns one day? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zmk1962 Posted March 2, 2019 Author Share Posted March 2, 2019 Hey Antony- thanks mate. Yup we definitely have to do a Browns session - just need the current to slow down so we can deep drop. Cheers Z 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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