Welster Posted June 10, 2019 Share Posted June 10, 2019 Some friends moved down the coast over a rear ago and we had struggled to find time for a visit. This weekend was our chance and as luck would have it Dave is also a keen fisho and the weather was looking good. We headed out from Crookhaven heads and managed to pick up a nice feed of reds. The first fish caught by Dave very soon after arriving. Naturally thought we were in for a cracking day but the fishing was rather slow with not much caught in between. The weather was very kind and we had a great day on the water. Another bonus was getting out on another boat with an experienced fisho to learn a few more things. 5 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GoingFishing Posted June 10, 2019 Share Posted June 10, 2019 That sunrise is worth a million bucks and looks like a glass out. Nice bag of fish too, the fish have been very spread out lately. Which in honesty is probably a good thing. If they're all in the one spot then it's a function of luck whether you come across them ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yowie Posted June 10, 2019 Share Posted June 10, 2019 A nice feed there (except for the mowie ). The larger reddie is a good eating size. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Welster Posted June 10, 2019 Author Share Posted June 10, 2019 1 hour ago, GoingFishing said: That sunrise is worth a million bucks and looks like a glass out. Nice bag of fish too, the fish have been very spread out lately. Which in honesty is probably a good thing. If they're all in the one spot then it's a function of luck whether you come across them ! Yep was about as good as it gets. We collected live slimies early on to head out wider for kings but didn’t end up doing that. Plenty of moving about in that bag of fish all on the drift. I would of liked to try anchoring and see burley to see if that changes things. 46 minutes ago, Yowie said: A nice feed there (except for the mowie ). The larger reddie is a good eating size. Funny Dave filleted, crumbed and cooked the lot no one mentioned they had a dodgy tasting bit! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scratchie Posted June 11, 2019 Share Posted June 11, 2019 Nice feed indeed. Sunrise is definitely the best part of the day! And to be on the water to see it with a rod in hand is even better! Cheers scratchie!!! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rebel Posted June 11, 2019 Share Posted June 11, 2019 Great report and a good haul. Just love the sunrise. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yowie Posted June 11, 2019 Share Posted June 11, 2019 On 6/10/2019 at 5:43 PM, Welster said: Funny Dave filleted, crumbed and cooked the lot no one mentioned they had a dodgy tasting bit! Not saying I am an expert, however, I have eaten fish for 60 or so years and can tell the taste of most of them caught from the southern parts of Aus, not so much from the north, but to me, Mowie tastes like shite. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Welster Posted June 11, 2019 Author Share Posted June 11, 2019 4 hours ago, Rebel said: Great report and a good haul. Just love the sunrise. Perfect way to start the day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
New Signing Posted June 12, 2019 Share Posted June 12, 2019 Heading down there this weekend. At this stage we'll chase kings on the jigs and livies. Hopefully have a report Monday Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
New Signing Posted June 17, 2019 Share Posted June 17, 2019 Fished Friday down south around outer burkets for 4 good flathead and 2 reds. Snuck out for a late drift around the banks and mud. Very quiet around those areas. Come back in to a couple of little reef areas off the lighthouse until after dark again very quiet. Saturday tried to get livies out the front for nothing so flew down the kinghorne. Only managed one lone slimey. Headed out to the banks and sounded around for a couple of hours looking for kings. Marked a fair bit of bait but couldnt get it to jig. No luck on the kings jigging and lost one shark on a floating bait while we were bashing the bottom. Made our way down around the drum for a drift and ended up with 14 good flathead, two trevs, one very small king that was released and two snapper. Sunday proved to be an even better day. Late start in the inclement weather didnt stop us putting 15 odd good flathead up to 58cm in the box with 2 more reds and a nice little mako around 20kg. We were back on the trailer by 1230. The fish are somewhat shut down with quite finicky bites at the moment. The key was to persevere and vary your depths. The majority of our success was in 50m 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Welster Posted June 17, 2019 Author Share Posted June 17, 2019 6 hours ago, New Signing said: Fished Friday down south around outer burkets for 4 good flathead and 2 reds. Snuck out for a late drift around the banks and mud. Very quiet around those areas. Come back in to a couple of little reef areas off the lighthouse until after dark again very quiet. Saturday tried to get livies out the front for nothing so flew down the kinghorne. Only managed one lone slimey. Headed out to the banks and sounded around for a couple of hours looking for kings. Marked a fair bit of bait but couldnt get it to jig. No luck on the kings jigging and lost one shark on a floating bait while we were bashing the bottom. Made our way down around the drum for a drift and ended up with 14 good flathead, two trevs, one very small king that was released and two snapper. Sunday proved to be an even better day. Late start in the inclement weather didnt stop us putting 15 odd good flathead up to 58cm in the box with 2 more reds and a nice little mako around 20kg. We were back on the trailer by 1230. The fish are somewhat shut down with quite finicky bites at the moment. The key was to persevere and vary your depths. The majority of our success was in 50m Nice fishing and a good feed. It’s the first time I have fished there so I’m not very familiar with the spots. I am pretty sure we didn’t go beyond the 40m mark. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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