Ramsgate Beach 3 July 2020

[LandBasedKeith]

Targeting Trevally for a change today. Arrived at Ramsgate Beach at noon. No fishos is around. Slowly burley up with bread soup, using small pieces of yakka as bait but no take until 4pm. Caught 2 trevally just legal. Great fight and great fun.

Even though i specifically targeting Trevally, i still put out a blackfish rod as my backup plan. Didn't bring with me any stringy weed, just savage what is on the rock at the groyne.

At around 3:30pm, i went back to my car to get my headlamp in case i fish into the dark. And when i got back, a 30cm blackfish hooked itself on my blackfish rod. Half an hour later, the same rod scored another 38cm blackfish. This just shown that the little cabbage weed on the rock are just as good bait as any. They are big enough to cover the whole hook yet small enough so the blackfish can suck it in one go. These cabbage weed are quite soft except the root area and that is where you set your hook. And they dry up quite quickly if out of the water so you will need to submerge them in water to keep them fresh. 

 

 

 

[eladamrine]

Nice!! Good job Keith! How did you eat the trevally?

[Welster]

Great post Keith.   The back up plan came up trumps. 
 

Very sharp pics too, well done. 

Edited July 5, 2020 by Welster

[JAKSShark]

Good job keith, the trevs certainly put a good pound for pound fight aye

[masterfisho7]

Nice work Keith 

[Yowie]

Another good effort.

[LandBasedKeith]

14 hours ago, eladamrine said:

Nice!! Good job Keith! How did you eat the trevally?

Normally steam them but this time fillet and deep fried along with the bigger blackfish then throw them into the freezer in sealed bag. Not daring enough to eat raw(sashimi probably best) as it is still too close to sydney harbour. Its fun to catch but not as good eating as blackfish cooked.

[Rebel]

Great report and Super photos.