joshGTV Posted February 9, 2022 Share Posted February 9, 2022 (edited) Been a while between posts, haven't been fishing a lot lately, I suspect that's going to change as last week I finally bought a boat big enough to get offshore. The southerly finally lifted and my mate and I planned to to get out early, catch some yakkas then head out to Long Reef. However electrical gremlins (caused by me) meant that we weren't in the water until 1pm. Went to West Head for yakkas but the wind was blowing pretty hard and it was too rough to head outside. So we decided to drift from the west of Barrenjoey back towards Mackerel Beach and hopefully pick up some flatties on light gear and pillie cubes. We started picking up undersize flatties and then my reel started screaming and I was obviously on to something big. Was wishing I was fishing heavier gear than 10lb line and leader but I left the drag fairly loose as it ran and ran. Headshakes told me I was on to a decent jewie. I finally started to turn it around and after about 10 minutes it was on the surface - would have been close to a metre long. Just as I caught sight of it the leader broke at the hook and the fish was lost. Gutted! Continued the drift and bagged a decent flattie and a pretty big flounder but it's fair to say they weren't too exciting after the tussle with the jewie. Oh well, he's still out there and I'll be back to chase him another day. Nice to know that there are still big fish out there. Edited February 10, 2022 by joshGTV 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LuckyFil Posted February 10, 2022 Share Posted February 10, 2022 Aargh! I feel for you mate that would have been tough. But as you say he's still out there waiting for you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Isaac Ct Posted February 10, 2022 Share Posted February 10, 2022 Well done mate, a shame about the Jew but nice day out nonetheless. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rebel Posted February 10, 2022 Share Posted February 10, 2022 Better luck next time. At least you had a day out fishing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larkin Posted February 10, 2022 Share Posted February 10, 2022 That’s fishing - at least you got a glimpse - hate it when you don’t get to see what it was Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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