Restyle Posted February 21, 2022 Share Posted February 21, 2022 (edited) Headed out this morning at 4.30 from yowie wharf on the kayak on what was suppose to be a good calm morning. Arrived at the mooring by 10 past 5 at lilli pilli and pretty much the minute I tied up the wind picked right up and started howling easily 60-70km/hr. a lot more then the 15 km/hr predicted. I Had the bimi set up on the kayak because there were showers around and that was getting thrashed by the wind, half a meter wind chop and I wasnt going to head in so I just sat there and waited for the wind to die down, which it was slowly doing by around 6;30 but nowhere near as bad as it was. So now the fishing begins. I started a nice burley trail with some mullet guts and pulled up some healthy yakkas and slimies and turfed them right back out live. Wouldn’t be Long till a king chases my live bait out of the water for some Ariel fun but no hook up. Threw some squid out on the other rod and pulled a 68cm flatty which was a unusual catch and also a pb for me. shortly after I pull up a mid 50’s king on a squid head. A lot of kings on the sounder but none were interested in squid strips, garfish, live yakka, pillie cubes and a juicy succulent squid head. School moves on and i hook onto a straggler in the mid 50’s on a squid strip. Wind picks up again so I headed in. Yakka got swimming practice so I threw it back so he can tell his friends about his new piercings. overall it was a ok day, the weather made it rather lumpy and uncomfortable but there were plenty of fish around with bycatch of trev’s and pinkies with a new pb flatty, A fish I never target but did fight good. All fish released. Edited February 21, 2022 by Restyle 18 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Little_Flatty Posted February 21, 2022 Share Posted February 21, 2022 Mate, Respect for getting out there! I pride myself for fishing rain, hail or shine, but today I woke up at 5am for a morning session, heard the wind and curled up back in bed! And on a kayak no less! Glad you were well rewarded with your flatty pb. Well done. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rebel Posted February 21, 2022 Share Posted February 21, 2022 Great Report. Super Flattie. Well done. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chhayzor Posted February 21, 2022 Share Posted February 21, 2022 Great Flatty you got there. Kings would've been fun too. Can I ask what setup(s) you used for the livies? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larkin Posted February 21, 2022 Share Posted February 21, 2022 Well done mate 👍 - beautiful flatty!!! they fight hard at that size and usually go for a couple of good runs. Still managed landing your target species, so a great effort in my books. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Isaac Ct Posted February 21, 2022 Share Posted February 21, 2022 Beatiful flattie there mate, well done on the PB. Serious dedication to get out there in the chop and catch some fish. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Restyle Posted February 21, 2022 Author Share Posted February 21, 2022 3 hours ago, Little_Flatty said: Mate, Respect for getting out there! I pride myself for fishing rain, hail or shine, but today I woke up at 5am for a morning session, heard the wind and curled up back in bed! And on a kayak no less! Glad you were well rewarded with your flatty pb. Well done. Cheers mate, the wind found me and I’ve already made the effort to get a trip in. If I woke up and it was that windy I’d be going to bed aswell. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Restyle Posted February 21, 2022 Author Share Posted February 21, 2022 1 hour ago, Chhayzor said: Great Flatty you got there. Kings would've been fun too. Can I ask what setup(s) you used for the livies? Always good fun. setup for livies is a shimano terez heavy, sustain 4K, spooled with 20lb braid and 20lb leader with twin fixed owner 6/0’s. It’s rather light but I fight my kings hard and fast and even the 70 models struggle to get away. 1 hour ago, Larkin said: Well done mate 👍 - beautiful flatty!!! they fight hard at that size and usually go for a couple of good runs. Still managed landing your target species, so a great effort in my books. Yeah thought it was a small Jew at first with the head shakes and the first run. Once I saw it was a flatty I eased off abit to save my leader but I had to change it anyway. 22 minutes ago, Isaac Ct said: Beatiful flattie there mate, well done on the PB. Serious dedication to get out there in the chop and catch some fish. Cheers mate, glad the wind pulled up when I was set in, paddling over with the bimi, rear blowing winds would’ve been trouble. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
big Neil Posted February 21, 2022 Share Posted February 21, 2022 Very well done on the PB Flathead Restyle. Always good to get out on the water, when we can. bn 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Restyle Posted February 21, 2022 Author Share Posted February 21, 2022 2 hours ago, big Neil said: Very well done on the PB Flathead Restyle. Always good to get out on the water, when we can. bn Cheers mate, beats any day at work 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yowie Posted February 21, 2022 Share Posted February 21, 2022 Nice flattie. I headed out this morning, launched at my mother's place early with not much wind. Headed west and as soon as I rounded the Lilli Pilli corner, the westerly was howling (which drop kick forecast light winds) I anchored further up stream, there for 5 minutes and one of the anchors came adrift. Packed up and headed to North West Arm, anchored again and again one anchor let go due to the strong wind gusts. Moved to Gymea Bay and anchored, this time the spot was a bit protected but still gusty winds. Stayed for a while longer than planned due to the wind. Pulled out a trevally about 45cm, a 40cm red gurnard, a bream about 35 and a stack of reddies, one just over legal. I was going to pump nippers and drift for whiting, but with a strong wind blowing against the current, would have been a waste of time. I headed back to base, and a short time later the wind dropped and turned light easterly. Was thinking of heading back out, but had enough. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Restyle Posted February 21, 2022 Author Share Posted February 21, 2022 7 minutes ago, Yowie said: Nice flattie. I headed out this morning, launched at my mother's place early with not much wind. Headed west and as soon as I rounded the Lilli Pilli corner, the westerly was howling (which drop kick forecast light winds) I anchored further up stream, there for 5 minutes and one of the anchors came adrift. Packed up and headed to North West Arm, anchored again and again one anchor let go due to the strong wind gusts. Moved to Gymea Bay and anchored, this time the spot was a bit protected but still gusty winds. Stayed for a while longer than planned due to the wind. Pulled out a trevally about 45cm, a 40cm red gurnard, a bream about 35 and a stack of reddies, one just over legal. I was going to pump nippers and drift for whiting, but with a strong wind blowing against the current, would have been a waste of time. I headed back to base, and a short time later the wind dropped and turned light easterly. Was thinking of heading back out, but had enough. Thought I saw you putting along just before sunrise. Still Did pretty good despite nature having different plans. on the way back In as the wind calms again and sun comes out there were giant school of pilchards or whitebait at the mouth of yowie bay with solid fish under them, nothing took my dead floater piles though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yowie Posted February 21, 2022 Share Posted February 21, 2022 1 hour ago, Restyle said: Thought I saw you putting along just before sunrise. Still Did pretty good despite nature having different plans. on the way back In as the wind calms again and sun comes out there were giant school of pilchards or whitebait at the mouth of yowie bay with solid fish under them, nothing took my dead floater piles though You might have seen me, but would not have heard me over the wind. "F*&@^* weather forecasters", repeated more than once. 🤣 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pickles Posted February 21, 2022 Share Posted February 21, 2022 (edited) A really good day @Restyle, isn’t it annoying when the Kingies are there but just won’t take what you’re offering, that’s great fishing - well done and seriously nice dusky. Edited February 21, 2022 by Pickles 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jenno64 Posted February 22, 2022 Share Posted February 22, 2022 Well done on a nice flatty PB and good on you for seeing out the foul weather with some good action! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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