M1100S Posted June 29, 2022 Share Posted June 29, 2022 (edited) A great day of boating and fishing over the weekend On saturday a few friends wanted to chase whales so just went out past botany heads. Took the rods just incase but fishing was tough as was not the days priority so didnt have all the gear. Still got an amazing show put on for us by these majestic beasts of the ocean. Plenty of big breaches close to the boat which was epic. Then sunday comes along and it was all about the fish. Went with a few mates out off lurline bay and tried for trags as was told they were about. Nothing was happening so went off waverly cemetry and all we got were small spikey flatheads. So at about 10am made the call to hit coogee wide and have a crack there. Start the drift and we get a mowie and a just legal snapper so was a good sign on the right spot. 5 min into the drift mates rod buckles and he pulls up a nice 55cm pearl pearch. We were stocked to say the least...a few min later boom my rod buckles and up comes a 55cm snapper. What a day!!! Continue the drift and woo hoo my rod buckles again and i get myself my first pearl perch. We start the drift again and once more my rod goes off and up comes a trag....my mates are getting upset as all the action is on my rod and i sort of felt for them too haha. By this time i am realising for all the shit days of fishing you have its days like this that get you back on the water... however within about half an hour of all the action happening the bite just died so we decided to try squidding. Never really got into the squidding as could never catch one... we tried kurnell, near the nude beach and the last stop was bare island and the fishing gods came back to visit me and finally i got my fisrt squid. And it was a not bad one i must say. All in all what a day to catch 3 new species for the first time. I know my next 5 trips are now just going to be dismall but thats ok Edited June 29, 2022 by M1100S 18 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pickles Posted June 29, 2022 Share Posted June 29, 2022 Way to go @M1100S certainly a day to remember, we’ll done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yowie Posted June 29, 2022 Share Posted June 29, 2022 Some nice large pearlies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jp2 Posted June 29, 2022 Share Posted June 29, 2022 Well done. Nice pair of pearlies there!!! Is that odd for winter?? Can I please ask at what depth you found them?? Congrats. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leonardgid Posted June 29, 2022 Share Posted June 29, 2022 wow! mate what a day and what a feast to follow , Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Little_Flatty Posted June 29, 2022 Share Posted June 29, 2022 That is a feast indeed. Well done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
big Neil Posted June 29, 2022 Share Posted June 29, 2022 Great report and photos M1100S. bn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M1100S Posted June 29, 2022 Author Share Posted June 29, 2022 (edited) 3 hours ago, Jp2 said: Well done. Nice pair of pearlies there!!! Is that odd for winter?? Can I please ask at what depth you found them?? Congrats. Cannot tell you if odd or not for winter as never really targeted them. It was in 60m depth pretty much off coogee beach. I think i stumbled onto a spot as a charter boat came by the general area and had abit of a fish for a while too Edited June 29, 2022 by M1100S 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bessell1955 Posted June 29, 2022 Share Posted June 29, 2022 Wow, great lot of fish. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rebel Posted June 30, 2022 Share Posted June 30, 2022 Super report. Top photos. Well done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Isaac Ct Posted June 30, 2022 Share Posted June 30, 2022 Great feed mate, well done Congrats on the new species. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
61 crusher Posted July 1, 2022 Share Posted July 1, 2022 Great photos & report, congrats on the firsts, the mixed bag & those pearlies are next level, one of my favourites to eat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larkin Posted July 1, 2022 Share Posted July 1, 2022 Nice catch 👍 sounds like you had a great day out and came home with some tasty table fare! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blairy69 Posted July 12, 2022 Share Posted July 12, 2022 I reckon you stumbled onto Hunters Hill and old spot Ross Hunter had off Coogee, often produces Pearlies and can fire on its day. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrsswordfisherman Posted July 12, 2022 Share Posted July 12, 2022 4 hours ago, blairy69 said: I reckon you stumbled onto Hunters Hill and old spot Ross Hunter had off Coogee, often produces Pearlies and can fire on its day. You might be right there. Ross knew all the spots 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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