Yowie Posted July 18, 2022 Share Posted July 18, 2022 Headed out early this morning, nice and chilly against the breeze. Reduced boat speed to avoid many floating sticks, logs, weed. Anchored up from Lilli Pilli, the water colour looks normal, not brown. Pulled out the salmon and trevally on fish baits, with the salmon being hooked in the gills and unlikely to survive. Also released a larger salmon, and a 68cm flattie which had swallowed the hook and was rather unhappy, no photo, hook cut off and it swam off strongly. A few small reddies and trumpeter taking the baits. When the tide was heading up, I pumped some nippers and the westerly hit. Drifting was not good at all, too fast with the wind, hard to find a spot out of the wind, and the only bite was the larger whiting. I anchored in several spots for the flatties and other whiting, fish were hard to find. A couple of dropped fish when the hook pulled and that was it for several hours of fishing. 12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Isaac Ct Posted July 18, 2022 Share Posted July 18, 2022 Still a lovely feed Yowie, well done. I went down onto the flats at Grays Point and got a couple of nice bream for a bit of fun. The water seems to have cleared up a bit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Little_Flatty Posted July 18, 2022 Share Posted July 18, 2022 Good to hear the water has cleared up. That's a great feed Yowie. What do you do with the salmon? Bait or food? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fab1 Posted July 18, 2022 Share Posted July 18, 2022 Legend has it yowie grabs a floating stick as he motors past and spears fish while taking a sip of his morning coffee. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Isaac Ct Posted July 18, 2022 Share Posted July 18, 2022 8 minutes ago, Fab1 said: Legend has it yowie grabs a floating stick as he motors past and spears fish while taking a sip of his morning coffee. You need to make a montage of these. They are sooooo goood🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jenno64 Posted July 18, 2022 Share Posted July 18, 2022 A good feed there Yowie, plenty of sweet fillets and some sashimi too! You must have been rugged up🥶 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yowie Posted July 18, 2022 Author Share Posted July 18, 2022 3 hours ago, Isaac Ct said: Still a lovely feed Yowie, well done. I went down onto the flats at Grays Point and got a couple of nice bream for a bit of fun. The water seems to have cleared up a bit. Thank you. A couple of bream is worth the effort for heading out. The wind kicked in fairly hard, after not much wind early on. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yowie Posted July 18, 2022 Author Share Posted July 18, 2022 2 hours ago, Little_Flatty said: Good to hear the water has cleared up. That's a great feed Yowie. What do you do with the salmon? Bait or food? I was going to make fish patties with the salmon, however, the whiting and flatties changed that. The salmon will now be salted for bait. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yowie Posted July 18, 2022 Author Share Posted July 18, 2022 2 hours ago, Fab1 said: Legend has it yowie grabs a floating stick as he motors past and spears fish while taking a sip of his morning coffee. Sounds a good idea. 🤣 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yowie Posted July 18, 2022 Author Share Posted July 18, 2022 1 hour ago, jenno64 said: A good feed there Yowie, plenty of sweet fillets and some sashimi too! You must have been rugged up🥶 Thank you. It was cool in the early morning, warmed a little when the sun popped up, then the bloody wind howled through and buggered the drift. Just had a feed of bread crumbed and pan fried fillets, chips, veges, washed down with a bottle of riesling. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
big Neil Posted July 18, 2022 Share Posted July 18, 2022 I always enjoy your posts Yowie, in particular the "artistic" presentation of the day's catch on the brag mat. You obviously know your locations and how to fish them judging by the variety which you get on most trips. Thanks for sharing the posts, maintains interest while there is nothing doing down here. bn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rebel Posted July 19, 2022 Share Posted July 19, 2022 Great haul as usual. Well done. @Fab1 jealous again. Needs some master training in catching fish. Cheers. 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yowie Posted July 19, 2022 Author Share Posted July 19, 2022 5 hours ago, big Neil said: I always enjoy your posts Yowie, in particular the "artistic" presentation of the day's catch on the brag mat. You obviously know your locations and how to fish them judging by the variety which you get on most trips. Thanks for sharing the posts, maintains interest while there is nothing doing down here. bn Thanks BN. I do know a couple of spots in the Hacking. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fab1 Posted July 19, 2022 Share Posted July 19, 2022 3 hours ago, Rebel said: Great haul as usual. Well done. @Fab1 jealous again. Needs some master training in catching fish. Cheers. Yowie please…. 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Squidless Posted July 19, 2022 Share Posted July 19, 2022 21 hours ago, Yowie said: I was going to make fish patties with the salmon, however, the whiting and flatties changed that. The salmon will now be salted for bait. How do the salmon go as bait? Surprised to hear the water has cleared up...I wonder how long that'll last with this bout of rain though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larkin Posted July 19, 2022 Share Posted July 19, 2022 Nice mixed bag mate! Well done, will make some nice fillets. quite a few salmon and trevally in the hacking the moment. Can’t wait for this weather to clear up. If it’s not the wind, it’s the rain. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yowie Posted July 19, 2022 Author Share Posted July 19, 2022 (edited) 3 hours ago, Squidless said: How do the salmon go as bait? Surprised to hear the water has cleared up...I wonder how long that'll last with this bout of rain though. Fairly good as salted bait, though I would prefer salted bonnie or tailor strips. The skin is tough. Forecast is for 1 to 2 inches of rain, not a lot from recent times. Edited July 19, 2022 by Yowie 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yowie Posted July 19, 2022 Author Share Posted July 19, 2022 4 minutes ago, Larkin said: Nice mixed bag mate! Well done, will make some nice fillets. quite a few salmon and trevally in the hacking the moment. Can’t wait for this weather to clear up. If it’s not the wind, it’s the rain. Thank you. The fillets were nice. Overall, this year has been very ordinary weather wise. Rain, wind, swell. No point complaining though, as when the next drought arrives, there will be other types of complaints. 😂 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jenno64 Posted July 19, 2022 Share Posted July 19, 2022 On 7/18/2022 at 7:55 PM, Yowie said: Thank you. It was cool in the early morning, warmed a little when the sun popped up, then the bloody wind howled through and buggered the drift. Just had a feed of bread crumbed and pan fried fillets, chips, veges, washed down with a bottle of riesling. Now that’s how you finish’s fishing trip 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rebel Posted July 20, 2022 Share Posted July 20, 2022 @Fab1Mate you have the wrong costume on !!! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fab1 Posted July 20, 2022 Share Posted July 20, 2022 1 hour ago, Rebel said: @Fab1Mate you have the wrong costume on !!! Sorry mate.I’m here at the ranp looking for Yowie for my first lesson and he hasn’t showed up.He must have misplaced his falsies and he’ll be here soon.I look like a dill in this and hope he gets here soon. 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yowie Posted July 20, 2022 Author Share Posted July 20, 2022 11 minutes ago, Fab1 said: Sorry mate.I’m here at the ranp looking for Yowie for my first lesson and he hasn’t showed up.He must have misplaced his falsies and he’ll be here soon.I look like a dill in this and hope he gets here soon. No wonder you catch nothing wearing that outfit. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fab1 Posted July 20, 2022 Share Posted July 20, 2022 18 hours ago, Yowie said: No wonder you catch nothing wearing that outfit. Don’t be bashful tell everyone this is your outfit mate.😂 1 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rebel Posted July 21, 2022 Share Posted July 21, 2022 (edited) @Fab1 Mate @Yowiedidn't recognise you. He drove straight pass,he thought it was an Ornament Edited July 23, 2022 by Rebel 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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