Broken Bay Offshore - Tuesday (13/12/2022)

[Fishingwazza2019]

Decided to head out for a fish off Broken Bay in the morning with plans to head north chasing snapper. Forecast was good - seas less than one metre, wind varied up to 10knots but building in the afternoon. Left Woy Woy ramp at 7am, forecast seemed accurate, calm seas and little wind, so drifted over a couple of reefs south of McMasters Beach area, as nothing specific showing up on sounder. Straight away got hit, but a sergeant baker comes up. More throwbacks followed - small snapper, rock cod etc. Wind became challenging with gusts blowing up to 15knots, seemed forecast may not have been quite accurate, but we did manage to get two snapper (40-45cms) before deciding to try for some flathead, although after hearing of trawlers recently in the area wasn't expecting much. After trying a couple of the usual spots around 50m, with no luck, with a change in wind direction we then got some fish on board - total of 10 flathead 40-58cms.  

Should mention an interesting situation, and we all may have been there - At one stage, 3 rods were hooked up, all with weight. However, all three got tangled, so after pulling in one good flathead, holding onto other lines by hand whilst working on tangle, we eventually had two large flathead on board and then found the final catch to be a large banjo shark.

So, all in all, a good day out. With the winds building a couple of hours later than forecast and sea anchor struggling, decided time to head home. 

[zmk1962]

Now that’s a nice catch Wazza !  Lots of good eating there. The reds add some nice colour. Congrats. Was Gil with you?

I had picked Tuesday to get out but that plan was wrecked by a warranty claim on the airbags I had installed on the truck. 
Cheers Zoran 

[Yowie]

Nice bag of fish, good flatties and a reddie with a hump at a young age.