slothparade Posted March 5, 2023 Share Posted March 5, 2023 Arrived around 8 am, at Bayview, loaded up the kayaks and unfortunately found that the pedal drive didn't fit. I had a major failure in the frame of the pedal drive and got the a new frame put in, unfortunately due to a slight design change adding 2 stubs on the side, it wouldn't fit in. Luckily have a large tool box in the rig so managed some alterations. Got out on the water to target squid, the water was fairly clear, at 24.8 degrees. Unfortunately no squid, but lots of jellyfish bits. Kept heading around, found some nice marks on the sounder, dropped a chrome lure with no success. Went out to the main chanel, just sounding around when I saw a very large mark, it was fairly flat in the middle with a slight curve on the front and end, not like a normal curve and much larger. It was quite low to the bottom about 10 or 11m deep. If anyone's for any ideas, what that might be, would be interested to know. Then the weird things started happening, found a school of yakkas, chucked in burly, they all came up, dropped in a sabiki, not one touched it, they ate everything but the sabiki. Ended up with 1 yakka, which I unfortunately dropped and another that was taken by a king just a bit under the kayak. After that decided to trawl a pilli and some squid strips around, the flasher rig close to the bottom and squid strip mid water column. Found some marks here and there but they were very spread out. Then came the really interesting part, saw fish busting up, went over, saw a big school on the sounder with marks surrounding it. Trawled multiple times through but absolutely nothing. After a few mins everything went quiet. a couple of locals were out there to with no success, not even on the yakkas. Went back to the beach to pack up where I wasn't paying attention and stood on a oyster rock and cut my foot open. So yeah very disappointing day considering the conditions, but always good to get out. 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pickles Posted March 5, 2023 Share Posted March 5, 2023 Big mark may well have been a shark (a lot of Bull sharks around at present). 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slothparade Posted March 5, 2023 Author Share Posted March 5, 2023 23 minutes ago, Pickles said: Big mark may well have been a shark (a lot of Bull sharks around at present). Makes sense, was thinking as it was rather flat in the middle and close to the bottom could have been a ray. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jenno64 Posted March 5, 2023 Share Posted March 5, 2023 Sounds action packed out there, no shortage of perseverance!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blaxland Posted March 5, 2023 Share Posted March 5, 2023 I know a guy who works the shark nets He says lots of bull sharks and hammerheads around. The Tele today said chase bust ups with the smallest metal or plastic the conditions allow. Lots of Macs, Bonnies and frigate around. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Isaac Ct Posted March 5, 2023 Share Posted March 5, 2023 Good stuff, as mentioned above, the most likely thing I could figure would be a shark. @blaxland is spot on with lure selection, the fish in the hacking are feeding on tiny whitebait and tiny metals are working. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bessell1955 Posted March 5, 2023 Share Posted March 5, 2023 I do hope your foot heals quickly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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