Yowie Posted March 27, 2023 Share Posted March 27, 2023 (edited) After travelling south in my caravan, and finding the fish were not prone to bite that well (though I could have pulled out a million carp in the river at Bairnsdale, Vic) it is good to be home. Headed out yesterday with my mate in his boat, anchored on the edge of a reef in Bate Bay, a couple of hours before sunset. Burleyed up, the baitfish were scarce but my mate foul hooked a Mado, so he cut off the little fillets. I thought, fresh bait at least, so we put on a fillet each and lowered to near the bottom. Little pickers at the bait, probably more Mados, then my rod buckles over and the line peels off. Definitely a kingie worth keeping, and it keeps pulling line, until gone. By this time I was guessing it was beyond the reef bottom. I was fishing a short leader below the swivel, the line was faintly scuffed above the swivel, and the hook was missing, what looked like a bite off about 40cm above the hook. Rather than a reefing, I was thinking of being sharked. No more kingies after that. The yakkas turned up in big numbers, and big ones in that lot, so pulled a few for cut baits. Burleyed away and the reddies turned up, all just under size except for a 35cm one for me. They disappeared on sunset, and just a few reef rubbish fish about. During that time I pulled up a sgt baker over the 50cm mark, a trag just over size and an amberjack about 30cm. My mate had nothing to keep. On dark, a few tailor turned up. My mate pulled one at 42cm, and I pulled a few in the low 30's. Nothing else on the bite, so we headed home. No photo taken. Edited March 27, 2023 by Yowie 13 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Little_Flatty Posted March 27, 2023 Share Posted March 27, 2023 Good to see you back in Sydney safely Yowie. Shame about the king getting sharked, would’ve topped off a nice feed of the other fish. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Isaac Ct Posted March 27, 2023 Share Posted March 27, 2023 Good stuff Yowie, nice bag of fish. Hopefully a few fish around for more trips. Well done Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rebel Posted March 27, 2023 Share Posted March 27, 2023 Welcome home. Top report. Well done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bessell1955 Posted March 27, 2023 Share Posted March 27, 2023 I guess it may well have been a shark that bit your line off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yowie Posted March 28, 2023 Author Share Posted March 28, 2023 6 hours ago, Little_Flatty said: Good to see you back in Sydney safely Yowie. Shame about the king getting sharked, would’ve topped off a nice feed of the other fish. Thanks Mike. It is a shallow reef, usually the kingies hit the reef and that is the end. I let this one run with lighter drag to get away from the reef, and I still miss out. 5 hours ago, Isaac Ct said: Good stuff Yowie, nice bag of fish. Hopefully a few fish around for more trips. Well done Thank you, will be trying again in the near future. 4 hours ago, Rebel said: Welcome home. Top report. Well done. Thank you, good to home - though I don't mind travelling about, even to Mexico (Victoria) 🤣 3 hours ago, bessell1955 said: I guess it may well have been a shark that bit your line off. Not the usual miss from a kingie, the line not shredded, just scuffed a little. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrsswordfisherman Posted March 28, 2023 Share Posted March 28, 2023 Stewy said “you mean the springer buckled over”? 🤣 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yowie Posted March 28, 2023 Author Share Posted March 28, 2023 2 hours ago, mrsswordfisherman said: Stewy said “you mean the springer buckled over”? 🤣 Stewy, is he related to you? I have not seen any posts from him since, maybe 2022. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larkin Posted March 28, 2023 Share Posted March 28, 2023 Sounds like a kingy to me. Probably scuffed you on a bit of reef. They’ve been munching on the baitfish hanging around the edges of the local reefs. At least you brought a few fish home for the effort. 👍 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrsswordfisherman Posted March 28, 2023 Share Posted March 28, 2023 1 hour ago, Yowie said: Stewy, is he related to you? I have not seen any posts from him since, maybe 2022. Look I silenced and banned him temporarily 😂 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
big Neil Posted March 28, 2023 Share Posted March 28, 2023 A bit of a tough return to your stomping grounds Yowie. Disappointing when the places you visit let you down, but we all know that fishing can be like that. Hope that you had a pleasant time otherwise on your travels. Won't be long before you get the "feel" back and start hammering those fish close to home. Thanks for the report. bn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrsswordfisherman Posted March 28, 2023 Share Posted March 28, 2023 43 minutes ago, mrsswordfisherman said: Look I silenced and banned him temporarily 😂 I let him out 3 weeks ago and here is his post!! His last trip in the Polycraft as it has been sold. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yowie Posted March 28, 2023 Author Share Posted March 28, 2023 4 minutes ago, big Neil said: A bit of a tough return to your stomping grounds Yowie. Disappointing when the places you visit let you down, but we all know that fishing can be like that. Hope that you had a pleasant time otherwise on your travels. Won't be long before you get the "feel" back and start hammering those fish close to home. Thanks for the report. bn Thanks b.n. Nothing like "home" fishing. Just happened to be that way, sometimes "away" fishing is good. Some of the dead carp on the river bank at Bairnsdale were 60cm or slightly bigger, so plenty of specimens there. In a small pond off the river, I recon there were 100 or so carp, 30cm or less, just cruising about. A hand grenade would sort out that problem. 🤣 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yowie Posted March 28, 2023 Author Share Posted March 28, 2023 8 minutes ago, mrsswordfisherman said: I let him out 3 weeks ago and here is his post!! His last trip in the Polycraft as it has been sold. Would not be complaining about that lot. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Basil D Posted March 29, 2023 Share Posted March 29, 2023 Welcome back and keep those posts going Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jenno64 Posted March 29, 2023 Share Posted March 29, 2023 Nice work Dave, you got a feed and had a bust off to keep you coming back for more, good to be back in the 'hood:) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yowie Posted March 29, 2023 Author Share Posted March 29, 2023 48 minutes ago, Basil D said: Welcome back and keep those posts going Thanks Basil, happy to be home. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yowie Posted March 29, 2023 Author Share Posted March 29, 2023 9 minutes ago, jenno64 said: Nice work Dave, you got a feed and had a bust off to keep you coming back for more, good to be back in the 'hood:) Thanks Rob, a mixed feed of sorts. My mate called me a short time ago, fishing from his wharf in Gymea Bay, pulled up a 48cm reddie. Told him it would look good on my BBQ. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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