Pickles Posted February 9 Share Posted February 9 (edited) Hit the harbour rather late (6am) and caught up with @blaxland. We discussed the conditions and the fact that I had a cold and a less than favourable forecast, but my buddy was keen (super keen) to get out on kingies after a long break due to work commitments. So I relented against my better judgement and we headed through the heads with the knowledge that the swell and wind would build from the SW about 10-11 am. at 8.30 when we reached the Sydney FAD, the current was raging, the wind picking up and the swell was a solid 11/2 -2m, so I turned around and we headed back inside to seek shelter. We trolled inside the heads to Manly (sheltered from southerlies) and picked up a few Bonito and also saw @blaxland again, who also caught some Bonnie’s. We landed 4 Kingies and a solid salmon as well as a few solid bream, before deciding to head further into Middle harbour, where we caught a few more Kings and several pan sized snapper. Whilst Nick took a picture of one of the Kings, the rod in the background went off and we landed a 45cm Salmon. Although a bit of a washout weather wise, we got a good feed and some legal kings. Edited February 9 by Pickles 21 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yowie Posted February 9 Share Posted February 9 Well Bob, the forecast is ordinary so you chance it, but no good for outside. Kingies, reddies, bonnies, bream - nothing wrong with those - so back inside pays off. 👍 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James Clain Posted February 9 Share Posted February 9 Great session Bob. 2m swell would not have been nice. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bessell1955 Posted February 9 Share Posted February 9 I am sure you made the correct decision to return to the Harbour and it paid off with a good catch. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jenno64 Posted February 9 Share Posted February 9 Great stuff Bob! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GordoRetired Posted February 9 Share Posted February 9 If it wasn't for the banana sticking out out of your mouth I would almost not recognise you with that beard, 🙂 Bad weather but you still managed to find some good fish. Well done. 👍 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blaxland Posted February 10 Share Posted February 10 AS a side looking for crew can fish wed or thurs or friday 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
big Neil Posted February 10 Share Posted February 10 Good onya Bob for managing to get on the water and catch a few fish too. Hope you recover from your cold symptoms quickly. I'm back home now after a somewhat chaotic week on the MNC. I'll let you know if I get a chance to come to Sydney. Good luck with the dog trials. Cheers, bn 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robbo from Sydney Posted February 10 Share Posted February 10 On 2/9/2024 at 8:38 PM, Pickles said: Hit the harbour rather late (6am) and caught up with @blaxland. We discussed the conditions and the fact that I had a cold and a less than favourable forecast, but my buddy was keen (super keen) to get out on kingies after a long break due to work commitments. So I relented against my better judgement and we headed through the heads with the knowledge that the swell and wind would build from the SW about 10-11 am. at 8.30 when we reached the Sydney FAD, the current was raging, the wind picking up and the swell was a solid 11/2 -2m, so I turned around and we headed back inside to seek shelter. We trolled inside the heads to Manly (sheltered from southerlies) and picked up a few Bonito and also saw @blaxland again, who also caught some Bonnie’s. We landed 4 Kingies and a solid salmon as well as a few solid bream, before deciding to head further into Middle harbour, where we caught a few more Kings and several pan sized snapper. Whilst Nick took a picture of one of the Kings, the rod in the background went off and we landed a 45cm Salmon. Although a bit of a washout weather wise, we got a good feed and some legal kings. Well done Bob. Was it squid or live yakkas that brought the kings undone? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Basil D Posted February 11 Share Posted February 11 the weather hasn't been nice lately , you did good 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pickles Posted February 11 Author Share Posted February 11 On 2/10/2024 at 6:23 PM, blaxland said: AS a side looking for crew can fish wed or thurs or friday Let’s make a date Bill - are you interested in a Bass session, if you haven’t fished freshwater it’s a real buzz? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pickles Posted February 11 Author Share Posted February 11 19 hours ago, Robbo from Sydney said: Well done Bob. Was it squid or live yakkas that brought the kings undone? Robbo - all caught on Yakkas, even though we had fresh caught squid. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larkin Posted February 11 Share Posted February 11 Looks like you had a good session Bob! Been plenty of wind lately to ruin many plans. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kantong Posted February 11 Share Posted February 11 great catches, always good to have a plan b,c,d.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robbo from Sydney Posted February 12 Share Posted February 12 6 hours ago, Pickles said: Robbo - all caught on Yakkas, even though we had fresh caught squid. Interesting that they went for the livies rather than squid. Always good to know Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pickles Posted February 12 Author Share Posted February 12 3 hours ago, Robbo from Sydney said: Interesting that they went for the livies rather than squid. Always good to know It’s usually not like that, usually the squid (or cuttlefish) are the gun bait, but I always fish with burley and today the burley was fish frames and I guess this turned them on to the yakka filets, which I put out (successfully) for snapper. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Basil D Posted February 12 Share Posted February 12 13 hours ago, Pickles said: Let’s make a date Bill - are you interested in a Bass session, if you haven’t fished freshwater it’s a real buzz? never fished for Bass, does sound fun, having said that i do a bit of work out your way, Im installing a pool glass fence in north Richmond Monday Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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