I thought it was going to be a fine day for fishing. Weather report predicted that particular Sunday to be Sunny and warm, light wind and not much swell. Sounds perfect isn't it after 11days straight of rain? How wrong can the weather report get and how naive I was to believe in weather reports.The swell and wind was so bad that many of us were already sick by the time we left the bay.
It has been a long time since I last saw Chika, had a good chat with him and once again it was like taking lessons from a master. He was telling me about his trip to Fraser Island for Long-tail tuna using light tackle. Hopefully I'll make a trip there myself someday. Another angler Tak, knows a lot about jigging and stuff, sadly I didn't have a chance to take a pic with him. Next trip......
Had a feeling it would be a good day for fishing, when on the way to the first patch of reef one of the angler caught a 4.5kg stripy/striped tuna while trolling. I should bring my gear for trolling, it seems like I'm missing out heaps.
Jigging was good today, tons of fish from illegal sized rats to legal size keepers. But jackets were everywhere and I lost a total of 6 jigs. Damn jackets, wonder if tackle shops in NSW are breeding them.
At the end of the day I only manage 1 keeper weighing in at 5.5kg out of 4 hookups.
I was using a Saltiga Z4500 with Catalina 6/7 rod until I got reefed. So I switched to my Biomaster and Jigwrex setup since its already rigged up. Caught the keeper on the Jigwrex setup and since I seldom use the jigwrex, I decided to push it to the max. Turned out the PE4 Jigwrex handled the Kingie real well, only complain is it lacks the butt power to turn the fish's head. But, considering the price, Jigwrex really felt quite good to use, soft and parabolic.
Photo was taken after I woke up, still feeling a little groggy. The next time I definitely would bring wind proof jacket and have a good night's sleep. Although the fishing was good, the wind and swell made the day's fishing a tough one.
Anyway, Willie caught a 70+cm king ( his PB)and 2 other just legal ones. We do have a picture of it but.... it was taken at home waiting to be gutted so I left it out of this post. Think he might kill me for this.... Still well done Mr Wee!!!
