9th:
Out on Andrews boat on the Sunday. Plans changed due to conditIons and looked the goods on the Whiting again. Headed down the mid spit channel and showed him a couple of spots etc.. turned out to be another ripper session.
With about 40 minutes of ebb tide left, we parked on a mark that did alright last session. 1 Salmon.. no Whiting. However, a rod with a Pilchard fillet & pippi on it buckled and screamed, Then cruised to the boat. I was thinking "thats a Snapper mate", ... violent pulsing head shakes started.. and a few more great runs. Thats no Red. Definitely a really nice sized Gummy Shark, undoubtedly. Back and forth to the boat, dogging it out ( this is on a little whiting rod might i add ), Andrew clicked his drag up a bit too many notches, but tbh... with such little line on that spool there was no other choice. Just as it began to come up, it turned and went to run and the leader snapped. Very shattering moment. Although we didn't see it, i'm 90% certain what it was and it wasn't a little fella either. Got a couple Whiting during the slack as we waited for the tide to turn so we could motor on to another couple spots of mine that have been going off tits.
The run in now, tried a new mark in the same area.. just flathead. Sometimes it really pays to make that short 50m move. I normally move every 10 minutes about 50-100m until i find them schooled up, just what works for me. And it certainly worked again this time. Fishing spot X now :rofl: and fish after fish after fish. Some nice ones too. Average size about 35, couple bigger, couple smaller. We ended up sitting there for a couple hours just smashing them. Kept 38, dropped a few and released some too. Made note how aggressive they were in that first 2 hours of tide flow, and became finicky as we pushed into the middle of the tide. With our efforts being more than satisfactory, we headed to Long Reef for the last 2 hours of flood tide to try snag a Snapper although the odds against us. Eagle Rays, PJ Sharks, Banjo's... peckers... but those peckers did turn out to be Whiting. Man i can't escape these things. Andrews squid bait getting nibbled, my instant thought were Whiting. Dropped down a paternosta rig with a massive pippi and squid strip, Bam. 45cm. Nice fish. All in all a great day, and really enjoyed being out on someone elses boat for the first time in a little, and giving some tips etc.. If anyone's interested in organising a trip out, i'm happy to. Would love to be able to do Guides etc one day. Just give me a message on here.
Back on my boat yesterday with my mate Josh (the mullet man). Plan was to smash the Whiting and then the Gummies and well.. we sort of did just that.
Had to be an early one as i had work in the afternoon. Departed Yaringa at 5:30am. Headed down the eastern channel again and man was it a strong tide. Not my favourite to fish Whiting with light gear, became a bit of a nightmare. No luck at the first 3 areas... not a good start. Found an area where the tide wasn't as strong and first drop, 6 Whiting. Then as fast as they came they disappeared and it was all because of the bloody Squid. Thanks a lot.
We waited 5-10 minutes for them to come back but they didn't. Moved again, found a couple fish, but had to move again. I think we moved about 7 times in the area just to get our 22. Was hard going but still a good feed, a good bit of fun and enjoyable. We headed to Long reef to get some Yakkas in the slack water. Got a couple, a salmon & a big Whiting at 46cm, very fat this one. yew. Off to the Gummy hole now. First 30 Minutes 3 gummies with this being the best of them. Josh very happy, over 1m and guestimate roughly 4-5kg :a_goodjob:
Back in with hours before i had to be at work, not complaining.
