29/7 - Westernport Bay - Gummy shark fishing from the kayak
- fishophil
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29/7 - Westernport Bay - Gummy shark fishing from the kayak
I havent been about to get out to chase a gummy shark for a while.
The plan was to get out sunday in the morning if the weather gods were on my side and have a fish at the top end of westernport bay, but with a predicted forecast of 15-20knots, it didnt look good.
I put the kayak on the car saturday evening anyway, just in case...
My alarm went off at 5am, and I checked the current wind speed on my phone.... 5 knots!!!! Awesomeeeee!!
I jumped out of bed, into the car and took off!
30mins later, I was sliding the kayak into the glass like water.
The sun starting to break through.
Waiting for the action to start!
My gps died a few months ago, and my sounder died last trip out, so I was winging it a bit, but had a bit of a idea where I wanted to go. 20mins later, I had a 95cm gummy yak side! on board!
Fellow forum member Cheaterparts soon launched his kayak and paddled out to where I was fishing.
We then decided to move spots, and paddled about a kilometre further up the bay.
With a couple of big fat banana prawns on the hooks, 2 rods were set ready for a gummy.
And it didnt take long before the rod dipped a couple of times. I picked up the rod, heart starting to pump and set the hook as soon as the next good bite was felt. This made the fish a little grumpy, and it took off like a steam train!!
Bloody stingrays I said to my mate who was within ear shot of my yak as well....
It then slowed up a bit, and I tried to get some line back, which I was winning the battle as I had now turned it around back towards the yak. After another couple of runs, I had my personal best kayak caught gummy shark onboard... 115cm, I was over the moon!! :mrgreen:
The gummy arrives at the yak, in a bit of a tangle.
And safely on board.
Not long afterwards, I got a 110cm gummy as well! I asked my mate, Cheater, who hadnt caught a legal sized gummy yet, if he wanted my smaller one, which he did, and I kept the 2 bigger ones, my bag limit, and happily paddled back to the carpark.
Just after I had loaded up the car and was driving off, the rain started, and the wind picked up, so I got off the water just in time!
My wife was pretty happy too when I brought them home.
We had some for dinner last night, it was sooo fresh and yummy! :mrgreen:
A Happy fisherman with a 115cm and a 110cm gummy sharks! :D
The plan was to get out sunday in the morning if the weather gods were on my side and have a fish at the top end of westernport bay, but with a predicted forecast of 15-20knots, it didnt look good.
I put the kayak on the car saturday evening anyway, just in case...
My alarm went off at 5am, and I checked the current wind speed on my phone.... 5 knots!!!! Awesomeeeee!!
I jumped out of bed, into the car and took off!
30mins later, I was sliding the kayak into the glass like water.
The sun starting to break through.
Waiting for the action to start!
My gps died a few months ago, and my sounder died last trip out, so I was winging it a bit, but had a bit of a idea where I wanted to go. 20mins later, I had a 95cm gummy yak side! on board!
Fellow forum member Cheaterparts soon launched his kayak and paddled out to where I was fishing.
We then decided to move spots, and paddled about a kilometre further up the bay.
With a couple of big fat banana prawns on the hooks, 2 rods were set ready for a gummy.
And it didnt take long before the rod dipped a couple of times. I picked up the rod, heart starting to pump and set the hook as soon as the next good bite was felt. This made the fish a little grumpy, and it took off like a steam train!!
Bloody stingrays I said to my mate who was within ear shot of my yak as well....
It then slowed up a bit, and I tried to get some line back, which I was winning the battle as I had now turned it around back towards the yak. After another couple of runs, I had my personal best kayak caught gummy shark onboard... 115cm, I was over the moon!! :mrgreen:
The gummy arrives at the yak, in a bit of a tangle.
And safely on board.
Not long afterwards, I got a 110cm gummy as well! I asked my mate, Cheater, who hadnt caught a legal sized gummy yet, if he wanted my smaller one, which he did, and I kept the 2 bigger ones, my bag limit, and happily paddled back to the carpark.
Just after I had loaded up the car and was driving off, the rain started, and the wind picked up, so I got off the water just in time!
My wife was pretty happy too when I brought them home.
We had some for dinner last night, it was sooo fresh and yummy! :mrgreen:
A Happy fisherman with a 115cm and a 110cm gummy sharks! :D
Hi ho, hi ho, its off to fish we go!
- SFP Guy.
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Re: 29/7 - Westernport Bay - Gummy shark fishing from the ka
Nice work Phil.
I've got to get me one of those kayak thingys!
Cam.
I've got to get me one of those kayak thingys!
Cam.
- vinhii
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Re: 29/7 - Westernport Bay - Gummy shark fishing from the ka
Bloody awesome report phil! wouldve been fun!! hehe yumm fresh gummy!
PLENTY!! of FISH!! in the SEA!! but so little TIME!!!
Re: 29/7 - Westernport Bay - Gummy shark fishing from the ka
good stuff mate. yummy flake. mmmm
To fish or not to fish...NOT TO FISH ??Yea...like that's even an option !
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Re: 29/7 - Westernport Bay - Gummy shark fishing from the ka
Awesome catch!
They look to be a little thinner than what I'd expect.
Where did you launch from??
They look to be a little thinner than what I'd expect.
Where did you launch from??
Linc- "slimeys are great fun to catch, like hooking a giant vibrator with a propeller onto the end of your rod! Well done"
- fishophil
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Re: 29/7 - Westernport Bay - Gummy shark fishing from the ka
Near Stockyard point.
The bigger one was fairly fat, might of just been the angle of the photo.
Thanks guys! I had fun! :mrgreen: :thumbsup:
The bigger one was fairly fat, might of just been the angle of the photo.
Thanks guys! I had fun! :mrgreen: :thumbsup:
Hi ho, hi ho, its off to fish we go!
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Re: 29/7 - Westernport Bay - Gummy shark fishing from the ka
Phill didn't mention we were in a Gummy comp for the W/E
after dragging my feet a bit sunday morning I did catch up will Phil on the water
I also fished the day before the weather wasn't quite as kind with 10 - 15 kt on shore winds and bumpy seas
a quite paddle over to Palmer channel ( the french island side of the port ) 3.5 km into the wind was hard work
I pulled just 1 fish an 89 cm over all lenth fish on the sat
anyway sunday after catching up with Phil and deciding to move we were anchoured up fairly close the gummies seamed to be on the chew straight off
I watched Phill pull the larger fish and my first rod was onbefore I had baited the second
I didn't measure it but it looked about a 90 cm female thant I released
I needed bigger than 115 cm now to take the win anyway and there already was a fish in the fridge at home
but that was the only gummy I caught for the morning
Phill headed in before me and the weather was starting to crack up again so just after 11 am I also pulled the pin
we had a weigh in to head for anyway
as it was the the guys in boats had struggled and the kayak section was droped for just over all biggest fish down to 6 th
only 7 gummies were entered at the weigh in
Phills fish took out first place I got 4th
so apart from some fresh flake we also took home some prizes
after dragging my feet a bit sunday morning I did catch up will Phil on the water
I also fished the day before the weather wasn't quite as kind with 10 - 15 kt on shore winds and bumpy seas
a quite paddle over to Palmer channel ( the french island side of the port ) 3.5 km into the wind was hard work
I pulled just 1 fish an 89 cm over all lenth fish on the sat
anyway sunday after catching up with Phil and deciding to move we were anchoured up fairly close the gummies seamed to be on the chew straight off
I watched Phill pull the larger fish and my first rod was onbefore I had baited the second
I didn't measure it but it looked about a 90 cm female thant I released
I needed bigger than 115 cm now to take the win anyway and there already was a fish in the fridge at home
but that was the only gummy I caught for the morning
Phill headed in before me and the weather was starting to crack up again so just after 11 am I also pulled the pin
we had a weigh in to head for anyway
as it was the the guys in boats had struggled and the kayak section was droped for just over all biggest fish down to 6 th
only 7 gummies were entered at the weigh in
Phills fish took out first place I got 4th
so apart from some fresh flake we also took home some prizes
My kayak PBs
Gummy shark 128 Cm - Elephant fish 85 Cm - Snapper 91 Cm - KG Whiting 49 Cm - Flathead 55 Cm - Garfish 47 Cm - Silver Trevally 40 Cm - Long Tail Tuna 86 Cm - snook 64 Cm - Couta 71 Cm - Sth Calamari 44 Cm hood - Cobia 117 cm
Cheater
Gummy shark 128 Cm - Elephant fish 85 Cm - Snapper 91 Cm - KG Whiting 49 Cm - Flathead 55 Cm - Garfish 47 Cm - Silver Trevally 40 Cm - Long Tail Tuna 86 Cm - snook 64 Cm - Couta 71 Cm - Sth Calamari 44 Cm hood - Cobia 117 cm
Cheater
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Re: 29/7 - Westernport Bay - Gummy shark fishing from the ka
Nice catch & even more so due to that its been caught from a Yak . :thumbsup:
- Brett
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Re: 29/7 - Westernport Bay - Gummy shark fishing from the ka
I was going to come down to the BBQ/presentation (it's 5 mins away) but ended up having to go to Mornington, for the boys medication. Next time, I'll pop down, even if it's just to meet a few faces from here.