Another day off Cervanties

Went out from Cervanties yesterday after not being able to get out for a few weeks. With the full moon doing its work i didnt expect to catch much but boy was i wrong! Headed out through the south passage at around 6.30. Had a fairly strong south easterly blowing first up wich wasnt too pleasant, so i decided to head straight out instead of going to my normal spots that were a good 10 mile south. I got to my first spot at around 7 and started drifting. The first 2 drifts didnt produce much apart from a few little bites. The third drift produced a nice 70 cm dhuie witch i bleed and put into the ice box. The next drift saw a nice size baldie hit the deck wich was also dispatched to the esky. So i had my quota at around 7.45 and with the wind slowly droping off i didnt want to head in just yet so i set the track line on the ploter to go to my favourite spot about 8 mile away. With a slow trip due to the uneven chop i was finely there and got my light placcie rod out with a 7 inch gulp heading towards the bottom. the first few drifts saw my plastic getting destroyed by pickers. On about the 4th drift i finally hooked up solid to a good size fish and with a short but spirited fight i had another nize size baldie in the net. I released this fish witch swam away strongly. the next couple of hours turned out to be an amazing plastic session with baldies and dhuie's coming up in quick succesion. I ended up with 7 dhuie's with 3 being size but releasing them all except 1 and 6 baldies witch where all size but also only kept 1. With the wind droping right off at around 12 and the fish going off the bite i decided to start heading in. I saw a few school's of tuna on the way in so i rigged up my bream gear with a 10g slice and sent it towards the school. I hooked 3 and landed 1 before i called it quits and went back through the passage in glassy conditions. unfortunetly i couldnt get any pictures because i was on my own. Hope this gets a few people jelous! cheers


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Whats the size like on the

Sat, 2010-08-28 14:52

Whats the size like on the tuna?

Sounds like a good day out!

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ah not all that big, i didnt

Sat, 2010-08-28 14:57

ah not all that big, i didnt measure it but i think it was around 75cm. good fight on the 4lb outfit

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Mate that sounds like a

Sat, 2010-08-28 16:00

Mate that sounds like a bloody good day out :D