Could be the dinghy's swansong

Webby and I hadn't done a fishing session in a bit so the weather was lining up and so did our rosters, plan was to head out in his new rig but with my dinghy up for sale and someone looking at in on Sunday decided we best do one last session in her before she's gone.

 

Early start was the plan, yet the sun was all ready up when we launched. On the way out was alot of bird action so we couldn't resist a belt with the slices, of course I forgot to bring a spinning rig, oh well make do with what you got. Cranking away on the baitcaster actually resulted in the first hook up. Stop being lazy web and crank that reel was my helpful tip. Anyways after a solid 4-5 minute fight and what was looking like a decent long tail, i got to heavy handed and bent out the trebbles in the closing stages.

 

Web was next to hook up with the photo shown below, not sure what Tuna it was so will have to check out that out, either way it got thrown back in to the depths to rejoin the feeding frenzy. Few other missed attempts and decided to head out to the back of the isles while the weather was good.

 

Tide rip was bit more then expected with the tides but we perserved, with Webby finally getting a decent fish on, too be sharked, with what we got back was looking like a 500mm spango. With one more fish sharked we decided on a move,

 

The next lump resulted in a 600mm trout for myself on the first drop while Webby was still putting his bait on. Few other bits and pieces and the tide had turned now so threw Webby up the front and tried to see if convince a GT to have a go at his popper. Lots of fishy nooks and crannys were explored yet to no result, are they more a winter fish i was starting to ask.

 

Change of tactics was the cool and hit some shallow reefs with soft plastics, Webby got a nice black spot Eustary cod, as well as a number of small trout. One lil cod we had on got smashed by a beauty Trout but the trout couldn't be enticed back.

 

Next shallow reef resulted in a call from Web, Go on Robbo get the fly rod out.

 

Out came the 10 wt, and we drifted along. Web got another two small trout on the sp, as well as a few small blue bone. When a long cast with the squid fly got engulfed on the surface, with a large boil, it was an all out slug match with this one, as it tried to bury me in every rock and coral outcrop. As it got close call was made, far out Web gives us a hand to leader it, its a Trout. Web however hooked up on his own trout at the time, with this good fish turned was looking to be me biggest trout on fly, yet at the stern of the dinghy its last ditch dive it managed to ping the tippet on a ledge, gutted. Always hard to tell how big a fish is in the water, but was a solid trout with very dark colourations. Nothing can beat shallow water battles with quality fish were you can see their every move.

 

With calls of we will be back fish, we continued to drift and land a heap more small fish before calling it a day, well if that is our latest trip in the dinghy, it'll be a worthy one.


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Dam that shark, that would

Sat, 2010-11-20 18:45

Dam that shark, that would have been my first decent spango in ages. Had to pay the tax man. You forgot to mention the the 10ft tiger shark that came up next to the boat to scope us out, that was cool, such a magnificent creature. and dont worrie mate. that trout has your name on it. we'll be back

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