Went out off two rocks a couple of weeks ago and had a nice day on the water.

Left early to be greated by 15-20 knot  North easterlies (5-10 reported) just out past the three mile mark. With the weather as it was it was decided to look for some new ground in closer than our deeper drop plan. Jigs and bait were the order of the day and after stumbling accross a lone cray pot with a nice 2m bump on it up came a 7 kg Dhu on my pirate jig (NO BAIT ATTACHED TO ASSITS MR HART).  Nice start to the morning , always good to know the esky will not be empty for the trip home.

For the next 3 hours we raised only 2 undersize pinkies , 4 undersize dhuies and a heap of redthroat. The decision was made to go huning again for some more ground and as we headed in closer the weather got better and better. To the point where 5km inland from our original destination it was completly glass. We searched for a while the found a few marks on the sounder so lines away.

2 min later Matt Jigged up a nice 7 kg Dhu on his new Sustain / eupro (spagetti stick). Off it went like a rocket. Good fun watching someone getting smoked on light gear. Matts first Dhu on Jig. He was a little hungry so tried eating his rod.

While Matt was fighting his Dhu, Dan on the other side of the boat hooked up on another 5kg Dhu. His PB and smiles all round. After a quick photo it was sent back to the depths.

While i was taking all these photo's Matt dropped his jig back down again and hooked up again. He maust have dropped it on the fishes head as it was on before he flicked the bail arm over. Sadly though Ping and it was all over. He quickly re-rigged and threw another jig down. Same bloddy thing happened, before he flicked the bail arm over bang. Another nice fight on the noodle rod and up came a 10 kg Dhu. Really dark colourings.

Another 10 Min past and Dan was on again. another 7 kg Dhu and another PB beaten just 20min after he had beaten his old mark.

By this Stage i was getting sick of taking photos and with that said Matt hooked another Dhu and scored himself his third Dhu over 7 kg for the day. I told him to take a photo of it himself as he can go F himself if he tought i was going to take another photo. Hence no pic. With 11 Dhuies bought over board we decided to call it a day and have a nice smooth run back home.

So the moral of the story is not to listen to the average jo blow tackle store salesman who tells you not to bother fishing in northerlies. Not mentioning any names MR HARTLESS. Give it a go and you can have good days on the water.

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