Finally after three months of no fishing !
Well after a big break in fishing due to a bad neck injury, (didn't get my pots in for April/May crays and a cancelled boys trip north.....lets call that postponed !) thought I'd be good enough for a trip out in the sound and back of Garden island for hopefully a few whiting.
Was chilly but fantastic to be on the water again. Stopped over north GI for a few squid for some bait. Picked up a couple and a cuttly including the nice specimen below. Hood on this one went 26cm. (not a world record but still a nice size.
Headed out the back of GI and in a gentle easterly breeze was beautiful on the water. tried a couple of spots for nothing then out to a bit deeper .....nice sand on the sounder and within 5 minutes we had boated half a dozen. Did a few more drifts over the area had a ball on the light gear pretty well every drop.
Back into the sound for a few more drifts over some of the weed to finish off the "dinner plate" with some calamari and home again.
Might take me a few more months before I can handle bashing out deep again but had forgotten just how much fun light gear and fishing could be so just happy to get back out there.
uncle
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Gotta be happy
With that
all aggressive fish love bigjohnsjigs
Plug
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Date Joined: 14/02/15
Try a scaling bag for those
Try a scaling bag for those whiting, makes your job heaps easier and doesn't fill the house with scales.
i need cheaper hobbies
D_d_001
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for sure def will next time.
for sure def will next time.
Plug
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Date Joined: 14/02/15
just don't leave them in to
just don't leave them in to long otherwise you will have whiting mince
i need cheaper hobbies
kirky79
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Yeah
those scaling bags are the ducks nuts for the sandies
Great feed there. Well done
anypuddle
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Date Joined: 22/01/12
great feed.....!
How lucky are you guys near the sound.
Anywhere anytime
Jackfrost80
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Premium feed you got there.
Premium feed you got there. Love floured whiting in a toasted roll with aoli and fresh salad. +1 for the scaling bag and it does squid too
Officially off the Pies bandwagon
Dale
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I went that way this morning, between Garden and Carnac. Couldn't find much on the sounder, so come in front of Carnac for a dozen herring and 3 squid near woodies coming back in. Did sound up a couple of spots that I'll get back to sometime later.
"Just because you are a Character, Doesn't mean you have Character."
Mr Wolf
scottland
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Nice
we got a good bag of Sandies today to
i support two teams eagles and whoever is playing the dockers