Fishing for Fun - Perth Metro Paradise
Headed out to fish for fun last Saturday after the strong morning easterly abated, and spent some time on the water without competition rules and timeframes. Have fished a lot of comps lately and although it was the Hillarys Yacht Club day, Saturday was about enjoying being out there in excellent conditions and trying a few different things.
Left Ocean Reef about 2.30pm and headed West. The plan was to go into the 40’s and search the known area for fish aggregations, spot lock the Minn Kota and just give lots of different locations a go over a few hours. We would then pick the “likely” spot to fish dusk and hopefully get a few pinkie schools move through. Check out a few spots closer to shore on the way in and see what was there too. Anyway, that was the plan.
A good run out with the residual easterly chop and a 1-2m SW swell not being a real bother. Looked at the ground until we saw fish on the sounder. It didn’t take long for the fish to bite, with my rod buckling within a few minutes of a squid head going down. After about 10 minutes of quality fight it came to the boat and was a good sized sambo. I reckon it was around 20kg, pretty heavy, and we returned it alive straight after the photo. A few minutes later, a quality Harlequin. A nice start.
We caught fish all afternoon. We brought home harlequin, dhufish, baldie and pinkie (demersal bag limit). We successfully released many fish of different species. It was constant.
During the “pinking hour” we saw a lot of schools of big pinkies move under the boat but we couldn’t tempt them, and we tried a lot (the size one, 540mm, was caught earlier in the day).
The conditions were so good we decided to move in and night fish a few shallower spots. Found a school of tailor and continued with a wide variety of fish landed and released. Just as we were “packing up” I caught the biggest wobby I have ever seen. This thing was 6’+ and a back breaker – cut the hook off at the boat. After that, head in and back to the ramp about 10pm.
Fished with a good mate and we had a great trip in excellent conditions.
Ability is what you are capable of doing. Motivation determines what you do. Attitude determines how well you do it - LH.
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Willlo
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Sounds like a nice day out.
Sounds like a nice day out. Curious to see how you set up your leccy motor , does it do a better job than a sea anchor ?
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Mick C
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Spot Lock
Willo,
The motor holds you on the mark, with minimal drift. Set up on the bow, with different voltage and thrust requirements depending on the boat.
Mick
Ability is what you are capable of doing. Motivation determines what you do. Attitude determines how well you do it - LH.
Willlo
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cheers mick what size would
cheers mick what size would you suggest for a 6mtr haines. Keen to look into it what kind of conditions will it handle ie wind factor.
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Mick C
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Willo,The Prowler looks a
Willo,
The Prowler looks a suitable boat for an electric motor. Given it is 6m and glass, you would probably need the 24v 80lb thrust motor. Happy to discuss and help out.
Mick
Ability is what you are capable of doing. Motivation determines what you do. Attitude determines how well you do it - LH.
Willlo
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Cheers Mick i will google it
Cheers Mick i will google it and if o decide to go that way will give you a hoy. Thanks again for the info.
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meglodon
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That's one hell of a wobby
Glad he wasn't in a pot or you would of had some real fun getting him out.
axey45
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