Fishing report - Wallaroo South Australia
Hi Guys thought you might like to hear from this side of the Border.
After recently rewiring part of my Boat on Friday 14/10/11 I finally got back on the water - Eventually.
Got up before sunrise with the aim of heading out to try for Snapper early and then try for some whiting. Pulled the boat out of the shed and got it ready. Just as I was about to depart I could see a rippled patch heading my way across the water. Decided to wait and soon afterthe winds hit followed by some rain. Pushed boat back into shed and went back to bed. Got up at 9am and had breaky and a coffee. Winds then started to drop though it was still raining in patches. Pulled boat out and headed for the ramp with a freind's 13 year old son in tow. He has never been in a boat before. Lauched and sat him in the cabin as we went out of the bay through the rian. Headed out around Pt Riley and out of the bay as it was clearer out there. once there no rain. Rigged/baited him up and then dropped my own line in. He caught a tommy (Herring) followed by myself with two nice whiting.
There was a small swell and he said he was not feeling well. Tried to convince him to keep fishing thinking he would overcome it if he started catching a few taking his mind off it but to no avail. Took him back in dropping him on the beach then headed back out to Pt Riley.
Went over a few sand/reef patches with a nice drop off into the sand so stopped and dropped anchor. shortly after bang I'm on with a nice size KG whiting. back in and 1 minute later I'm on again.
At this time I'm watching thunder storms pass up the middle of the Gulf further out (west) and alls ok. By the time I had 11 in the esky and a squid in the bucket I note another thunder storm further south heading in my direction. This one is not going to pass by out further. Oh well won't complain being one off the bag limit (12 with one person on board in SA) so rods in and head in to get back into the bay and aorund the point before the storm arrives. Prior to departing I put all the rods (graphite) flat in the boat just in case - particularly the ones in the rod holders above the fuel tank!!!
Headed in and got to 300 metres from the marina breakwall when the 76km/hr winds and heavy rian hit (felt sorry for the few boats I had passed still sitting out on Pt Riley). Threw the sounder GPS and phone inside the cabin and then pulled up at the pontoon to note two boats in front of me in all sorts of trouble - one was facing backwards with no idea. Made sude I tied off securely and went to help retreiving the first boat and then the second after turning it around. Got to the car - by this time I'm soaked through. Put a towel on the seat and reversed down and hauled up my boat. Went back home and pushed the boat into the shed and then scaled the KG's and put them on ice (they could wait till tommorrow). Hot shower and a bourbon saw me right follwed by down the pub for tea.
Following day filleted the fish and cleaned (dried) out the boat which had water over every thing even up in the cabin as the rain was horizontal). All in all a great day and can't wait to do it all again - good to be back on the water
Few piccys of the kg's below - between 34-40cm
PS the same front later went through Pt Pirie further north dumping golf ball sized hail - glad I didn't have that to contend with at the ramp.
Cheers Paul
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Bodie
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nice feed there mate, been a
nice feed there mate, been a while since I've managed to get onto some nice looking KG's like those!
Rig
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Date Joined: 27/12/06
nice report
and a good feed
Paul_86
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Date Joined: 27/03/09
Sounds like a good productive
Sounds like a good productive trip mate, most guys over here would kill for a haul of kg's like that!
Gricko
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Date Joined: 09/07/10
nice catch good read , but i
nice catch good read , but i think you left your mates kid on the beach!
All this working keeps getting in the way of fishing!
Paul H
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Date Joined: 18/01/07
I left a good bite to drop
I left a good bite to drop him off so he should consider himself lucky. Nah he was right - the plan was to call my missus who was off shopping with his mum and get them to pick him up at the ramp but she wasn't answering the phone. We stayed at my parents right on the beachfront where I store the boat and he and his mum were staying in the shack next door. Spoke to my mum who was home on the phone and she was aware he walking up. She had the spare keys to next door and let him inside. I hung around a little bit to make sure he got there okay. After an hour or so on solid land he was all right.
Will try taking him out again with seasick tablets next time and see how he goes then. The light swell had a reasonable distance between swells and due to the run out tide it was coming from side on which was probably his undoing. I give him credit - I kept asking if he wanted to be dropped off but he said no (i think he felt guilty). In the end as he was not dropping his line in I suggested it was best to take him back now whilst I still had time to whip back out by myself and he then agreed.
He's generally a fussy eater (ham and cheese pizza type) and wouldn't normally dream of eating fish but served him a fillet the next night and he said it tatsed pretty good and ate the lot. I have to agree it was pretty good. My daughter decided she no longer likes whiting for some reason - kids are like that (oh well more for me) so she had crumbed squid which I consider to be bait (and hate cleaning the buggers). Still have a few fillets left which are probably tommorrow nights dinner.
Can't wait to hit Streaky and Smoky Bays next April for a few weeks . Generally over there I put back any KG's under 35cm. Its nice when you don't have to measure them because you know they are over.
Cheers
Paul
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Gricko
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I recon youv'e done more than
I recon youv'e done more than most blokes by returning him to shore, knew there would of been more behind with dropping him off on shore just being a funny bastard...and kids know what you mean, they change at the drop of a hat with mine, but always destroy the squid on a feed thou.
All this working keeps getting in the way of fishing!