Fishing today off Hillarys 5/2/2010
Howdy there! Late start this morning, got to the ramp at 7am, about 40 trailers in the carpark. Headed straight out to the mid 40s. The ride out there was a bit sloppy, with a 15kn easterly . Arrived at our spot around 8am, and the fish seem to stay on the bite till about 10am, then all went quiet. We managed to catch a feed.
Claire clocked in with nice blackarse and a nice 57cm flathead. I managed to catch another big cuttlefish, on my bottom bashing rig, using squid for bait! I also dropped a bloody big fish at the start of the day, but we wont be mentioning that now will we.
Stopped at the 32m mark out front of scabs on the way home, and picked up a nice feed of whiting, which seem to be very plump at the moment.
Great day on the water...with the weekend still to come!
Colin Hay
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Nice cuttlefish Wade and a very nice flatty Claire
Shame about losing the big fish Wade, but we won't discuss that.
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danno
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good stuff guys. those pics
good stuff guys.
those pics look pretty good.
how many whiting? any squid?
cheers danno.
wadetolley
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We
we got 10 whiting mate..as thats as many as i felt like filleting today..fiddley buggers. No squid, we didnt put a jig in the water.
HuggyB
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Wade
follow ya missus lead and crack a smile - anyone would think you weren't enjoying yourself!
Nice work, getting a feed is half the battle. Props to Claire, great flattie. Pity you dropped a potential monster, no worse feeling I reckon (not that I want to remind you or anything) LOL.
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wadetolley
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Ha ha ha
The photo was taken, just as the cuttlefish dropped a load of ink on my foot...and a couple of mins before that i dropped my big fish.... i wasnt going to smile and pretend i was happy.
HuggyB
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It could always be worse
you could be working. Be thankful for small wins........
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damo6230
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come on wade
big fish.....do tell....
you know we can all keep a secret
Andy Mac
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Onya Claire
Thats a nice Flattie.
C'mon Wade, what's with the dropped fish...shhhh sorry I wasn't supposed to mention that.
Are you going to eat the Cuttly or use it as bait? Either way a great capture. It was lovely out there today. overcast, warm not hot and plenty of bites to keep us busy.
Cheers
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wadetolley
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Will eat
Will eat the cuttlefish Andy..and use the tenticles for bait, hopfully turn it into a kg or baldie.
DazSamFishing
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nice table fish. well done.
nice table fish. well done.
Paul G
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Well done Wade and
Well done Wade and Clair,Wade im struggling to the reason why you let Clair out fish you on most trips ,I would think clair one day and your turn the next .keep thing fair .then again I guess between Jesse and Jody I dont get a look in .well done guys and have a good weekend.
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MJ
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Well done Claire!
At least half the teams firing!
Lucky Tim
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shame about the big fishy
shame about the big fishy but can you please post a full sized photo of the 3rd pic so I can zoom in on your gps to see where you were?
wadetolley
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easy
easy mate..between 42 and 48m of water out from hillarys !
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Cheers
Thanks for the comments everyone! I was pretty stoked with the Flatty - fought me all the way up but I had the last laugh!
Believe it or not, I don't always outfish Wade. He's just being nice to me as he knows "Happy Wife = Happy Life"! I keep reminding him he is a great skipper putting me on these fish! But if that monster hadn't got away today none of my photos would even be worth putting up.....
Oh yeah, Tim, there is a reason we head closer into shore before we take our photos!
Zoom in on that photo to your hearts content, I can guarantee you will catch 10cm flatty's there!
Wrassassin
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Well done guys
Nice flatty and that's a fair lump of cuttle fish there. Looked like a lovely day just to be out. I'm sure with the wind down there will be chaos at the ramp this weekend!!!!!
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i had that funny feeling
i had that funny feeling that you got outfished by the other half , even before i opened the post.even still that is a great cuttlie and fantastic eating too.
Well done on the b/b and the nice flatty Clair
PS , so whats with the big fish. was it a ray or one of those pesky dhuies that hang around some times
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PJAY
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nice fish
nice fish Claire...again??
Hey wade when are we going to see you with some decent fish.....you can't eat "bites" mate..lol
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wadetolley
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OK
oK guys we are going fishing tommorw morning..and im taking claire again( shes Lucky) Im going to catch wrasse all day, and claire is going to hook into a big Dhui.
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Well done and good luck for
Well done and good luck for tomorrow. How'd your new canopy go?
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