Fishing today out of Hillarys!
After a few to many cold rebacks last night, the skipper slept well. He awoke at 5am to find Deckie (Claire) had been up for a while and had sorted Lunch, and had packed the boat with rods ect. Short trip down to Hillarys boat ramp, uncovered what i can only say as Bloody busy chaos! The carpark was near on half full at 6am in the morning.
With a light eastly blowing on our backs, we headed out to our king george spot in the 40s west of Hillarys. Must of passed a couple of hundred Professional cray pots on the way out, which thankfully ended at around 30m mark. We arrived at our spot and a light eastly it was giving us just the right drift speed. First drift i pulled up a couple of flathead, and claire a king wrasse. The second drift was better with Claire picking up a nice King George at 50cm.
We had a few more drifts, and few more Kg runs, but today they were smarter than us, and were being hard to hook. The wind started to die down to nothing...and with that the fish shut down. We then headed to a nice lump we found some time back, and was glad to see some action on the sounder.
We set up our first drift and sent out occy/mulie cocktail to the bottom. It wasnt long before Claire was getting smoked by something big, and after 10 mins her hook straightened, and she lost her fish. Normally there is only skippy at this spot..but today old mate sambo had moved in. Next drift a few rat sambos were raised, which were around 60cm, and then my rod buckled over.
A few big runs and 20 mins later, i could see my fish coming to the surface. The big sambo was about 10 m under the boat when all of a sudden, she was gone...it rubbed thru my leader. Claire proceeded to calm me down, but after 20mins and 28 litres of sweat running down my back..i wasnt at all happy. We then rigged up with heavier leader and bigger hooks. We then had a few more drifts but they bigger fish were no where to be seen just rats evrywhere.
With no more big fish showing up and the wind starting to blow from the south west, it was time to head home. Got back to the ramp and there was a line up of about 20 boats. We loaded old traily up and headed for home..another lovely day on the water!
Goodz
Posts: 2332
Date Joined: 20/07/09
Sounds like a fun trip out!
Sounds like a fun trip out! That water looked nice, bad luck on not landing the bigguns.
sarcasm0
Posts: 1396
Date Joined: 25/06/09
Good one Wade
I was waiting to hear if you got into some kg's. I was supposed to go diving for crays out of hillaries this morning, but my buddy bailed.
wadetolley
Posts: 2258
Date Joined: 27/06/08
Nothing
Nothing worse than missing out on a day like today mate! There were dive flags sailing everywhere...once we got out past three mile, we had the ocean to ourselves.
Adam Gallash
Posts: 15610
Date Joined: 29/11/05
nice
Thats a cute widdle sambo, looks like a great day on the water guys. Weather was like that up here too but we were stuck indoors cleaning the house we just moved out of.
Site Admin - Just ask if you need assistance
wadetolley
Posts: 2258
Date Joined: 27/06/08
Ahh
ahh Adam, you know the rules..guys look after the outside of the house, and put the bin out...women do the rest!
till
Posts: 9358
Date Joined: 21/02/08
The cute sambo is especially
The cute sambo is especially funny after the very bent rod.
kempy
Posts: 810
Date Joined: 28/05/09
must have been fun at the
must have been fun at the ramp watchn all them boats tryn to get in
Dinkum Auto Electrical A/C & Mechanical Unit 10/16 Kent way Malaga 0438755754 Also Mobile
Open 7 days except when we are fishn For all your auto electrical needs
wadetolley
Posts: 2258
Date Joined: 27/06/08
Most
Most people were doing the righty. Old couple in the morning had a go at a guy who launched at the retrive ramp. His boat was off the trailer and about to take off..then the nomads came in and pulled up behind him. He told them he needs to get past..that when the fun began!
kempy
Posts: 810
Date Joined: 28/05/09
hahahaha always a good bit
hahahaha always a good bit of fun to watch them
Dinkum Auto Electrical A/C & Mechanical Unit 10/16 Kent way Malaga 0438755754 Also Mobile
Open 7 days except when we are fishn For all your auto electrical needs
kane
Posts: 1752
Date Joined: 07/12/08
when i was a kid
on occasion id come in with my grandparents, get the boat out, fillet the catch then theyd park up in good view of the ramp and sit there with a 6 pack laughing at all the stuff ups as people tried to retrieve their boats...theres some truly funny arguments especially between husband and wife teams!
Gooooone Fishin!
Paul G
Posts: 5215
Date Joined: 12/12/07
Nice work guys and gals ,top
Nice work guys and gals ,top day to be on the water
Active Gyp-Rok solutions ,Residential and commercial ceilings and walls
thesupervisor
Posts: 1137
Date Joined: 10/06/09
nice report i left from
nice report
i left from hilliarys at 410am the carpark had 30 cars and trailers must have been overnighters to rotto?
only caught 4 herring 2 whitin a big banjo no skippy or sambos despite putting in 4 tonne burley
went in close to trigg throwing lures at the reef edge but no tailor
couldnt belive the people on the beach it was packed couldnt think of any where worse to be in the heat
getting the bottom line final answer from a bunch of blokes that use false names and put smiley faces at the end of paragraphs is not the best place in the world to get the information you seek.
wadetolley
Posts: 2258
Date Joined: 27/06/08
Must
Must of been a heap of people sleeping at rotto last nite..that is the fullest ive ever seen it.
offen thought about throwing lures on the back of that reef, would have to be fish there some days.
kane
Posts: 1752
Date Joined: 07/12/08
Wade
...I vaguely remember telling you at the tackleshack a few weeks ago the weather would be primo this weekend... and yes its because its straight after i returned to work. haha :(
Gooooone Fishin!
wadetolley
Posts: 2258
Date Joined: 27/06/08
Yep
Yep sure did. I fly out wednesday....day after the ban is over. So the weather can do what it wants for the next 10 days
thesupervisor
Posts: 1137
Date Joined: 10/06/09
hahah wait till you see the
hahah wait till you see the alminac for next weekend all black days fri sat sun
and 37 forcast sat at this stage
yeah trigg had 10 guys on the reef but didnt see any thing landed
looks so fishy but may only hold good fish when its rougher?? not a place i want to be an my boat with a swell coming through
getting the bottom line final answer from a bunch of blokes that use false names and put smiley faces at the end of paragraphs is not the best place in the world to get the information you seek.
Faulkner Family
Posts: 17866
Date Joined: 11/03/08
well done, looks like Clair
well done, looks like Clair is feeding you again . its always the same when you have light gear on the big fish come around and when your ready for the big one they shut down. would have been nice out anyway
RUSS and SANDY. A family that fishes together stays together
wadetolley
Posts: 2258
Date Joined: 27/06/08
yes
Yes when i was eating the kg for tea that night.. i thanked her Russ and Sandy!
kackles
Posts: 105
Date Joined: 30/09/09
wow
wow, mate where did you go in hillaries to get those sambos?
We were out all day today for 6 hours, the first 4 hours i went all over the place and got 0 bites. Mind you we started off about 2pm though.
Cheers!
wadetolley
Posts: 2258
Date Joined: 27/06/08
Sambos
S 49 31 57 e 115 44 04 Dont tell anyone Knackles. Fish were on the bite early that day mate we found.
kackles
Posts: 105
Date Joined: 30/09/09
mm
thanks wade, unfortunately i don't have a gps on my boat, much less a sounder. Approximately how far is this out from shore? i only got a 4.2m tinny so i don't dare to go more than 2 nautical miles out.
Cheers
wadetolley
Posts: 2258
Date Joined: 27/06/08
you
You will get there easy!