My day on the water
Hi all
After watching the weather all week, I hit the ramp this morning at 06.30 and headed out thru the Cut with high expectations of a good day on the water. Hitting the open water, the water looked pretty good, even though there was as bit of swell. My backup plan to running down the coast to the Bouvards was to go wide if the water was ok.
Plan B was kicked into action and I headed out to a spot I'd marked a few months ago, but never got to fish on....at a lazy 20knts, I was there in an hour. After sounding around a bit I found what I was looking for and set up the sea anchor to take in the light drift. The sounder was looking good, as seen on the 1st photo.
It didn't take long before the squid bait was being chomped by something....lots of picking going on down there, then the first fish to the surface as a nice but undersize pinkie...released without harm. Then came a small reef fish (species unknown...also released unharmed), followed by what looked like a juvenile baldie....same colour and overall appearance, but without the distinctive white chin. That also went back successfully.
Then came the big one....as seen in the 2nd photo. After a few minutes of excited anticipation of a decent dhuie, it turned out that I was snagged....bugger....it never felt like a snag.
As the ocean was calming off, and aided by that light easterly breeze, I decided to head out to the 50m line where I'd caught fish before. When I got to my spot, I found myself in the shipping lane...check out the 3rd and 4th photo.
It wasn't long before I was hooked into something....a real fish this time. I boated my first nannygai....@ 55cms it was a welcome addition to my empty esky. In all the excitement while bringing this one in, a had a whale surface and blow off, approx. 150m from me...that was something pretty special. By the time I'd got the nanny into the boat, the whale was gone.
I fished on for a bit longer, without much luck, but time was against me so @ 11.45am I headed home. The ocean had flattened right off and for most of the trip home I was sitting on 27 - 30kns....the 125 Optimax was singing and the Trailblazer was cruising...check out the 5th photo.....speed is displayed on the top left hand corner of the HDS8m.
It was the best day out on the water and I had it all to myself.....well, in the boat at least. Once home, a quick photo before cleaning up and filleting the nanny, ready for the pan tomorrow night.
I hope everyone else who ventured out, had a great time on the water.
regards
rusty...
If life is boring, you must be doing it wrong!
makai
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Great report Rusty
Caught plenty of Cod Rocks myself!!
grayzeee
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hey rustyground on the
hey rusty
ground on the sounder looks good. those reds are great eating too.
If I spent half as long fishing , as I do reading this bloody forum , I'd be twice the fisherman I am.
wazzbat
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Good report mate. That's a
Good report mate. That's a pretty decnt size for a Nanni to isn't it? Been a while since I've caught one of them.
I fish for the future - Cause I can't bloody catch anything!
sea-kem
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Nice just to get out eh
Nice just to get out eh Russell? Banging to get the boat out soon.
Love the West!
rockoe_
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nice work on the nannygai
nice work on the nannygai and good to see you had a great day out on the water.better than the day i had doing my huet training lol hopefully the weathers good next weekend.
MattMiller
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Interesting
whats going on with the slash in the Nanny's shoulder?
Over-enthusiastic knife work of something took a chunk out of it?
r.gates
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Thanks guys
It was a great day out there.
Rockoe_ let's hope the weather is ok next weekend.
Mat, I think you'd call that 'over enthusiastic knife work'...someone got a bit carried away!!
About to start cooking those fillets....i'm sure they're going to taste just fine.
regards
rusty...
If life is boring, you must be doing it wrong!
MattMiller
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You'll enjoy it
Nanny is delicious
harro
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tip
mate, i wouldnt put ur gps shot on a public forum, unless you dont mind sharing buddy, nice nanny, they are very tasty,
well done mate
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r.gates
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Those nanny fillets...
Went down a treat....gotta be one of the nicest tasting fish I've ever eaten.
Thanks harro, probably wasn't the smartest move...pic deleted.
regards
rusty...
If life is boring, you must be doing it wrong!