Had a pretty wierd day out on the water today.. had to be the best day of the year weather wise, and i dont think i'd ever complain about there not being enough wind, but today it was crystal clear and absolutely perfect once the thunder and rain cleared.. it was like you were anchored without needing it down, which i blame for the lack of big fish.. or it was the moon, something was amiss..

First drop was a 50cm pinkie, 1.5 hours of boredom followed without bites even thou the echo was going off, then an undersize pinkie, 1.5 mtr wide ray, a sgt baker, sand whiting and flathead(throwbacks), decided to troll to the next spot, picked up a double hookup of striped tuna of about 1.5kg, 5 mins into the trawl, found a nice spot and did some drops, a big blackass and a shizenload of scorpion fish had us move to direction bank, direction had a undersize dhuie, scorpion fish and a 10kg nw/blowie, then went back into our normal spots incloser and picked up a big blackass, an decent harlequin, a 50cm dhuie that stretched to 51cm but went back to fight another day, then some more scorpion fish and another monster ray that went about 1.5mtr wide and a good 20 mins of back breaking.. Unfortunately i didn't take too many photos, only 1 half decent one..

[img_assist|fid=45|thumb=1|alt=Ocean Reef Offshore 26-02-05|caption=Great colours on the Harlequin..]

The echo was going off all day, but the big fish just werent there, the word for the day had to be scorpion cod, little bastards, had to work hard for a feed..

Cheers Adam