Headed out from Hillarys with the young one about 5pm this arvo to fish the 20’s and see if we could find some pinkies.  It was a little slow at first but once the burley started to work it picked up.

The first fish we called for a size dhu but alas it was one of those big moorwong.  We then started catching undersized dhu (there are so many out there) & pinkies (4 of each in total), fox fish and wrasse.  We must have attracted a school of KGs as the young one landed 2 by 470mm models in short time – they are really the quality by-catch.  He also boated a 7kg Port Jackson, and then it went quiet for a while.

As happens, a school of pinkies seemed to move under the boat about 6.45pm and my light rod went off.  No doubt this was a pinkie as it fought just like one and it is always nice to see the larger models in the net.  670mm and a good fish – a bit larger than the ones we got on the last trip.  The young one was straight back down for a solid hookup but the pinkie was just undersized.  They moved on, Luke hooked a huge ray that was cut off at the boat, and when the snook moved in (don’t you hate it when your bait can’t get to the bottom as the “undesirables” attack it on the way) we headed back to return by about 8pm.  A quick trip for a good result.

We started to catch pinkies consistently about this time last year, and they seem to be around again.  Here is hoping that land based members get a few with the forecast “blow” in a couple of days.

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