Rock hopping adventures with Sherbs, Stu, Tall Paul and crew
The forecast that the wind was going to drop off early this morning proved spot on, but so did the prtedictions of a big swell so when Sherbs and I arrived at Sherb's secret location this morning we found the waves pounding on the rocks and sending salt spray well over head high.
We met up with Uncle Stu and weren't surprised to see Tall Paul, his brother-in-law and a few of their mates there after their success last week.
The conditions proved pretty tough, with a huge surge of seaweed making it pretty tricky to put your bait in front of the fish.
I managed one very nice 50 cm tailor and that was it for the day, though two other chaps turned up later in the morning and didn't too badly with one guy landing a tailor of at least 60 cm and a nice mulloway of about 70cm. His buddy, unfortunately,lost a bigger mulloway because of the weed.
The big waves certainly made for some interesting moments, especially for Sherbs who lost a bit of skin on his legs after two tumbles.
Despite all that, Sherbs and I agreed later it was a great morning to be out and it was good to really have some exciting action, even though we all ended up soaked through.
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Nice fish
Nice fish Col, looks like you were made to earn it though!
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Colin Hay
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Thanks Adam
I didn't come out of it too bad, but poor old Sherbs will be stinging for awhile after losing a bit of bark on the rocks.
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Iam a man, and men don't cry
Well not alot Sue said- What if you broke your leg , And i said no work more fishing
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poor Sherbs, how is he going
poor Sherbs, how is he going to drive his van now, nice tailor anyway , and you got out to fish
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Where's the Skippy?
Oh well mate, guess you'll have to do with that scummy green back. LOL
Seriously, well done bud - glad you're hard efforts paid off!
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Sherbs - Bottom Bouncing
Steve! Steve! Steve!
Bottom Bouncing involves a sea bed and a sinker! You've got it all wrong!
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I will be bouncing you
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OOOO Steve
I could be forgiven for mistaking that as a threat LOL
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hows the moonraker holding
hows the moonraker holding up colin? would be a good test for it in the current conditions
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Matt, you're a legend It is working as good as it ever
was - in fact it seems a bit stronger in the lower end, which was the one concern I used to have. I had no worries leavering that tailor up through the weed and up the rock wall.
If you hadn't come up with a solution the old Moonraker was headed for the scrap bin.
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good to hear, im glad you
good to hear, im glad you got it sorted out and didnt throw it before i had a look at it for you
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Sherbs is also a bit of a legend
Even after losing a bit of skin he was straight back up there and facing off against the next big wave. You might be slightly mad mate, but you also have plenty of ticker.
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Slightly mad
Your both bloody bananas.Good to see some mullaway about and i;m glad I stayd on the beach .A couple of scars will get you a a bit of sympathy from the girls.cheers Stu
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Great report and nice fish
Great report and nice fish colin !
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I got saturated, no fish,
I got saturated, no fish, but a what a great morning! :-) made for a cold, wet ride home in the old val. good effort stayin up on that rock col, i thought you were going to do a sherbs and take a tumble a couple times there!
no second guess for where i'll be next weekend ;-)
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You and me both Paul (Lol)
I thought we all might have ended up down the other side on one of those big waves.
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My ghost tape and braid scissors
Went in the washing, So i was in good books with sue again
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Saw Sherbs today at the cafe
he sure did a good job on his leg i can tell yeah . But i beat he will think twice next time and remember that water come from the bottom sometimes *LOL*
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