seabug
31-03-2007, 05:27 PM
I had a look at snelly's boat on Fri. night and he invited me for a run out of Hells Gates next day.
We left the boat ramp at 9.30am on a sunny day with about a 20-25knot wind.
The harbour at Strachan is huge,5 times as big as Sydney Harbour.
Micks boat handled the chop pretty good.
My sea-legs were a bit stale and I was grabbing a rail for balance.
I looked around to see how Micks mate Steve was doing and he was just standing there relaxed ,not holding on to anything.
And we were doing 30+knots.
It took half an hour to reach spot x and when we did Mick very generously said that I could use the rod with Shimano reel on the left in the pic.
He said to toss the lure out the back and he would start trolling.
Before he had time to turn the key I had a Couta snatch the lure.
At times it was possible to see several fish fighting for the lure.
As these fish pull like a runaway train,Mick stopped the boat while we wound them in.
Great service in Tassie,Steve and I did the catching ,and Mick did the unhooking;D ;D
THe Couta just went at the lures like crazy,even jumping out of the water like marlin.
Nearly every time we tossed the lure out the fish hit straight away.
In half an hour we caught about 35 of these fish and the 200 litre drum was about 60% full.
The biggest were well over a metre long.
Then a fish that I had on the lure swam foward and cut the line.
On the way back Mick hit the throttle in a more sheltered area and we were doing 42knots.
That secondhand Merc. seems a very good buy.
We were back at the ramp at 11am.
To top it off Mick invited the wife and myself to come to their place for tea.
Thanks Allison,that seafood meal was scumptious.:) :)
After tea Steve called in and we all relaxed for a chat .
That was the most exciting fishing I have ever had.
Thanks Mick,really appreciated.:D :D :D
Regards
seabug
We left the boat ramp at 9.30am on a sunny day with about a 20-25knot wind.
The harbour at Strachan is huge,5 times as big as Sydney Harbour.
Micks boat handled the chop pretty good.
My sea-legs were a bit stale and I was grabbing a rail for balance.
I looked around to see how Micks mate Steve was doing and he was just standing there relaxed ,not holding on to anything.
And we were doing 30+knots.
It took half an hour to reach spot x and when we did Mick very generously said that I could use the rod with Shimano reel on the left in the pic.
He said to toss the lure out the back and he would start trolling.
Before he had time to turn the key I had a Couta snatch the lure.
At times it was possible to see several fish fighting for the lure.
As these fish pull like a runaway train,Mick stopped the boat while we wound them in.
Great service in Tassie,Steve and I did the catching ,and Mick did the unhooking;D ;D
THe Couta just went at the lures like crazy,even jumping out of the water like marlin.
Nearly every time we tossed the lure out the fish hit straight away.
In half an hour we caught about 35 of these fish and the 200 litre drum was about 60% full.
The biggest were well over a metre long.
Then a fish that I had on the lure swam foward and cut the line.
On the way back Mick hit the throttle in a more sheltered area and we were doing 42knots.
That secondhand Merc. seems a very good buy.
We were back at the ramp at 11am.
To top it off Mick invited the wife and myself to come to their place for tea.
Thanks Allison,that seafood meal was scumptious.:) :)
After tea Steve called in and we all relaxed for a chat .
That was the most exciting fishing I have ever had.
Thanks Mick,really appreciated.:D :D :D
Regards
seabug