Platitudinus
22-07-2009, 08:20 AM
Hi Guys;
Well the fish are really firing up on the 36's as our charter bagged out on snapper pretty quickly yesterday NE of the Seaway. We then went out to the 50's to try for some big pearlies and met the worst of all nightmares "Leatherjackets"! Huge buggers they were (kept 3) and they snipped our hooks off very quickly. We thought they had stayed away in Sydney but no - the plague is coming up here now. Anyone else finding the Leatherjackets closer inshore yet?
Having lost about 10 sets of hooks and sinkers in 20 minutes we went back to the 36's further North of where we started and hit the Trag, Parrot fish and even more snapper (most went back but the skipper and deckie got a feed as well). For every snapper we kept, at least the same number went back. Funny thing was that 60% of them were between 34 and 37cms and even the floatlines had problems getting any quality fish up - best went about 3.5kg. Quite a few pearlies on the 36's as well but mostly undersized.
Quite a few whales around and pods of dolphins sneaking around the boat for throw backs.
Hope that helps.
Plato
Well the fish are really firing up on the 36's as our charter bagged out on snapper pretty quickly yesterday NE of the Seaway. We then went out to the 50's to try for some big pearlies and met the worst of all nightmares "Leatherjackets"! Huge buggers they were (kept 3) and they snipped our hooks off very quickly. We thought they had stayed away in Sydney but no - the plague is coming up here now. Anyone else finding the Leatherjackets closer inshore yet?
Having lost about 10 sets of hooks and sinkers in 20 minutes we went back to the 36's further North of where we started and hit the Trag, Parrot fish and even more snapper (most went back but the skipper and deckie got a feed as well). For every snapper we kept, at least the same number went back. Funny thing was that 60% of them were between 34 and 37cms and even the floatlines had problems getting any quality fish up - best went about 3.5kg. Quite a few pearlies on the 36's as well but mostly undersized.
Quite a few whales around and pods of dolphins sneaking around the boat for throw backs.
Hope that helps.
Plato