onerabbit
31-07-2006, 10:57 AM
Hi all,
Ballina RSL Fishing Club held it's monthly deep sea outing yesterday.
For once, conditions were great, bit of a wobbly bar crossing just after 6am but the ocean behind it was really good, so good that we were still chugging at 35knts at the 32s in comfort. We decided to make a run to the shelf & try for a cod.
Our first stop in 105fthms only produced 2 small cod, so we continued a further 6 miles out to the 120 fthm mark.
It all started a bit slow with a few job fish & nannagai, until Chris (ida) got going.
Twice we dropped down togeather, he'd catch a cod, I'd catch a bl@@dy green-eyed shark.
Disaster struck halfway through the morning when Charlie (neon 1991) snapped his rod, through no fault of his own, which then meant that I had to hand him my gear & pull out my big floater gear, (sealine 900 + 37kg stick). Of course I snagged the 80lb braid on the first drop which fortunately came free after some profuse swearing.
By 10.30 we had all caught fish & were ready to bolt back to the 48s to get some leather jackets, we only needed 45 mins to get our fill of them.
So, with sore arms & backs we made it back to the weigh in point with an hour to spare.
Photos to follow.
Muzz
Ballina RSL Fishing Club held it's monthly deep sea outing yesterday.
For once, conditions were great, bit of a wobbly bar crossing just after 6am but the ocean behind it was really good, so good that we were still chugging at 35knts at the 32s in comfort. We decided to make a run to the shelf & try for a cod.
Our first stop in 105fthms only produced 2 small cod, so we continued a further 6 miles out to the 120 fthm mark.
It all started a bit slow with a few job fish & nannagai, until Chris (ida) got going.
Twice we dropped down togeather, he'd catch a cod, I'd catch a bl@@dy green-eyed shark.
Disaster struck halfway through the morning when Charlie (neon 1991) snapped his rod, through no fault of his own, which then meant that I had to hand him my gear & pull out my big floater gear, (sealine 900 + 37kg stick). Of course I snagged the 80lb braid on the first drop which fortunately came free after some profuse swearing.
By 10.30 we had all caught fish & were ready to bolt back to the 48s to get some leather jackets, we only needed 45 mins to get our fill of them.
So, with sore arms & backs we made it back to the weigh in point with an hour to spare.
Photos to follow.
Muzz