scroman
05-12-2005, 03:03 PM
Bad weather part two with a few extra bumps and cuts thrown in. Two odd weeks ago my cousin and I had a great morning on a few good snapper and a couple of jew but the weather was less than average ::)
Yesterday arvo - low tide 4.45pm - we set out to cross the Tweed bar in search of some livies and then some jew at 3.30pm ::) ::). Having just acknowledged between ourselves that it will be a little lumpy we set forth with determination and a large amount of stupidity and impatience :-X
Cut a long story short - at the point of no return we were in the middle of the bar with the worst pressure waves only 10-15 feet apart in a 22 foot tub of lead. We came down the back of one and were broken on by the next as we hit full throttle to clibm it. A couple of things i remember - 1 lots of white water, 2 feet leaving the ground, 3 lots of white water, 4 feet not finding the floor, 5 lots of white water, 6 lying face up under the steering wheel with cousin saying yes Ive got jocks on now get up. Quickly standing to cheers from the north wall and pins and needles in my toes we ventured forward to "now lets catch some fish" :'( ;D
The weather did not improve with a steady sloppy northerly making my inability to stand even more challenging :-/
got to our mark and jigged some livies and small squire - jewies love them :-X
Very quiet till the water colour changed from sun disappearing the ten minutes of screaming drags, gaff shots, blood - mainly mine as usual - and the smell of fresh snapper in the ice box. Sun was well down and the shadow of last light is prime jewie time at this spot :-X Livies out, one on 40lb handline the other a rod. First strike on the handline - hooks pulled. Reset as the rod let fly with a howling run. 5mins of pump and wind and a nice jewie of 12kg comes over the side. 2 more losses indicated we were on the way to heading home. Up anchor, coldie for the trip, I mean medicinal purposes ;) and we were back at Fingal at 10pm.
Still feeling less than average I left everything on ice and showered and crashed :'( :'(
Still the sight and smell of fresh snapper is worth the bruising.
Yesterday arvo - low tide 4.45pm - we set out to cross the Tweed bar in search of some livies and then some jew at 3.30pm ::) ::). Having just acknowledged between ourselves that it will be a little lumpy we set forth with determination and a large amount of stupidity and impatience :-X
Cut a long story short - at the point of no return we were in the middle of the bar with the worst pressure waves only 10-15 feet apart in a 22 foot tub of lead. We came down the back of one and were broken on by the next as we hit full throttle to clibm it. A couple of things i remember - 1 lots of white water, 2 feet leaving the ground, 3 lots of white water, 4 feet not finding the floor, 5 lots of white water, 6 lying face up under the steering wheel with cousin saying yes Ive got jocks on now get up. Quickly standing to cheers from the north wall and pins and needles in my toes we ventured forward to "now lets catch some fish" :'( ;D
The weather did not improve with a steady sloppy northerly making my inability to stand even more challenging :-/
got to our mark and jigged some livies and small squire - jewies love them :-X
Very quiet till the water colour changed from sun disappearing the ten minutes of screaming drags, gaff shots, blood - mainly mine as usual - and the smell of fresh snapper in the ice box. Sun was well down and the shadow of last light is prime jewie time at this spot :-X Livies out, one on 40lb handline the other a rod. First strike on the handline - hooks pulled. Reset as the rod let fly with a howling run. 5mins of pump and wind and a nice jewie of 12kg comes over the side. 2 more losses indicated we were on the way to heading home. Up anchor, coldie for the trip, I mean medicinal purposes ;) and we were back at Fingal at 10pm.
Still feeling less than average I left everything on ice and showered and crashed :'( :'(
Still the sight and smell of fresh snapper is worth the bruising.