Billo
03-09-2004, 09:52 AM
Headed down to Sydney Saturday night , got in around 8 pm and rallied the troops .
Made headway down to J Bay around 10 and arrived just after 1 am
After the hike down to the water , we proceeded to rig up , and hit a few live baits which surprising were working the surface right at the ledge .
We spent a few hours mucking around , we finally got some sleep .... a whole half an hour , before car loads started rocking up ..and we had no choise but to stay up to keep the spot .
luckily we had lines in the water all night , so we had the main ledge to ourselves .
It was unbelievably quiet ...live baits out all night and morning with schools of yakka and slimeys working the surface .
Eventually , around 10 am , the little brother was screaming .................I'M ON ....get the GAFFFF!!!!!!!
15 minutes of battling , we finally got it to the surface , and the gaff was sunk ......you little beauty !
It was what we went down for ,...and made the trip worthwhile , but we wanted more .
With bait schools still in the area , we put a few more in .
I let one bait head to the current lines , and at about 300 metres from the shore ...the water around the balloon blew up
whatever it was ....it wa BIG......but unfortunately didn't hook up , and even though i left the bait out for a few minutes , the fish that struck did not return.
Bait came in dead and with on scratch down the side .
We believe it was an early season Marlin , but can't confirm because of the distance it was out ....
Would have been nice to get another fish to the stone , but who can complain with a decent king like this one off the rocks !?
Made headway down to J Bay around 10 and arrived just after 1 am
After the hike down to the water , we proceeded to rig up , and hit a few live baits which surprising were working the surface right at the ledge .
We spent a few hours mucking around , we finally got some sleep .... a whole half an hour , before car loads started rocking up ..and we had no choise but to stay up to keep the spot .
luckily we had lines in the water all night , so we had the main ledge to ourselves .
It was unbelievably quiet ...live baits out all night and morning with schools of yakka and slimeys working the surface .
Eventually , around 10 am , the little brother was screaming .................I'M ON ....get the GAFFFF!!!!!!!
15 minutes of battling , we finally got it to the surface , and the gaff was sunk ......you little beauty !
It was what we went down for ,...and made the trip worthwhile , but we wanted more .
With bait schools still in the area , we put a few more in .
I let one bait head to the current lines , and at about 300 metres from the shore ...the water around the balloon blew up
whatever it was ....it wa BIG......but unfortunately didn't hook up , and even though i left the bait out for a few minutes , the fish that struck did not return.
Bait came in dead and with on scratch down the side .
We believe it was an early season Marlin , but can't confirm because of the distance it was out ....
Would have been nice to get another fish to the stone , but who can complain with a decent king like this one off the rocks !?