vertico
05-10-2003, 06:41 AM
Ventured out again at around 2:30 am to Wellington Point Reef for a spot of fishing. Brought some whole squid and IQF pilchards along for bait. A mate of mine scored a 29cm grass sweetlip about 2 minutes after anchoring up on half a pilchard. The night went on and a few more squire of around 34cm were brought aboard and promptly put back into the water. I was running a very small sinker and some big Mustad 3/0 or 4/0 big red hooks with 20lb fireline, but i kep getting smashed by some huge fish on the reef ??? :'( :'( They dont give you much time to set the hook and pull them up before you are either bitten through or smashed on the Reef. Was fishing in around 3metres off water between the Huybers beacon and the flashing beacons just off wellington point. The tide was running out and i positioned the boat so that deeper water was behind the boat towards straddy and we were sitting on a nice patch of rocky bottom. Any ideas on how I can stop these fish from biting me through or smashing me on the coral without spooking them ? As 20lb fireline is fairly thin and i was running big baits like whole squid or half a pilchard. All in all we put alot back but we did manage one squire which went 37cm. ( this went in the esky)
Might head back out tonight or early tomorrow morning again for another session against these mysterious fish which I think might be 1 -> 2kg sweetlip.
Thanks
Might head back out tonight or early tomorrow morning again for another session against these mysterious fish which I think might be 1 -> 2kg sweetlip.
Thanks