Alchemy
17-08-2008, 09:28 PM
Frank, Tim and I headed out yesterday morning from Ross ck. The day didn't start well with me leaving the boat keys at home, then the oil alarm going off at launch. Fortunately the alarm was just the service reminder! As we left the creek, the gps died, so I loaded a couple of the marks into an old hand held I always carry.
On arrival I sounded around to find a small show and the pick went down. All quiet so we moved to a better show. Here we were plagued by little trevors and school macs. Frank doesn't mind a feed of mac, so we kept about a dozen around 50 - 60cm for him.
The nannygai were either slow or too small. This trend continued till the tide changed. The macs were so thick and we were losing so much tackle that I made up a wire trace about four inches long. I put a ball sinker on the wire so if they hit the sinker, then I wouldn't lose the rig. Surprisingly this worked and an 8kg nanny hit the deck soon after. Frank got a nanny of similar size too. Frank and Tim also managed to find a few legal nannies around the 45cm mark too, which helped the esky.
Next move for me was to try an sp. I had a couple of packs of Atomic Guzzlerz to try. These were in the 7" size and are made from 100% bio-degradable stuff. Unlike the Gulps they're not supposed to dry out. Time will tell I guess. Early on I got small nannies, trevors and school macs. Then I hooked into a really solid fish which peeled drag effortlessly from my Daiwa Advantage spinning reel. Unfortunately I panicked and and over did the drag, breaking the 30lb braid, bugger! Tim was also using sp, but the 7" Gulps. Tim got a stack of trevors and macs, plus a few small nannies.
A quick re-rig and I was over the side again. This time another good hook up, but a much softer drag. I was really concerned I'd be bricked, but this fish played clean and after a good fight a solid nanny close to 6kg was in the net. A few more little ones, then I was smashed again. This time I put a bit more drag on, but couldn't do much except hope this fish didn't go to ground. Fortunately he didn't, and after a solid fight a fat cod was boated. The cod pulled the boga scales beyond their 30lb limit, so am not quite sure how heavy it was. I was pretty happy though after getting that aboard.
The day started out a bit bumpy, but glassed out to a beautiful warm day. We cruised home, getting back to the ramp about 330pm. The esky held nine nannies (6 little ones and 3 good ones), the fat cod, 12 macs and a few trevors (for Frank). Given the bad start to the day, I should've expected something else would go wrong. After dragging the boat out at the ramp we found we had a flat tyre.
At least we got out and got a feed though :)
Heres a few pics.
Regards,
Dave.
On arrival I sounded around to find a small show and the pick went down. All quiet so we moved to a better show. Here we were plagued by little trevors and school macs. Frank doesn't mind a feed of mac, so we kept about a dozen around 50 - 60cm for him.
The nannygai were either slow or too small. This trend continued till the tide changed. The macs were so thick and we were losing so much tackle that I made up a wire trace about four inches long. I put a ball sinker on the wire so if they hit the sinker, then I wouldn't lose the rig. Surprisingly this worked and an 8kg nanny hit the deck soon after. Frank got a nanny of similar size too. Frank and Tim also managed to find a few legal nannies around the 45cm mark too, which helped the esky.
Next move for me was to try an sp. I had a couple of packs of Atomic Guzzlerz to try. These were in the 7" size and are made from 100% bio-degradable stuff. Unlike the Gulps they're not supposed to dry out. Time will tell I guess. Early on I got small nannies, trevors and school macs. Then I hooked into a really solid fish which peeled drag effortlessly from my Daiwa Advantage spinning reel. Unfortunately I panicked and and over did the drag, breaking the 30lb braid, bugger! Tim was also using sp, but the 7" Gulps. Tim got a stack of trevors and macs, plus a few small nannies.
A quick re-rig and I was over the side again. This time another good hook up, but a much softer drag. I was really concerned I'd be bricked, but this fish played clean and after a good fight a solid nanny close to 6kg was in the net. A few more little ones, then I was smashed again. This time I put a bit more drag on, but couldn't do much except hope this fish didn't go to ground. Fortunately he didn't, and after a solid fight a fat cod was boated. The cod pulled the boga scales beyond their 30lb limit, so am not quite sure how heavy it was. I was pretty happy though after getting that aboard.
The day started out a bit bumpy, but glassed out to a beautiful warm day. We cruised home, getting back to the ramp about 330pm. The esky held nine nannies (6 little ones and 3 good ones), the fat cod, 12 macs and a few trevors (for Frank). Given the bad start to the day, I should've expected something else would go wrong. After dragging the boat out at the ramp we found we had a flat tyre.
At least we got out and got a feed though :)
Heres a few pics.
Regards,
Dave.