My Weekend On The South Coast Options

[quintrex101]

Hey guys

Just spend the weekend down at my uncles, at Windang.

Had a pretty good relaxing weekend, caught a few fish and it was just a good all round weekend.

Left my place on Friday and got down Windang at 5pm, I went for a walk down to the lake and caught some Poddy Mullet and Whitebait in a small trap, and when I got back my uncle tells me how he wants to go for a fish off Port Kembla, no worries I’ll use the Poddies on Sunday. So I made some burley up and rigged up for Yakka’s on the light rods and Kings on the heavy rods.

I got up at 7 on Saturday and stopped in at the tackle shop, we got some Pilchards and fresh Prawns, only to look in the boat and realise e I had left the burley bucket at home, good one. No worries there like 5 bucks so I went back into the tackle shop. “Nah sorry mate, only got the drop style pots” alright no worries there is another tackle shop across the road, “Nah wouldn’t believe it just sold the last one about 10 minutes ago” or not.

Alright, that’s a downfall but we’ll work something out, put the boat in at the Port Kembla ramp, not a drop of wind, overcast, and looks like perfect fishing weather!






Got to the Yakka spot and put some burley in a bag with some holes it in and used a Hockey Strap to hold it over the side, yeah terrible, but it actually worked very well and we had Yakka’s around the boat within 10 minutes, the tank was full within 30 minutes.

Then it was Kingfish time, I put the throttle down and headed straight to the headlands, and as soon as we turned around the corner it was blowing 30 knot wind with a 2 meter swell, argh far out, I never get good weather.

Took it real slow to the first Island and put 2 livies out, while waiting for them to go off I was flicking for Snapper, but with a 2 meter swell and the wind it was hell, we drifted quick and the waves were close together, getting knocked around to much I thought maybe we’ll try just around the corner of the headland. Set the livies out there and put 2 baits with prawns on them to the bottom, got nothing, nothing, and nothing. After about 20 minutes the burley kicked in and we got some nice little snapper, all undersized but good fun anyway.

I was lucky enough to hook a legal Bream amongst all the Snapper at 26cm, one for the keep net at last.






After about 2 hours, one of the livies got bitten in half, I was thinking in my head must have been a Tailor, Send another livie out and zzZZzzzzzzzzz I was on, the fish ran to the anchor rope, Kingie much? Got up and bought the anchor up, it was a nice 40cm Tailor, oh well, still good, and a PB for me.






After that the action stopped 2 or so hours later we headed back, got a few more Yakka’s for tomorrow and headed in.






The next day was the day I wanted to fish Windang, got up at 7 and bought some fresh prawns.

First drift down the first channel and bang, the first Yakka was gone and we had a nice 45cm Flattie in the boat.





Next drift, nothing, snagged, snagged again, nothing. Alright, another drift.

Snagged, snagged, snagged, snagged, WTF? I have never got snagged fishing Windang and today we lost 6 livies to snags, and hooks, and sinkers, and swivels.

Alright so there were a few Yakka’s dead in the tank so we cut them in half and moved to a new spot with what looked like a hole near it.





First cast and bang, 53cm Flattie, nice! Next cast in the same spot, 51cm Flattie! Sweet, this is a top little spot.

Then after that the action stopped, again, and we got nothing for the next 2 hours.





The tide started to turn so we drifted down the channel with Prawns, we got nothing, for 2 hours trying all the spots, oh well with that we went and cleaned the fish, cleaned the boat and headed home.

All in all a good weekend, finding myself catching better and more fish more now with this boat, trying things I normally wouldn’t and it’s been paying off, just need to get into some decent Kings , that’ll be next week hopefully, already keen as!






Cheers

[nimrod]

Looks like you ended up doing all right. Better then me, bloody catfish and eels.

[NetPez]

good report

sounds like u had a top weekend

as someone recently said thats a good way to hold flatties

im going to st geoges basin tomorrow look out snapper
good fishing

[quintrex101]

I always hold Flatties like that

[Jumpus GooDarus]

just need to get into some decent Kings

Trying to work out your methods me think ewe amazing

When ewe're drifting with yakkatoons are ewe weighting them down ??

I've got a GooDarus idea

Get yourself a long garden hose turn it into a snorkel, now figure out a way to hold that flathead gaff of yours with your teeth without hindering your snorkel.

Jumpus into the water & when ewe see a girly fish swim by gaff it with your flathead gaff if your wearing high heels ewe'll be able to walk along the bottom.
Wunce ewe've gaffed your girl fush put it your prado handbag & go gaff a nutta wun

This has got 2b the worse year for legal girly fush in ages launched in the bay ran into sum mates hu'd allready been downrigging for an hr or so without a touch. I went to wun of my spots they followed & nailed a 72 cm, I got a throwback thought stuff this wind being more east ran down to jibbon to get some squids a wittle spot I know out of the wind.

Took ages to get them ling ling'd my mates to see if bay had picked up girly wise nope was the answer boys didn't get a touch since landing that 72 cm a bit sloppy but opted to fish jibbon bommy.

5 girls up in no time nothing bigger than 60 cm's so ran back into the bay with 4 squids left converted to 4 girls & I kid ewes not thought I was ketching same fishy every time they all measured spot on 64 cm's

[kkw]

Goodonya Danny. Still not impressed with how you hold that flattie. It may not survive the release after you stick a big knife in its head

[quintrex101]

Haha, thanks guys

Jumpy i'm not weighing them down, just putting a small pea sized sinker on and letting them swim around

[Jumpus GooDarus]

Jumpy i'm not weighing them down, just putting a small pea sized sinker on and letting them swim around

That can be a prob esp if drifting & there's a breeze blowing, yakkatoons will rise to the surface

Next time balance size of lead so as line runs around 45 degrees to the boat that way ewe'll know yakkatoon is down @ least 4 - 5 meters

That's the same sort of princible as if leadlining, your boat is a fad out there kungs will come for a stickybeak so dont have bait to far away

[quintrex101]

I noticed that the line was far away from the boat no good ay, i will try that next time i go out there, thanks