The morning started off by everyone meeting at Greys Point boat ramp at 6am, it was still dark as the first 3 boats (including ours) launched.
While waiting for the 4th and final boat to arrive one of the guys sitting in his boat realized he left the bung in, his feet were getting wet ! haha, so we put it back on the trailer and emptied the water out, just as that was finished the 4th boat arrived and launched and we were setting off for a fish.
Daylight was breaking which made it alot easier to see.
The weather looked beautiful, as we drove around the corner and seen the sun breaking over Jibbion heads we thought, yeah that looks like it's worth a try. Got out to Jibbion and it was windy, choppy and impossible to hold bottom. We put heavy sinkers on but only managed to catch a few undersized Flathead, well, lots, 10 + Flatties came over the side and not one was legal, the biggest going 32cm. Dad did manage to catch a decent Leatherjacket though, i thought there would be plagues of them but i was wrong.
My dad then told everyone to reel in and move over for a fish off Jibbion beach. I thought nah this is crap, so i told him, lets go pump so nippers and anchor up in South West Arm, start a small berley trail out of the wind, and fish nippers lightly weighted with tiny hooks and 4lb line. Dad agreed and went along with it.
We made our way over to the sandbar and started pumping for nippers, it was freezing cold and my hands and feet were going numb, plus i was wearing skinny jeans and rabens which i managed to get soaked ! my feet were so numb for the rest of the day haha. After 15 minutes i wanted to get out of there. We had 20 nippers which i thought would be enough for a while, we had pilchards as well so there is enough bait.
We made our way over to South West Arm and anchored up. I set the burley trail out and got the first baits in and sat back and thought, well isn't this relaxing ? out of the wind, nice and comfy, i loved it.
Within a few minutes dad hooked up to the first fish, a cute little 27cm Bream on a nipper
That was a good start, in the live well he went (i ended up releasing him at the end of the day anyway) and we kept fishing, 30 or 40 minutes later with heaps of bites i finally hooked up to something decent, it kept going for quick runs and wasn't coming up, it felt heavy, it turned out to be the biggest Trevally i've ever caught ! it was heaps thick, it went 49cm long. Not bad for 4lb line and a hook smaller then a 5 cent piece
We kept fishing for around 3 hours, the peace and quiet made it really relaxing, even though only small bream were caught amongst the 4 boats for the rest of the time, we enjoyed the day.
We headed in and had our BBQ lunch, bacon and eggs, too good, loved it
Here is the total catch for the day, i released the bream at the ramp knowing the Trevally and Leatherjacket would be enough for a fresh feed.
It was a nice way to spend the day, even though it was windy we managed to keep out of it and get amongst some good fish and have a good time.
