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Another cracking start for the month of March. We were out for a day charter with Nick Barry, his son Jake and mates Andy and Paul. Conditions were not the best with about 18knots of South Easterly blowing, but this didn’t worry the big Kevlacat. We headed out to patch of ground around 14 Nautical Miles from the end of the Jetty; when we arrived the sounder lit up like a Christmas tree and I told the boys to come and check it out and explained what we were fishing and showed them all the fish sitting there. We were on a rock about the size of a small car and the fish life was amazing. Seeing it was a bit rocky and I only drift on these small areas, we decided to fish 2 at a time. First to take the plate was Nick and Jake. I knew it was going to be full on as the tide was perfect and the fish were sitting up high off the bottom which indicates they are ready to chew.
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First baits went over; they arrived at the same time the bail arms were put in place and within 10 seconds we had a good old Scotty Hillier DH (double hookup). This is always pleasing to see first drop and both on. After a good fight and plenty of cheering we boated two nice Large Mouth Nannygai around the 4kg mark… what a start!
Paul was next up and as for Andy, well let’s say the beers the night before didn’t agree with the swell that day! So baits away again once I had repositioned and again a DH straight away with 2 more impressive Large Mouth Nannygai on the deck. This continued for the next couple of hours with the best Nannygai going around 8kg and not to mention the fish of the day went to Nick with a 7kg Red Emperor. Andy had come good by lunch time and boated a couple of nice Nannygai when on the last drop he was locked onto something big and powerful. After a torrid battle on the surface was a Cobia or Black Kingfish around the 20kg mark. It saw the boat and was gone again; what a battle, line being peeled at will.
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But then it was all over as the fish won the battle although we were happy to see it at least, we left the area at lunchtime enjoyed a feed a fresh king prawns on the way home and a good feed of fish for the boys to take with them.
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