Hit Peel solo on Saturday as Kyle had a hot online date with his new PS3 game (Battlefield 3) on Friday night! Arrived pre-dawn to magic conditions with lots of surface activity and baitschools lighting up the sounder. Got a small snap on a blade with my second drop only to have it sharked halfway to the boat. Poor little bugger didn't know what hit him! Over the next hour I was sharked once more, landed half a dozen snaps to 34cm and landed three whaler sharks - the biggest around 1.2m - all on 10lb braid. They actually hit my blade and soft plastic..
Drifted near the Isolated Hazard Beacon when Archer (Joe) came over for a quick chat. He was hunting tuna but they were scarce. Good to put a face to another AA name. Nice to meet ya Joe!
After a quick drift on the east side that yielded a small tuskie I headed to Bird Island for some breamin...
I had my favourite mirashad already tied on as I arrived and I threw it to a small surface disruption...ZZZZZZZZZZ! I was on immediately and after a long fight I landed a good sized dart! Then I cracked a pattern that saw me spot-lock the i-pilot, cast across the current/tidal run and retrieve the mirashad with a dead slow roll with the odd pause.
First to fall was a 32cm grassy emperor, then a 38cm snap, then another 10 small snaps, another small grassy emperor, another 37cm snap, a 35cm snap and then a 38cm silver trevally. Another 7 small snapper before a 36cm hit the deck - all on the same mirashad with 4lb nanofil and 6lb leader. I think I've discovered my new love. Everything but bream on bream gear! T'was a morning of long zzzzzzzzzs...
Headed out again today (Sunday) with a tired and bug-eyed Kyle but a blustery northerly wind made conditions difficult. Kyle nailed a 34cm snap on his blade before we again headed to Bird Island. Kyle lost his gold mirashad when he got dusted by a grassy that made it back to the coral. My mirashad started to score immediately and I manged 4 snaps to 36cm. The mirashad lost a treble to a big hit and was retired for the rest of the day...
We then tried the coral at SW Rocks where I got a 35cm snapper on a R2S chubby and finally Kyle nailed a small bream. We then headed to Ormiston reef to use the wind drift and high tide to our advantage. Kyle managed another 5 bream to 26cm and a small gold spot cod. My mojo had disappeared with the mirashad and I could only manage a single small cod from three drifts...
We called it a day soon after and headed in for lunch. I will try to add some pics tomorrow. Lots of fun on the bay...
Cheers
Pete & Kyle:)
