How good is Peel...?

[Peter4]

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

[Snodger]

Another nice couple of trips Pete. Well done mate I look forward to a peel trip one day with Cheryl.
Steve

[BR65]

nice one boys

[Bazil Brush]

Great report Peter.
Baz

[matt fraser]

Plenty of action there Pete, good work on getting the sharks in!

Do you ever throw Gulps?

Cheers,

Matt

[Barramag]

Top report Pete,love reading them.You and Kyle never seem to miss out on your trips well done.Good to see the Nanofil is still doing it for you.
Paulo

[Peter4]

Do you ever throw Gulps?

Nah Matt. We used to throw them all the time with mixed success but we got sick of the smelly gulp juice leaking and stinking up the place. We now use atomics and zooms...

Top report Pete,love reading them.You and Kyle never seem to miss out on your trips well done.Good to see the Nanofil is still doing it for you.

Lovin' the Nanofil Paulo. Had the odd wind knot but nowhere near as much as with Crystal Fireline. Extra casting distance more than makes up for it!

We always manage at least a fish or two. Saturday was a cracker for me. Final count was around 30 snapper, 3 sharks, 2 grassy emperor, a dart, a pike, a tuskie and a silver trevally...nice variety!

[matt fraser]

Nah Matt. We used to throw them all the time with mixed success but we got sick of the smelly gulp juice leaking and stinking up the place. We now use atomics and zooms...

Ah, now I see why you keep getting the little ones.........

[Big_Ren]

Nice one P&K!