What a day, we left the marina at around 7, it was overcast and about 1.5 metre south east seas. Started fishing in 70 fathoms, trolled out over the shelf towards Tuross, NSW.
Fishing was a little slow with not much bait around, then a little after lunch we had a Hammerhead shark checking out our teasers, Foxy threw in a live stripey and the Hammerhead pounced on it. After 40 minutes on 24 kilo Dennis had the shark to the boat, where Foxy released the three metre shark boat side. Then a short time later we were jigging bait on a bait school and a 2.5 meter Mako shark followed the bait jig up and tried to attack everything else that was still in the water including the teasers. We pitched a live stripey to the Mako who immediately ate it and we were hooked up. At the end of the day a good time was had by all.
Indeed, I thoroughly enjoyed the day. In addition to the two sharks, especially the one Dennis battled so successfully with, we were treated to several pods of dolphins as well as a school of pilot whales escorting us along the way. Not to mention the pesky seal that came to watch as the hamnmer head was being drawn closer and closer to the boat.
ReplyDeleteA great day, thanks to the crew for a very professional and enjoyable day out. I'll be back for sure!