South Gutter overnight
Posted: Sun Jun 28, 2020 6:57 pm
I haven't had much luck fishing this year, and with a 4 month old finding a window to fish it tricky.
Yesterday arvo I threw the swag and a packet of chips in the boat and headed to South Gutter on sunset. Big tides but beggars can't be choosers.
Heading almost west meant I saw the whole sunset until the moon and stars took over. The water was just lumpy enough to feel the hull slicing through but not so much to be uncomfortable.
I arrived around 7PM, a couple of hours before high. Drifting baits with a few sinkers was my only option, but no luck. As the current slowed I dropped the minn kota. There was a window of about 20 mins with low current and no wind, and I pulled up a goldie, massive flag and a tricky in quick succession.
Out of nowhere the wind picked up, the motor struggled and spot lock was off the cards. I tried to anchor over my marks in 40m of water but kept overshooting before grabbing. 4 attempts with the full 100m had me buggered so I let it be and fished where I ended up. I went back to my old form i.e. shark fishing and ended up with a few to 10kg.
Rough night with the wind not dropping, I arose at 4 and rolled my swag before dropping a sandmar/redfish/squid combo which was promptly smashed. Ripper, jewy!!! A minute in and I must have torn a tooth off a gear, which made it tough going. Eventually got the fish to the surface to discover... another shark.
At first grey I trolled a couple of laps looking for a Spaniard but to no avail. Pretty certain I spotted a billie on the sounder, as well as a ball of bait. I dropped a slug down a few times with arms trembling but no luck.
Once there was enough light I motored back home to resume parental services. Not many fish to show for it but a feed, bit of scenery and some quiet contemplation.
Hope the 2 other boats out there got a few.
Yesterday arvo I threw the swag and a packet of chips in the boat and headed to South Gutter on sunset. Big tides but beggars can't be choosers.
Heading almost west meant I saw the whole sunset until the moon and stars took over. The water was just lumpy enough to feel the hull slicing through but not so much to be uncomfortable.
I arrived around 7PM, a couple of hours before high. Drifting baits with a few sinkers was my only option, but no luck. As the current slowed I dropped the minn kota. There was a window of about 20 mins with low current and no wind, and I pulled up a goldie, massive flag and a tricky in quick succession.
Out of nowhere the wind picked up, the motor struggled and spot lock was off the cards. I tried to anchor over my marks in 40m of water but kept overshooting before grabbing. 4 attempts with the full 100m had me buggered so I let it be and fished where I ended up. I went back to my old form i.e. shark fishing and ended up with a few to 10kg.
Rough night with the wind not dropping, I arose at 4 and rolled my swag before dropping a sandmar/redfish/squid combo which was promptly smashed. Ripper, jewy!!! A minute in and I must have torn a tooth off a gear, which made it tough going. Eventually got the fish to the surface to discover... another shark.
At first grey I trolled a couple of laps looking for a Spaniard but to no avail. Pretty certain I spotted a billie on the sounder, as well as a ball of bait. I dropped a slug down a few times with arms trembling but no luck.
Once there was enough light I motored back home to resume parental services. Not many fish to show for it but a feed, bit of scenery and some quiet contemplation.
Hope the 2 other boats out there got a few.