Continued up checking out any small run-offs with a few speculative casts thrown in. On one nice run-off we sounded a school of fish sitting on a lump but we must have spooked them as we peppered the area for a while with not a hit. Eventually Richie scored a nice fish by casting his Zerek Fish Rap right at the base of a Pandanus clump. He had had a bit of trouble getting snagged in the same place but eventually solved the issue by extracting the culprit. After a break in the shade, a Bourbon and a few mouthfulls of Chicken Crimpys we continued up to Manton which looked pretty good with a bit of bait around the weeds but couldn't get any takers.
Heading back down we stopped at a few of the same spots for a quick flick for no success. We pulled up at Beatrice which had quite a few small baitfish flicking around the shallow banks so we dropped the electric and started peppering the area.
Richie was first to strike with another fish on his Fish rap by casting just wide of the bank where the bait was huddled. A couple more bumps and fish for him then I finally scored my first fish for the day on a Reidys Fish Snakz vibe (kindly donated for the Fotofish prize pack
)
A couple more fish were landed by following the baitfish as they moved along the bank as the tide turned.We decided to call it a day and the skipper spun the Hornet around, clicked her into gear, throttle all the way down (the Hornet's only got two speeds
) and headed back to the ramp just on dark. It was worth battling the afternoon heat as we finished the day with 7 or 8 fish which isn't too bad for the Adelaide.....
