03/02/2025
Bloody tuff the couple days after! Sunday Pete had a full load aboard the Hulk , Macca's everywhere Younger brother Dean ,myself, my eldest son Scott and my youngest son Trent, The Plan head for the banks , look for Kingfish chase a Tuna come home easy right!
Well we met the boys at ramp 6am (was watching video feed at 4.30am from home and boats were launching then)
1.5 to 2hrs trip down depending on how rough the water is remembering 3 of us are 60+ so we feel it a lot more nowadays, Arrived at 8.15am at banks we checked a few spots for Kingfish but not this time . now there was already a few boats out there hooking up , we give them a wide berth with 5 rods in and the search begins , No birds , there was a few tell tale signs but we'll keep them to ourselves, 1st strike 3 rods go off mine,Scott's,and trent's , trent lost his at boat , Scott's gaffed in box mine on lighter line took a few mins but was gaffed in box , score 1 me 1 scott 1 dropped.
Lines back in , we moved away from the crowd and again 3 rods go off , this time mine,scott'sand Dean's and again mine is tagged n released only 8kg ,Scott's in box and again the boys on port side failed with Dean loosing his , 2me2scott2 dropped , lures back in , further away from crowd , while boiling the kettle for coffee n biccies , Pete was happy to drive and do the coffee and be our decky , Peter noticed a good sign and as he said he we go 5 rods go off , mayhem onboard with our big crew , unfortunately Scott's went across back of boat snap gorn , mine tagged , trent's in box , This went on for quite awhile , our last 5 way took the cake , while I got my last tagged fish in and Scott got his 3rd and released , trents in and released , Dean was waiting while we cleared the deck , Then his Reel started , only too have a tugawar with a hungry shark , while the boys and I sat back Dean n Pete chased it until it completed it bite , and Dean wound in what was left , The deck clears lures removed and bottom bounce gear set up we headed home , watching sounder for a feed , and sure enough Pete does a few donuts, found something , fresh slimie for bait and a few good nannies came up , we got a feed for all and headed for the 2hr trip back to Victor , A great day , A big thanks to Pete. Thanks to Dean for picking me up and paying fuel bill.
๐: big macca