Well. A quick report. Went out yesterday as planned. The motor, boat and, importantly, the batteries all went well. The weather was a bit of a disappointment though. Far from the predicted less than 0.5m seas I would say they were closer to 1m in the eastern bay. The first gps mark proved a fizzer with the supposed “Hump” at 60 feet deep proving to be a flat tableland acres in extent, all of it 60 feet in depth! Lol. Moved to the next mark only to find a boat already positioned right over top. Every mark anywhere near a beacon was surrounded by boats so we started heading down the bay to the next set of marks but got sick of the chop on top of a decent swell, so headed over to Mud where we proceeded to wet a line for the remainder of the trip. At least it was more like the predicted 0.5 m there. The sum total of fish caught was 2 grinners. We threw these back because even though I seem to remember someone saying we’re good bait (I think) I still despise them from when I used to catch them many years ago. We did get some decent bites here which felt like squire but could have been anything I suppose. It glassed out from the river mouth in, so was able to open the big merc up a bit. All in all, a successful boating outing but a less successful fishing one. Hopefully I’ll find a spot soon where I can take my teenage sons and actually have a chance of catching some reef fish.
cheers
Greg O
