Hi All
Had my super light fishing gear (Two DrunkMonkies 1-2kg rod / 5lb braid / no leader) having a bit of a play down at Cabarita hoping for a bream or tailor. I was using a Daiwa Slippery Dog surface lure and casting around the structure without much luck.
Last cast of the day (which was about my 4th or 5th last cast) there was a massive surface blowup and line started pulling off my reel faster than I could manage. The rod was buckled over and I was cradling the spool trying to give it some support. The fish went on a few solid runs and I just let him run with it otherwise I would have busted off - no idea what it was. Every so often it would leap out of the water and try to throw the lure, but unbelievably the gear held tight.
At one point I said to the Mrs, it might be a jewfish, at which she innocently replied "Is it a religious fish ?", sometimes its hard to tell if she's being serious or taking the piss.
After some time, I managed to work him into shore and couldn't believe it, it was a big Aussie Salmon .... would never have dreamt catching one so far up Parramatta River. I had to scramble down a 70 degree rock face to get to the water and got him close enough to try and get the hooks out and let him go, but I lost him right at the waters edge and he swam off.
I was worried about taking too much time to bring him in ... was wondering what do you do when you are grossly over-matched .... do you deliberately bust off or just stick with it and try and get it over with as quickly as possible ?