Hey guys,
Went out fishing off the rocks at Manly for some drummer or groper and ended up doing alright.
We also got a few leather jackets and heaps of wrasse which we threw back.
Withing the first 15mins of fishing we got 2 leatherjackets and a drummer, then it all went quiet for a while then my mate hooked up a nice female groper which was a challenge to bring in fishing in between reefs, as the fish came up the big blue daddy followed it all the way to top, i was spewing as i had just hooked up another leathery or would have dropped my bait straight down and tried to hook him up.
We were wrapped with how the day was going soo far then we hooked up a even bigger monster (assuming it was the big blue) which took a run straight down into the reef before we could say boo. We gave it line hoping it would come out but nope he didnt want to budge, we found some local divers who thought the $50 dollars wasn't enough to warrant them a quick dive to see if they can free then. After 20mins we gave up on it and cut the line.
We learnt our lesson and i put my 6500 baitrunner on full lock just in case he was still hungry. i was dropping my bait where he ran and hid previously and within another half hour we hook up again and after a shorter dash he won again finding a nice little place to hide.
Although we didnt get the blue one it was a good days fishing, we were only out on the rocks for 3hours before heading back.
heres some pics of my mate with his groper and the days keepers.
Hopefully this weekend i can get the big blue.
days catch