Pongrass18ft Posted December 16, 2016 Share Posted December 16, 2016 Hi Raiders It's been a while so just thought I'd put in a report on my last Wednesday's trip to the Hacking. Fished Bate Bay early morning and was happy with anything really as haven't been able to get out in a while due to work commitments. Tried all different reef areas in the bay on the drift and found it was very quiet until around lunchtime where I started my berley trail in the northern side of the bay. Anchored up in 60ft of water. It was a nice feeling pulling up fish (haven't done that in a while). From 12.30pm to 2.30pm I was able to bring up some Trevally, Snapper, Black Spotted Goat Fish (which is a first for me), Flathead and a few squid and the usual reefies. The finishing touch to the day was having a very large Macko come up to the boat which I got him on the heavy gear with a floating pillie soaked in tuna oil which gave me awesome fun and then released him boat side. Only used Pilchard for bait. Was a great day out. As us Greek's will say "to barbouni irthe spiti". Sorry, only have pictures of the goat fish as fishing took over that day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest stephanb79 Posted December 16, 2016 Share Posted December 16, 2016 Nice good job feels good when u haven't been out in ages .. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blackfish angler Posted December 16, 2016 Share Posted December 16, 2016 Well done nice report looks like you got some fine fish Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackfish Posted December 16, 2016 Share Posted December 16, 2016 Thats a fair Goaty there, nice one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yowie Posted December 17, 2016 Share Posted December 17, 2016 A good sized goatfish there Chris, and the mako would have been some fun. Had a few of them cruise up to the boat over the years, not too far off the shore line. Dave. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest hawkesbass Posted December 17, 2016 Share Posted December 17, 2016 Very nice. Good to see you out and about. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryder Posted December 17, 2016 Share Posted December 17, 2016 Well done Chris, sounds like a great day out. I don't see a baitfishing record for Goatfish? Only lure at 30cm. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pongrass18ft Posted December 17, 2016 Author Share Posted December 17, 2016 On 12/16/2016 at 7:32 PM, stephanb79 said: Nice good job feels good when u haven't been out in ages .. Thanks Stephan. Can count my fishing trips this year on my left hand. It's great to be out on the water fishing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pongrass18ft Posted December 17, 2016 Author Share Posted December 17, 2016 On 12/16/2016 at 7:51 PM, blackfish angler said: Well done nice report looks like you got some fine fish The fish was very tasty compared to eating from the fish shops. Kids made a short way of the Trevally, they love it cut as sushimi. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pongrass18ft Posted December 17, 2016 Author Share Posted December 17, 2016 On 12/16/2016 at 8:29 PM, Blackfish said: Thats a fair Goaty there, nice one. I've never seen one that size, it was nice to bring it in. Tasted great too, baked in the oven. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pongrass18ft Posted December 17, 2016 Author Share Posted December 17, 2016 18 hours ago, Yowie said: A good sized goatfish there Chris, and the mako would have been some fun. Had a few of them cruise up to the boat over the years, not too far off the shore line. Dave. Hi Dave Been a workaholic in 2016, can't complain though. The Goat fish was an amazing site to see in the water, it's equal to the red gurnards which I have let go every time I have caught them but this poor goaty had to come home as I was well over buying fish. The Macko was a beauty, you never know when they are going to pop up and not far from my boat was a man paddling a kayak. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pongrass18ft Posted December 17, 2016 Author Share Posted December 17, 2016 18 hours ago, hawkesbass said: Very nice. Good to see you out and about. Thanks. You know me when there's no work (which isn't often) I'm out on the water. The Chrissy break will be good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pongrass18ft Posted December 17, 2016 Author Share Posted December 17, 2016 18 hours ago, Ryder said: Well done Chris, sounds like a great day out. I don't see a baitfishing record for Goatfish? Only lure at 30cm. Hi Andrew, Thanks for that. I'll add it to the fishraider record. Sounds good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
big Neil Posted December 17, 2016 Share Posted December 17, 2016 Well done mate, persistence paid off big time. Great report and picture too. However, you need to make and keep a New Years Resolution. "I will make more time for fishing". Too late when you can't do it any more. Cheers,BN Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackfish Posted December 20, 2016 Share Posted December 20, 2016 Thats a worthy Catch of the Month Pongrass. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pongrass18ft Posted December 20, 2016 Author Share Posted December 20, 2016 On 12/18/2016 at 8:17 AM, big Neil said: Well done mate, persistence paid off big time. Great report and picture too. However, you need to make and keep a New Years Resolution. "I will make more time for fishing". Too late when you can't do it any more. Cheers,BN Hi Neil Tried hard but not happening. I feel the pain. Can't complain though, self employed and work is keeping me busy. Chris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pongrass18ft Posted December 20, 2016 Author Share Posted December 20, 2016 50 minutes ago, Blackfish said: Thats a worthy Catch of the Month Pongrass. I know but doesn't meet the requirements. For me though, it was a tasty catch of the year Family feast on it's own. Can't wait to get out there again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
big Neil Posted December 20, 2016 Share Posted December 20, 2016 1 hour ago, Pongrass18ft said: Hi Neil Tried hard but not happening. I feel the pain. Can't complain though, self employed and work is keeping me busy. Chris As long as you're happy with your circumstances Chris, life's good. Being retired I get to go fishing as often as I want. Like you I love it. Cheers mate have a relaxing break if you get one. BN Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Basil D Posted December 30, 2016 Share Posted December 30, 2016 well done Chris, great to catch up again for a beer and last nights prawning was amazing, froze my ball bearing off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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