Sunday, November 27, 2016

Lucky Dip

On Sunday 27th November, Terence and I launched AVANTI off Vidal. We fished for bait for an hour and only managed 6 livies. We decided to head south with some lures and see what was going on. It did not take too long to find a good current line and tent tight with a small skipjack which we released. There seemed to be some life on the line so I rigged up 2 livies, one deep and one on top. 

Terence with his pb cuda
About 10 minutes later, the deep bait smoked off and Terence fought a good cuda to the boat. I managed to get the gaff in and hauled a 14kg cuda aboard. Now the pressure was off so we could relax. 
A nice Kaakap
I reset the deep bait and minutes later went on with a small bonnie which went into the luna tube. I rigged up a heavy trace on a strong rod with 80lbs braid and pinned the bonnie. The rod was in the holder for about 2 minutes when the rod revved and then keeled over. The reel smoked off as on the surface as a marlin made a run for it. I cleared the other line and chased the fish which was heading for deeper water. Terence put some pressure on the fish and it made a u-turn and ran flat out shallower right on the surface, almost stripping the reel. I followed it with great haste and finally caught up with it. We thought it had settle, but it took off on a long run again. Eventually it was near the boat but when it took off on another run, the leader wrapped around the tail and parted off. Unlucky!
Fresh fish for supper!
I headed back to where we hooked the fish and rerigged. This time it took 20 mins before we got a pull. Terence battled a stubborn fish to the surface. It was a 7kg kaakap. Unfortunately they are now classified as a bottom fish so it was put away.

Things went quiet and we decided to head back early as there was almost no bait left. While I was retrieving the last line, the rod was pulled flat by a feisty dorado that snatched the bait! Awesome! It looked like every strike was a lucky dip as we never knew what they would be. After boating the fish, we headed back to shore and enjoyed the rest of the day on the beach.

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