On Saturday 20th April
2019, the bonanza had been called off due to strong NE winds in the morning but
there was a SW predicted for later in the day. We decided to take the
opportunity and fish socially during the lull.
At 11am Hansie, Ruben, Terry and
I launched headed to the pipeline and managed to get some nice livies. We then
headed to the ledge to look for bonnies. The sea was surprisingly flat and we
were a bit disappointed that we had not launched earlier. Be that as it may, we
set about looking for bait and within a short time, we had some bonnies in the
tubes and some spare in the bait box. The SW was already on the horizon so we didn’t
have too much time and high-tailed it to Petingo.
On arrival the water looked great,
there were no boats and the garfish were everywhere on the surface… things had
to happen. I quickly rigged up 2 bonnies, a wala and a live maasbanker while
Hansie trolled over the wreck. We were expecting a pull at any moment… but
nothing. After several passes over the wreck the SW wind came through. It was
about 15 knots so we continued fishing.
We had just gone over a good
showing when the deep live bait went away. Ruben fought a small blacktip
kingfish to the boat where it was released. The bait was quickly reset and on
the next turn, it went away again. The fish gave Ruben a better pull and soon
he had his first rainbow runner on the boat.
The bonnies were very quiet and
just as we were ready to pack up, one was eaten by a hammerhead shark. At 4pm
we upped lines and headed home.
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