Went fishing Tuesday morning, the wind dropped off nicely at midnight and stayed down all morning. The swell was quite big though around 2-2.5m. We fished for tarpon at first and had lots of hits and nudges but only one hookup which instantly jumped off... Frustrating but thats Tarpon fishing for you. I did get a 60cm jewie on a grass minnow but that was all.
Come dawn we had a look around wavebreak saw a big school of (i think)GT's come up for about 20 seconds, managed a couple of hits on poppers, but they didnt return. Fished herring around the north wall for 1 bigeye, 1 jewie, 1 moses perch and about 10 bream. Cast a grass minnow around the wash and managed a GT around 40cm. Headed offshore and found schools of small mack tuna and frigates all around 40-50cm. Caught about a dozen of those before they disappeared. Coming back in during the runout tide was fun...
Nothing too exciting in that trip but at least we managed a few fish.
nice work Craig, can you tell me where you get those fish magnets from? haha.
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Hey Craig, great to hear another report from you (…been way too long since I got out there)
I have often wondered…how do you go pre-dawn or after dark in the seaway around the walls, especially in this larger swell we’ve been copping? Ive always been put off going too early because Ive been worried about having a close encounter with some rocks in the dark!
Do you have any advice to fish safely/successfully in the dark? Do you pick nights with some moon light or do you have any other methods?
Regards,
Tim