Yes you guessed it, time for another Naki fish
. Wondaboy was otherwise engaged baby sitting
, but he informed me that Adam was keen for a fish. Nubee was batching so I was expecting a text from him if he wasn't working, which came later on and yes he was keen
. Adam went on the piss so he was going to be a no show
. The moon faze wasn't great, however the sea was going to be clean if it was possible to get out, as the swell was forecast to be 2 metre. We arrived simultaneously at WC fish supermarket at 7.30 to a clean sea, little wind and a launch-able swell
. We set off without a dumping and followed the inner reef searching for good signs and soon Nubee found some structure that he was keen to drop a line on. I followed on out the reef and dropped anchor on another good spot. Eternity passed before i got my first bite. It turned out to be a KY which i lost at the side of the yak. Meanwhile I heard what i thought was a faint YE Ha, however Nubee was 700 or 800 metres away so i wasn't sure and as this was only the second time out with Nubee, I also wasn't clear on what size snapps warranted a YE HA. The stray line bounced again, was set and i reeled in what felt like a lump of seaweed. however I was surprised to find it was a 10lb snapps. The line peeled out and soon a cuda arrived at the yak, only to shoot under the yak severing my burly line in the process. The day was slow, pulling in small snapps, with only 1 going in the bin. Nubee had packed up and reached me with a smile on his face and 4 snapps in the bin. A pannie, a 6.5lb, a 14.5lb and a 16.5lb
. Well done Nubee
Nubee headed back and i stayed on for 3/4 of an hour until bite time, during which time 1 more panie and a KY went in the bin. I was packing up and went to reel in my ledger, but found it was just a dead weight and the reason was revealed when an octopus surfaced, that was eager to cling to the bottom of my yak. I discovered he had my burley line and upon retrieving my burley bag
, i unhooked him (without him climbing up my arm
) and with a quick thanks for my bag mate, he was only too keen to head for the bottom. I scouted the sea on the way in wondering if Nubee had been trashed in the surf
(after last weeks debacle
) and was floating out to sea, however i soon spied him on the shore. I studied the surf and caught a nice wave in, eager wanting to ask the question "did you get trashed". "NO was the confident reply. This was followed up by a sheepish "I jumped off first"
The day ended with a very happy Nubee the winner of the day
A couple of pics of today's outing
Nubee with his 16.5lb
A happy Nube with his 14.5lb and 16.5lb
Mr octopus with my burley line
Well done on the catch Nubee.
We'll go for the big fish next week
The solution to any problem - work, money, love, whatever - is to go fishing - the worse the problem the longer the fishing trip should be.
"I have a lot of very large problems"