Launched at the camping ground ramp yesterday, we arrived at about 8-00am, most of the boats and there were more trailers than I've seen before. luckily most boats were already out on the water. We intended to cross the bar and head for Gannet, the crossing was good, headed for 40m mark and bottom fished, caught some nice snapper and Gurnard. Conditions were good out wide and there were a lot of fishermen out there.
Headed for Gannett, trolled and caught some nice Albies, Jigged for Kingies at Gannet caught a 16kg and headed back to Jackson's. Bottom fished for awhile, caught some small snapper which we didn't keep and some other grey coloured fish which we weren't sure of the breed. Wind was getting up and we didn't want to get caught in the onslaught of boats that would eventually cross back into the harbour so we headed in. The joggle was pretty intense and I was surprised to see a small open boat navigating it, bit silly if you asked me, was nearly swallowed up by the pressure waves !
Very pleased with the new boat, Surtees 700 Game Fisher, handled the chop very well, new 200 HP Yammie was economical 25 knots @ 25 lph, quick when it was calm 37 knots, very good rig for the west coast. Great mornings fishing, better than last time by far.