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Trip Reports Woody Head, Clarence coast Woody Head, Shark Bay & out wide | Woody Head, Shark Bay & out wide | | Print | |
| Written by Josh | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sunday, 26 July 2009 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Snapper for supper  Caught in 8 metres, directly north of Woody Head boat ramp As has been my way lately, I had both tuna and snapper on the mind today. Deciding where to go fishing today was easy, as I had to do a service call in Iluka in the morning, so Woody Head launch it was. Equipped with the full Island my plans were to take advantage of the predicted nth east winds and sail in that general direction and later drift back. There was a light northerly blowing when I hit the water, so I first tacked easterly for almost 10km, then swung around to the north west as the wind swung around from the nth east. I'd sailed 20km before I even had a strike today, and that bite came on the way in at Shark Bay. Trolling an 8m diving Predatek Viper (in exactly that depth of water) drew a solid strike from what felt much like snapper. This fish gave me a spirited fight, pulling as hard as it's weight would allow. I netted the fish with a deep stretch out from the tramp, trying my best not to get wet in the process. I switched to a flickstick to work the shallows on the way in and was 'rewarded' with a pike that I quickly returned to the water. That, I figure, is what one is supposed to do with small fish, but the sight I saw upon landing suggested otherwise. One teenage clan (I hope you're reading this mate) caught a bream of what must have been all of 15cm off the rocks right near the ramp. And oh my did he look supremely proud of himself when he snapped the fishes neck and threw it in a bucket. Then he looks over at me and smiles as if to say look how good I am. I could only respond by looking away in disgust. My mood now dampened by this sight, I wasn't feeling terribly chatty when surrounded by the obligatory fishing-kayak ooglers
When & where
10:00am launch,2:30pm land |
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