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Monday, 24 September 2007

Black Marlin and Yellowfin Tuna spotted, but not hooked

ar-we-ther-yet onto a small Spotty Mackeral

Launch:	- 6:10 AM
Landed:	- 10:40 AM
Tide:	- 6:30 AM, High
Weather:	- Hot, 27 °C, 5 knots sth easterly
Caught:	- Grinners
Method:	- Flicking and trolling soft plastic & hard body lures

So there I was lying asleep in the tent, dreaming of Tuna launching themselves into the kayak (the perfect yak fishing dream) when I was rudely awakened by the words: 'Josh, whatcha doin?' Unlike myself, AKFF member 'ar-we-ther-yet' hadn't slept in and he was all geared up and ready to go. I thanked him for raising me from my slumber and told him I'd join him on the water. By 6:00 AM I was also ready to go, but the thought of coffee was really appealing, so I stopped in at the Burrum Heads bakery to grab a take-away cuppa to head out with. It felt pretty good to be sipping on a cappuccino as I pedaled my way to his position, which was about a km out from the launch spot.

As I reached within about 100 meters of his position I saw one of the most awesome sights I'd ever seen: a small black marlin leaping high into the air, only about 75 meters from behind him. It breached the water twice. Sadly, his back was turned and he was completely unaware that it had happened. And just like the Snuffolupogas, it didn't show it's pointy mug again. We did troll over where I saw it, but nothing came from it. From there we moved over to the other side of the heads where I'd spotted Tuna 2 days in a row prior. Along the way 'ar-we-ther-yet' managed to pull in a small Spotty Mackeral, which was quickly released. There were no sightings of the Tuna while we were side by side, but I did indeed spot them again a little while later - but of course, I was on my own at that point: Snuffolupogas Tuna! I wasn't able to hook them though - they knew what they wanted, which were the panicked bait fish whose numbers were dwindling by the minute.

Spotty Mackeral, caught at Burrum Heads

Eventually I grew tired of trying, so turned back to move to the other side of the heads again, hoping for one a Mackeral, Cobia or Queeny. All I raised were 2 little Grinners though, which was pretty dissapointing. By now the tide was running out and I'd put in a lot of kms, so I was feeling pretty fatigued. That made for a slow return, made more frustrating by little chunks of weed that continued to catch my hooks. It was just one of those days.

Great conditions for kayak fishing today

Burrum Heads trip 4, 14km covered, very few fish

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Comments (4)

24-09-2007 20:47

That'll last in the memory banks 5th, a jumping marlin...what a beaut! There must be something wrong with that Swing of are-we's...the rear end seems a lot mire buoyant in the water than mine :sigh