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OFFSHORE ANGLING => Offshore Fishing Reports => Topic started by: aquadementia on November 21, 2010, 05:10:38 PM
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After a bit of a late start we headed from Port St. Francis towards Cape Receif and stopped roughly in front of the Gamtoos at 85- 90m depth...
My dad caught the first nice fish of the day, a 4.5kg hake. A giant hake by local standards and by far the biggest I've seen. Its gonna be supper tonight :p measured 86cm
(http://img809.imageshack.us/img809/9463/hake1.jpg)
check the head on that thing, looks like a cobia! lol, im gonna try convert it into something 100kg+
(http://img207.imageshack.us/img207/8028/hake2.jpg)
Next it was my turn, a hard braking gurnard took a chokka and fillet combo. It's the second biggest one I've ever seen and my biggest by far. 3kg fshg
(http://img703.imageshack.us/img703/631/gurnard.jpg)
On a roll it was my turn again next, with a pb hake of 79cm or around 3.4-3.5kg
(http://img148.imageshack.us/img148/6735/hake3.jpg)
I also got a nice big carpenter in the mid 50's but didnt take a pic.
My new jigging/bottom fishing outfit saw me back to my old fish catching form, and Im VERY happy with it. Got a sustain 8000 on a shimano speedmaster mh rod and 50lb sufix performance braid. It makes all the difference fishing with a good grinder and braid for bottoms. Anyway I'm very chuffed with the setup
Another youngster on the boat caught a blue shark about 40-50kg, had a good tussel and it rolled him off at the boat. Later on a smaller blue came up right next to the boat to eat a small carpenter that was struggling to get down. Was a great treat seeing a shark feeding so close to us and right on the surface with its whole head and back out of the water. Unfortunately didnt manage pics
Also saw a little hammerhead cruise past us, a common sight actually
So that was my day on the sea :)
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Good report and pictures...
(clap)
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Good catch !!Sometimes we are catching hake in 40 meters of water if the water is cold enough ...And the Gurnard borrow itself between reefs in the sand ,very tasty fish almost like sole
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What a beauty , thats the biggest Gunard Ive seen . Aqua do you guys drift when you target these fish aka Hake? and just drop your bait down , do you use a type of lock bucket with bait also down at that depth ? I would love to give it a bash here in the Cape any tips appreciated thanks
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What a beauty , thats the biggest Gunard Ive seen . Aqua do you guys drift when you target these fish aka Hake? and just drop your bait down , do you use a type of lock bucket with bait also down at that depth ? I would love to give it a bash here in the Cape any tips appreciated thanks
thanks fellas, seems we found a nice honey-hole there ;)
Kirk, no we anchor as the wind or current usually pushes us around too much and then its tangles for everyone
A bag of old guts soaked in anchovy oil makes a big difference hey! Just attach it to the anchor when it goes over. Although we hardly ever do that for dome strange reason...
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Super Report ..Great catches ... :tkx:
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Nice report! Good days fishing there...
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Great catches there
I hope that hake joined you for a braai.
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Great stuff Chris nice report bud, that Gurnard is awesome, and well done on the size Hake too!
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Great catches there
I hope that hake joined you for a braai.
hey man it was great deep fried ... omnomnom :win:
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As usual... Good stuff Chris! (clap)
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some great stuff there and awesome pics