Hello Everyone,
Been a looooooong time
Recently got back from a trip to Malongane.. I was more ampt to get the ski onto the water and try nab a gas bottle or a razor gang member or three.
Sadly with continuous SE winds blowing... the sea was on its head.
Anywho, this report is not about me but my wife that tagged along... After weeks of prep and getting her up to speed, i decided to rather "guide" her and get her stuck into some fish.
I know my buddies will be reading this report at some stage so for the record... i didnt really fish as hard as what i normally do haha so yes, i blanked but in good reasoning.
On day one and on the first throw... 3 mins later Rowena got rudely shaken up by a bus honey comb... it proceeded to hand out a proper hiding and eventually found the reef at the back at Fredricos bay...
A little later that morning, i chucked a small chokka bait on the the back bank and stuck the rod into a pension pipe... drag loosened and started to rig up a small flick stick for a live bait... Mates started to shout and as i looked up... there goes one Stella and Oval cruising towards the sea... luckily (im going to presume it was a hammer) the hook snoot was bitten clean off and left one very happy indian on the shore line with rod and reel in hand.
In between the weather and wind, we managed to get Ro onto a few rats and mice. For somebody that has not fished, catching grey grunter, russels one spot snappers etc can be entertaining. In between the fray, she managed to land a juvi Cave bass.
The light gear seemed to suit her best and she managed to land a few wave garrick and small stumpie inbetween.
The ONLY day of a proper NE we went back to Fredericos bay and once again, first throw, Ro went tight into a good Brown skate. On her next throw she simply got flattened by another Honey Comb... this was hooked unfortunately on my rod - which had 30lb braid... after running a full 400m non stop... i took over from her and proceeded to work one angry comb back... as luck would have it.. she found the ONLY brick on the northern side and parted my 30lb braid with no effort.
The weather turned for the worse from there and it was pretty much game over.
The guys tried their level best but its one hell of a place to fish.
Wayne Birch landed a stunning Green spot king on a stick bait which would be close to the 4kg mark.
Bruce landed a nice bone fish
Wortel got a few hidings with the drone drops but managed a nice brown skate on a small throw bait
Shaun headed up the drone fishing and between him and his son landed a nice pick handle cuda of around 10kg, a sandy of around 40kg and a bus of a turtle (yes with circle hook in the mouth) of a good few kgs! How he landed that was totally bizarre.
All in all, a fantastic trip with awesome brothers. The most satisfying feeling is seeing the smile of your loved one or in some case the look of horror with a screaming emptying spool haha.
Malongone as mentioned is a hell of a tough area to work. If anyone needs info on the area, i would be glad to help.
Until
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