I went back to my old stomping grounds with
a couple of pals over the weekend to try and catch a gummy. We arrived at one
of my favourite beaches in Westernport an hour or so before dark:
And started flicking around various
placcies to see if we could snag some fresh bait. These little pests were
hitting everything:
Lando seemed to think it was quite funny:
Until Lara got the ball rolling with this perfect, bait-sized grass whiting:
And a female blue-throat wrasse:
These guys don't mind smacking a lure, and make great baits. The sun had started to set by this stage:
And Luna looked a little exasperated by our
lack of fish:
Until my mate Ash tied on a monster myki
(pretty interesting choice I thought), which was belted second cast. I called
it for a nice pinky, but we were pleasantly surprised to see this beaut pop up:
A big KGW, and his first on a lure –
ripper!
He had a few more hits on the monster myki so I decided to tie one one too, and just after the sun went down my rod buckled over. I was hoping for a big KGW too, and I wasn’t disappointed:
I guess 'ting like monster mykis – who
knew?
By this stage it was dark and the
temperature was plummeting, so we lit a fire:
And whipped out the gummy gear. We hadn’t
caught much bait, but luckily I’d brought a frozen tuna along just in case:
It was constant action right from the
beginning. We caught just about every undesirable in the bay including cod:
Draughtboard sharks:
Small banjo’s:
Big banjo’s:
Small skate:
Big skate:
A monster toad:
A cat shark:
A cute stingaree:
And a SHITLOAD of couta (which meant heaps
of fresh bait, but also heaps of goddam shredded leaders):
But no gummies. Ah well, beach, dogs and mates - can't complain aye?
Cheers!
