Tenby Point 28/11

[4liters]

Today's snapper hunt didn't exactly go to plan, but it wasn't all bad.
Set the alarm for stupid o'clock aka 1.30am so as to get to Tenby Point and launch the yak right on high tide which was at 3.30am. Lost my hat early on in the piece because I wasn't wearing it because I had a head torch (now I'm sunburnt as ****. Oh well).

I paddles out and soaked baits in a deep section of the channel until just after sunrise, and was visited by a 50cm (partial length) gummy which was promptly cleaned and chucked in the esky. Didn't really matter what happened for the rest of the day because a couple of kg of flake is always nice to come home with. Since it was light, I decided to head back to shore and hunt around for some crabs to use as bait. Not only did I get a handful of crabs, there was a bunch of pillies that had been left for the birds by some people fishing for gummies so I grabbed those to chop up into burley.

Back in the channel, I got a pinkie on squid but was getting plagues by huge toadies and tiny flathead. Changed spots just after the low tide and ended up at the entrance of the channel. While the big baits were soaking/feeding the pickers I dropped a small longshank with a bit of prawn on it down next to the yak, and it got smashed by a whiting pretty much instantly. After that it was almost a fish a cast until the top of the tide, and I ended up catching 9 whiting, a trevally and a ton of flathead only one of which was a keeper. Probably my best haul ever not including bait collecting.

By that stage the wind picked up and waves were coming over the side of the yak so I pulled the pin and headed back to shore.

Unfortunately the phone is ****** so no pictures this time. I dropped the flake and the flathead at my parents place and we took a couple of pictures there; I'll put them up when they arrive. The tongue bug in the trevally decided to give birth in the esky and when I got home half the fish were covered in little crawlers. Luckily they washed off easily enough but it was still ******* gross.


Still looking for that big red. Maybe next weekend at Welshpool will deliver.

[BIG GAV]

Lovin the trev's now! Next weekend should be good I'm gonna hunt em down in the Albert river!

[4liters]

Are you going to be landbased? If there's going to be people landbased next weekend I might have some mates who'd been keen to come along next weekend. I just assumed we'd be all out in boats/yaks and didn't want to bring anyone who'd be stuck on the piers while I was out on the water.

[davek]

Sounds a good day out beside the sunburn, well done :a_goodjob: cheers davo

[Raulfc7]

Nice catch 4liters flake and whiting can't go wrong with that

[Fish-Hunter]

Nice feed of fish you caught there :thumbsup:

[4liters]

Sounds a good day out beside the sunburn, well done :a_goodjob: cheers davo

Yeah, can't complain although missing out on a decent snapper (again) is starting to get tiresome.

[Brett]

Are you going to be landbased? If there's going to be people landbased next weekend I might have some mates who'd been keen to come along next weekend. I just assumed we'd be all out in boats/yaks and didn't want to bring anyone who'd be stuck on the piers while I was out on the water.

The pier has been fishing well for whiting this past week. Plenty to be caught land based around the area, if they are prepared to travel 30mins or so to find it.

[4liters]

Any accessible surf fishing in the area?

[Brett]

Reeves & Woodside, would be the easiest.