I moved out about 3.5Km's into 2.5m of water knowing the tide was coming in (around 8am High) and it would go over 3m deep.
I anchored up and chucked out a couple of lines and waited. bout 15 minutes in I got I nice solid hit and was on. I quickly pulled my other line in just in case it tangled. A few minutes later I had a nice chunky Elly
I unraveled it and sent it off again. I picked up a few small gummies but nothing to keep. About 1.5Hrs after I launched a mate joined me and he also picked up a few undersized gummies.
Around 7 am I had a nice tug on the rod and zing it was off. At first I thought RAY but it stopped and came towards me then ran off again. It did this a number of times till it tired and I got it to the side and Yeah Baby a nice chunky 95cm Gummy
A short while later another Elly a bit smaller than the first one and once again after untangling it I sent it off.
Around 8am bang my other rod gets a good hit and were on except this time I wasn't quick enough to get my lines in and I was fighting this fish and 3 lines and anchor rope that ended up under the yak. Eventually I managed to untagle the anchor rope and keep the fish from breaking me off and was excited to see another nice sized Gummy of 90cm come on board (I think I found a Mantis shrimp in it's mouth too, at least that's what it looked like). I had to cut one of the lines to pieces to get it off the other 2 lines and get the mess under control.
I tried Cheaters trick of cutting the Gummy underneath by the Gills And he's right the blood does spray everywhere but that's what I have a bailing bucket for, to wash the blood off
Once again the pedals and slot are a great place to bleed them.I also managed a 29cm Flatty but thought I'd let it go as I had the gummies.
We were close to the channel and things had quitened down so we hiked the 500m there and had a go. Oh boy I think I hit Schoolie Nursery, I've never caught so many little school sharks in my life and not 1 gummy.
Eventually after about 40 mins I said to my mate lets move so we hiked across back closer to Tenby/Corinella and he got a LJ, Flatty and a nice whiting. Around 10.30 we pulled the pin and headed in.
I decided to give him my 90cm Gummy as I know him and his family enjoy them.
All up a very good morning and I think we covered about 10.5 km's all up.
