The rip today 31st
Posted: Tue Jan 31, 2017 8:14 pm
Arrived at Sorrrento boat ramp and it was nearly empty, Did I get the forecast wrong??
It was a little breezy that made drifting for squid a bit hard, we managed one and gave up as we were drftinb too fast,
The rip was a little lumpy with the occasional bit of white water, nearly ran over the divers orange bouy that was hidden between the swell,
We trolled a few lures looking for a bust up, but there were hardly any birds around, then tried a few drifts jigging, even though there were promising signs on the sounder (Until it quit and went black).
Put the squid down and something promptly ripped the head off, leaving the body to be chewed apart by leather jackets.
Headed to the first red channel marker to try for more squid only to have my anchor jammed, on something on the bottom, it took a few different tactics to free it, I wasn't too keen on cutting the rope and loosing another anchor and this time chain.
We headed back to the rip to give it another go and luckily I gaffer taped the gap between the front clears and windscreen as we copped a few waves over the front, Not having a sounder we headed back to the boat ramp. Sadly tommorrow looks like the pick of the bunch weather wise.
It was a little breezy that made drifting for squid a bit hard, we managed one and gave up as we were drftinb too fast,
The rip was a little lumpy with the occasional bit of white water, nearly ran over the divers orange bouy that was hidden between the swell,
We trolled a few lures looking for a bust up, but there were hardly any birds around, then tried a few drifts jigging, even though there were promising signs on the sounder (Until it quit and went black).
Put the squid down and something promptly ripped the head off, leaving the body to be chewed apart by leather jackets.
Headed to the first red channel marker to try for more squid only to have my anchor jammed, on something on the bottom, it took a few different tactics to free it, I wasn't too keen on cutting the rope and loosing another anchor and this time chain.
We headed back to the rip to give it another go and luckily I gaffer taped the gap between the front clears and windscreen as we copped a few waves over the front, Not having a sounder we headed back to the boat ramp. Sadly tommorrow looks like the pick of the bunch weather wise.