Popular Post Andy135 Posted June 21 Popular Post Share Posted June 21 Midweek I get a sneaky message from. @Saintly Fish sending me an XC forecast and asking if I could be available on Friday. With my work schedule looking relatively clear I move a couple of meetings and get the ok to skip off work for the day. A 4.45am wake-up wasn't the nicest but boy was it worth it. Out of the marina by just after 6am. Mint conditions as soon as we hit the water, and we were on our mark by 7.30am. The target was stingrays. By 7.37am Neil nails a thumping bite to boat a beautiful 10lb smoothound, taken on ragworm. 20 minutes later he does the same with another lovely smoothie, this one nudging 12lb. Feeling the pressure a little at this point I'm glad to see my rod tip give a good rattle then bend nicely. After a lively scrap we see our target coming to the surface. My first ever stingray, about 4lb and very welcome. I also managed a couple of out-of-season congers too, on both my rods at the same time. Very surprised to see them in summer. The next 30 mins or so were quiet, with nothing bothering our baits. Neil rustled up a stingray of his own as the top of the tide neared. Slack water arrived and with the wind building a little we settle in for the start of the next tide. All of a sudden our rods go nuts! With bending rods and drags singing we each have decent fish on. After a bit of Laurel & Hardy shenanigans with the net we boat two lovely smoothies. Really chunky ones at 14lb and 12lb and a new PB for me. Another few fish follow, sending the rods over in typical smoothound smash & grab style. At this point we'd lost count of the number of hounds to the boat, but we're fairly certain we had 7 double-figure hounds by the time we ran out of bait and headed in, plus two stingrays, two congers and two PB's for me. We ended the day with a well-earned beer in glorious sunshine back at the marina. Big, big thanks to @Saintly Fish for hosting, skippering and putting us on the fish 💪👍. thejollysinker, Scotch_Egg2012, Dicky and 6 others 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saintly Fish Posted June 21 Share Posted June 21 54 minutes ago, JonC said: Well done both of you but for future reference you need to support the hounds under the belly, it can cause them a lot of damage. ☹️ That sounds familiar, almost like somebody had told you that not long ago. Like , they were preached to! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saintly Fish Posted June 21 Share Posted June 21 Thanks for the good company and plenty of giggles and fish Andy. It's great to go out on a boat and catch fish again!! 👍🏻 Andy135 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
suzook12 Posted June 21 Share Posted June 21 Well done the pair of ya 👍👍 Andy135 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dicky Posted June 21 Share Posted June 21 Great session guys Saintly Fish and Andy135 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GPSguru Posted June 21 Share Posted June 21 Excellent session, well dangled 👍 I have never caught a stinger in the uk, caught plenty in other destinations, but none here. Andy135 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saintly Fish Posted June 22 Share Posted June 22 9 hours ago, JonC said: As opposed to going on someone’s boat and not catching anything 🤣🤣🤣 I never said that!! But if the cap fits...😜 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saintly Fish Posted June 22 Share Posted June 22 7 hours ago, GPSguru said: Excellent session, well dangled 👍 I have never caught a stinger in the uk, caught plenty in other destinations, but none here. The mark we fished is known for them up to 40lb, so ours were relative babies, however mine was dramatically older than Andy's ! It was nice to see both of them with their tails intact too, the commercials round here like to lop them off if caught. GPSguru 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
captin slows old outlaw Posted June 22 Share Posted June 22 what a grate day you had , you could not arsk for moore.andy must have lost his blankty blank check book.🤣 Andy135 and GPSguru 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GPSguru Posted June 22 Share Posted June 22 8 hours ago, Saintly Fish said: The mark we fished is known for them up to 40lb, so ours were relative babies, however mine was dramatically older than Andy's ! It was nice to see both of them with their tails intact too, the commercials round here like to lop them off if caught. Anything over 40lb is a good fish anywhere in the world. I hooked one in the Maroochydore ( Oz, in the land of @JDP) that towed us out to sea in a 20ft boat 😳. The wimin got a bit scared so I cut the braid 🙄 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daio web Posted June 22 Share Posted June 22 Well done boys nice fish congrats on the pbs i never had a stingray maybe one day 🐳 Andy135 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Odyssey Posted June 22 Share Posted June 22 Great job stingers are hard to find, getting 2 is a top effort 🙂 Andy135 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saintly Fish Posted June 23 Share Posted June 23 18 hours ago, daio web said: Well done boys nice fish congrats on the pbs i never had a stingray maybe one day 🐳 Well, if you ever want to make the trip to the south coast.... daio web 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Josh Posted June 23 Share Posted June 23 Great job guys 🎣 Andy135 and Saintly Fish 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike farrants Posted June 24 Share Posted June 24 nice one = target achieved. but i have one concern - you said you ran out of bait? i'm hoping that's just a figure of speech or some sick joke - running out of bait should never happen - always take way more than you think you need! 🤣 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy135 Posted June 24 Author Share Posted June 24 1 hour ago, mike farrants said: nice one = target achieved. but i have one concern - you said you ran out of bait? i'm hoping that's just a figure of speech or some sick joke - running out of bait should never happen - always take way more than you think you need! 🤣 No, it's true. We exhausted our bait supply... caught way more fish than we expected 😁. Saintly Fish and mike farrants 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike farrants Posted June 24 Share Posted June 24 ok fair enough! 🤙 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saintly Fish Posted June 24 Share Posted June 24 6 hours ago, Andy135 said: No, it's true. We exhausted our bait supply... caught way more fish than we expected 😁. Although we did actually use all the worms and squid, the timings could not have been better as we had planned to return roughly about the time we did! Andy135 and mike farrants 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JDP Posted June 29 Share Posted June 29 On 6/22/2024 at 11:50 PM, GPSguru said: Anything over 40lb is a good fish anywhere in the world. I hooked one in the Maroochydore ( Oz, in the land of @JDP) that towed us out to sea in a 20ft boat 😳. The wimin got a bit scared so I cut the braid 🙄 We tend to hook a fair few from the shore, which can be very large stubborn things to land and unhook. I have some good friends who moved to Maroochydore and my daughter is up there at the moment fishing. Andy135 and GPSguru 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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