suzook12 Posted August 1 Share Posted August 1 Made our way to Gorleston harbour to jump on the High Flyer 2. The previous day the sea had been flat calm and a boat record tope was caught at 70lb. They had also had a big session on schoolie bass, tho mist were undersized. The first notable thing before casting off was there was a significant breeze, NE 12-15mph, so was going to be a bit snotty to start as wind against tide, The day was also rearranged to hit the bass marks first and do some drifts rather than be at anchor, then anchor on the tope mark once tide had turned and sea flattened off..... Mackerel, plenty of them, all bait size, but no bass. Got harpooned by a scad, and thrown about a bit, but unlike 2 of the crew who needed to rearrange their stomach contents, all good... The time came to hit the t5ope mark, a little bit early, but weren't too bad. First rod goes flying off... My mate to my right off of the back, then it goes quiet, dropped........ Shortly after, the rod to my left goes off, this time a 20lber on uptide to scad head. Then the tide dropped away and all went quiet, the wind switched to E, and that was us done, not a thing after that on feathers, bait or tope rigs, even with a move. Right at the death a rod goes flying off, I jokingly said it was the seal that had been watching us for the last hour....... It was!! Hook pulled, seal reappeared to give us the flipper, and that was that. With that we headed back in. A good day out except for the fish..... Roll on the 16th Andy135, Saintly Fish, Dicky and 1 other 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy135 Posted August 1 Share Posted August 1 Sounds like a day that promised much but delivered little. On to the next outing! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saintly Fish Posted August 1 Share Posted August 1 Unlucky mate, but that's fishing huh!! suzook12 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
suzook12 Posted August 1 Author Share Posted August 1 6 minutes ago, Andy135 said: Sounds like a day that promised much but delivered little. On to the next outing! Yes n no, it is what it is, just good to be out, plenty of banter Andy135 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
suzook12 Posted August 1 Author Share Posted August 1 Just now, Saintly Fish said: Unlucky mate, but that's fishing huh!! Sure is mate, hence why I want my own boat on the water, if the day is right, do it Saintly Fish and Andy135 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
captin slows old outlaw Posted August 1 Share Posted August 1 glad you had a good day mate suzook12 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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