Another Best Mate Left

Catch Report 15/10/2006

Sad.. My best mate Kenny has left Sydney for good. It's so ironic when I think back how I actually become best mate with him. I remembered officially meeting him when we were in some dance party of something. He was introduced to me by my mate Dylan as they used to play soccer together. When we actually know each other better was when I tagged along with Dylan to their fishing and they actually just started not long ago. From then on, we got to know each other better when we were fishing hard out at Old Mans Hat and Greenwich. Ah.. those were the fun days when me, Dylan and Kenny hang out late at night to catch that elusive Jewfish and had a cracker of a night. Oh well, time flies and he had finally completed his studies. I sent him off at the airport and he seems pretty happy and excited to be back in Singapore. Ken, I'll see you there mate!

Anyway, seeing that the weather was overcast and a light breeze was blowing, I went fishing straight from the airport. Headed over to Hen & Chicken Bay with little traffic. Upon there, I saw a group of fishos which were familiar. Apparently they were the same people I saw while at Canada Bay the other time. I've seen that guy in the AusBream forum before. He was quite unfriendly when one of his mate call out to him to check out my flathead but he just simply walk past me in a hurry. Why? Scared I eat him ah? Crap..

An asian family had just pulled up with their minivan and the father asked if I've caught anything but I too just arrived. I've tied on 'goldie' and within first few casts, I got a take and it was a so so fight but still interesting. And up came a 25cm bream.

Then the father had finished setting up their camp and rod and began casting out. I moved down away from his line and the next cast I got another 25cm bream but this time on 'pinkie'. The fight was the same but still had me pumped that there were fishes everywhere.

Next up I changed to 'brownie' and had a take but didn't managed to hook it. Damn, must be the big sacrifice of modding it by having short of one treble in front. By then, I was fishing quite near the lurers. I changed to the Gulp sandworm and the bites were ferocious! Suddenly I heard the nearest fisho beside me having a loud zzz from his reel and when I turned my head to look, he didn't get a hookup. Man, the overcast day must have caused a feeding frenzy! There were heaps of mullets jumping and they were huge. Soon, I got hookup to what feels like a flattie and it was quite a good fight near the bank. This one came in at 43cm.

It was at this time one of the young lurer came and congratulate me on a good size flathead. He asked that AusBream guy to take a look but he simply walked past us hastily, maybe because I can bite! Haha.. By then, my sandworm was devastated and so I changed to a new one. The 1st cast with it I felt the fish took it on the drop and the line was pulled. I applied pressure without striking and the reel had a burst. Damn, I didn't hook it! Suddenly I felt the jig was light and so brought it in to have a look and the whole worm was gone! Must have been a big bream biting on the tail and rip it off from the jighead. So sad, that was really a good fish. Later on, there were many many hits and misses with not much luck of hooking it and I called it off to head back for nancy's food.

Ronald