gordonh

Thanks for the warm welcome 🙏 

Hi All,
I am getting back into fishing after many years away from it. I live in Wellington Point, QLD and I am looking forward to flicking lures and bait fishing in the area. Totally land based fishing these days my bays of throwing money at boats are a thing of the past now.
Anyway hoping to catch up with some locals including the fish and keep those lines tight...
cheers, Gordon

Thanks for the welcome message.
 

Thanks for the warm welcome 🙏 

Thanks for the warm welcome 🙏 

Thanks for the warm welcome 🙏 

Hi All,
I am getting back into fishing after many years away from it. I live in Wellington Point, QLD and I am looking forward to flicking lures and bait fishing in the area. Totally land based fishing these days my bays of throwing money at boats are a thing of the past now.
Anyway hoping to catch up with some locals including the fish and keep those lines tight...
cheers, Gordon

Hi All,
I am getting back into fishing after many years away from it. I live in Wellington Point, QLD and I am looking forward to flicking lures and bait fishing in the area. Totally land based fishing these days my bays of throwing money at boats are a thing of the past now.
Anyway hoping to catch up with some locals including the fish and keep those lines tight...
cheers, Gordon

Well the night started off terribly. Dinner was late and i was worried i was going to miss the high.  Luckily for me i have a brilliant missus who fixed everything for us to leave just when i wanted to. Car was packed energy was high and off we went.  Drive round the corner and suddenly the bubble burst and i felt as though my first girlfriend had just dumped me again. The jetty at victoria point was full of people fishing. Not wanting to give up but knowing i have little fuel till pay day we started heading home. As we pull into the driveway.....da dada daaaaaa missus to the rescue again. She says put the fishing gear into my car i have fuel. Spirits lifted once more and off we went to wellington point. Got there at 9.00.....a little late but it had just gone high tide and i was getting pumped. A quick look up the jetty showed quite a few people but there was still plenty of space for us to wet a line aswell. Eagerly we jumped out the car and felt the wind. It was comming on quite strong and i knew the jetty was going to be even worse. But we were there dammit and i wasnt going to let it stop me from my mission. So we jumped back in the car and went to the king island side of the point. Quickly unpacked the car and walked to our chosen spot. Baited my rod with some worms and cast into the great dark abyss. Eagerly wanting to try out my new cast net i ripped it out if its bucket and began wildly throwing into the water.....wow i cant begin to describe how bad i was throwing it. I may aswell have just thrown a rock into the water. Going from a 6' to a 10' net sure means tweaking your throwing style a bit. But after 10 or so throws i was making some decent throws and ended up landing a few of thesepretty happy start. Pulled in my rod, removed the worm and rebaited with one of these little suckers. Re cast and no more than 20 seconds after i had put my rod down did the line start screaming. I ran like hussien bolt grabed my rod and bang set the hook. The fight was on. It was my light 4lb gear on a 1-3kg rod vs whatever had dared to take the bait. Keeping the drag just right to bring him in with a few little runs here and there i finally glimpsed the subltle silver gleam in the pale light. My adrenilin was pumping now. I havent been so excited over pulling in a fish in a long time but here i was dripping with anticipation. Finally the fish was at the wall and i pulled it up and over onto the floor quickly so it wouldnt have a chance to flick free. It was a beauty. Pan sized bream. Havent seen one this big in years.

Just hit 33cm. For a bream i was stoked. Straight into the esky and he will be starring in 2morrow nights dinner. After such a rough start to the night i was glad to see a good outcome. Not only did i spare the doughnut but i was taking home a feed aswell. Well the tide was still high and so were my spirits again. Re bait and woosh vast back into the abyss. Rod down go to cast net and bzzzzzzz rod is off again......wow i think i found the magic bait at wello. Grab my rod again and bang hook is good. Reeling in.....then i felt it......u know that feeling where its like the fish just swam into a rock but the hook kept going.....well thats what it felt like to me cause suddenly there was nothing on the other end. Finished reeling it back in, re bait and re cast. I actually got a few throws of my cast net in before the line started going off again. Quickly i dropped my net as i was about to throw it. Grabbed the rod and set the hook again. I had the drag set too loose and whatever was on the end just ran. Quickly tightened the drag and started to get some line back. It was about 10.00 by now and the tide was dropping rather quickly as it does in that area. It was probably only 1 foot deep just below me but i was determined to land this one. It was still a good fight not too dissimilar from my first good fight of the night. But finally i landed my second pan sized bream of the night
this one a good 29cm.
but with the tide running out it was time to pack it up and head home. Was a good trip in the end and i have a good feed for tomorrow. Now to plan my next trip out.
Tight lines folks
 

Hi All,
I am getting back into fishing after many years away from it. I live in Wellington Point, QLD and I am looking forward to flicking lures and bait fishing in the area. Totally land based fishing these days my bays of throwing money at boats are a thing of the past now.
Anyway hoping to catch up with some locals including the fish and keep those lines tight...
cheers, Gordon