took a drive early this morning with pete01. In by 7am. vis was terrible at about 2m max. took the 75 out which proved to be a mistake as the tide was running very hard and it was hard work trying to move into and along the tide. bumped into (literally) a monster bass but couldn't get the gun round to get a shot off.watched the beast slinky away as i struggled with the weed, tide and gun. I had the 60 back on the beach but didn't fancy the swim all the way back to get it. Wish i had because 5 mins later i was looking at another thick bodied beaut cruising under the weed. tried to turn without loosing position but it was futile. pulled the trigger but missed. battled the tide for another 10 mins then noticed some movement below me. fired........fish on! the line tugged for a few seconds then a bass with a belly hole in swam up from the gloom past my face and out across the reef............fish off. aaaaaaarrrrrggggghhhh! continued on into the rip through the weed and suddenly a monster head appeared to my left. 'Holy Moly' i thought.....thats got a head the size of a sheep! it cruised out from behind the weed and i turned the 75 as best i could and fired.................surely i couldn't miss, it was 3 feet away. as i pulled the line gently to see if i had a strike the cheeky bugger swam up from where i thought i shot to look me straight in the eye as if to say "you c***!" it was so close i could have licked it!, but i couldn't get the line back and the spear in the trigger mech in time for a second shot. AARRRRRGGGGGGGHHHHH! saw a few schoolies after that, and a few big mullt but nowt else. Frustrating but hey - its no fun if you win every time.
pete saw a few mullet but struggled in the tide because i had his omer milleniums (as one of mine is snapped) and he only had swim fins.....thanks brother, fat lot of good it did me though.
next time gadget, next time!
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