decided to rough it today and go for a fish.
i didnt get out of the channel till 9.30 and it was a bit choppy.
after deciding that a run to the islands was a bad idea i headed along to the mids.
sitting in about 7 meters i burleyed up and set up, one rod with a drifted mulie and another with a paternoster rig,hoping to snag a few kg's
after about 20 quiet minutes the mulie went off,a flattie of around 50cms.
only small herring where interested in the other rig, after another half hour the mulie went off again and after a long fight a gummie shark was in the net,as i had never even seen a gummie shark let alone caught one i was stoked.
no sooner had the mulie hit the water again another run, this time a larger gummie,he had managed to get my line wrapped around his middle so it was difficult to turn him.patience prevailed and he was nicely landed.
as it was quite rough i decided to finish off in oyster harbour, caught a few kgs but all released as the size was too close to call.had a run on the mulie that tried to pull my arms off,for every meter of line i gained it took 2 back,eventually i got it below the boat and feeling a bit too confident i loaded up a bit too much and the rig broke :huh:

i finished the day with,4 large flatties,2 gummies and about a dozen herring,and a very well fed pelican that ate all my left over mulies.

cheers