After more days of strong winds it was good to have a good forecast to give the jigging another bash after previous succesful trips. As usual the winds and seas were worse than predicted and it was a struggle for everyone but we were all desperate for a fish. The dust storm has caused a massive hatch to occur in the ocean with the largest schools of small slimies I have ever seen. We decided to give a wreck in about 65m of water a bash so as to give time for the
seas to settle with no result (I've been told by someone that has dived it that kings abound but can't seem to catch one, although we have never really given it a good go. The move to deeper water resulted in some good kings being caught but they were very shy and not schooling up, resulting in lots of searching and long times of jigging between fish. About 12 fish to 7kg were caught but if my bucket of death is not full I'm not happy. On our way back to port a large shool of bait fish erupted around us but consistent jigging and lure casting resulted in zilch. All up not a bad day with some good potential for big fish but with the whole ocean being full of bait the kings were spread out and hard to catch.
seas to settle with no result (I've been told by someone that has dived it that kings abound but can't seem to catch one, although we have never really given it a good go. The move to deeper water resulted in some good kings being caught but they were very shy and not schooling up, resulting in lots of searching and long times of jigging between fish. About 12 fish to 7kg were caught but if my bucket of death is not full I'm not happy. On our way back to port a large shool of bait fish erupted around us but consistent jigging and lure casting resulted in zilch. All up not a bad day with some good potential for big fish but with the whole ocean being full of bait the kings were spread out and hard to catch.
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