Last Sunday I knocked off work in time for a 5am start at buckley’s hole on the mainland side of the passage. Conditions were favourable with a 8 knot easterly and a 0.5m low tide, also at 5am. A very bright full moon passed the night before.
I rigged up 15lb leader and 12lb braid onto my 4000 symetre/3-6kg Wilson light snapper rod. I waded out using pilchards initially fishing just off the drop off.
There is definitely still fresh in the passage, but it has cleared up considerably in the past week. I had a slow start, only managing a 25cm Moses Perch in the first hour and a half. I decided to swap sides of the passag and wade South of the old oyster jetty.
Two of these dodgy filleting jobs were under the bribie bridge.
Once I found a decent array of sandbanks and drop-offs, my zman motor oil curly tail rigged on a 1/0XH 1/8 oz. headlockz found a couple of plate-size flathead. Within an hour of wading out I had bagged 45cm and 52cm models- opting to keep the latter.
Anything after that was a bonus and I got a bit of by-catch fun at around 9am. I foul-hooked a 70-80cm longtom through the top of the body, sending my drag screaming in the process. In pursuit of a photo but trying to avoid his teeth I eventually netted him.
Was a fun little morning session in the end, hoping to be back there on Wednesday to catch a mean feed!
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