Middle Harbour/Balmoral 17/12 early

What can i say.......

I'm hooked.

Launched from Tunks park ramp at 8am and headed to a little bay with some shipwrecks. Tossing sp's spooked a large flatty in the shallows then hooked up on a nice Tailor (40cm) with a gulp sandworm camo beside a wreck. This first fish from the yak was so [email protected]#$en awesome. Picture glassy water with a bush and sandstone backdrop and several black Cormorants watching from the deck of a rusted ship which is jutting from the water. The Tailor goes for a nice run on the 6lb outfit then proceeds to launch itself towards me, landing at the side of the yak. Landed, he then takes a nice 3 gashes out of my hand when removing the hook, such ingratitude ey.

Put on a HB deep diver for a troll. Just past the point opposite Northbridge yacht clup and I get smashed big time, I have never had a reel screaming so hard, ZZZZZ! In under 10 seconds i've lost 125yards of fireline, and the mono backing is beginning to peel off too. I further tighten up the drag near to max and line is still peeling off at the same rate then pop..... Nothing but a frayed half of 12lb leader left. I was shaking after that when retying for another pass at the same area. Suspect a kingy is the culprit. Needless to say I’ll be back with some heavier tackle. In hindsight next time I hook up on the troll I will try to remember to dig in the paddle to turn around a bit incase a chase is necessary, that realy got me by suprise, what should u do?.

The Yak setup worked well, but jeez you get a wet ass in the scupper pro. Will be geting a WP digicam soon for piccie goodness, and will post some pimped up pics later in the week when the rest of the tweaking is done to the yak.

What a first day I hope there are plenty more like it!! A big thanks to all on this site, as the assistance and information here has been invaluable in getting me onto the water. Looking forward to meeting some of you on the water soon too.

Cheers
Peter