IMELDA Mission Accomplished 27/12/12

People: har and myself

Duration:8pm till 9.30pm

Tide:flood

Weather:ok

Bait:rag lug crab squid mack and herringbone.

Rigs: a few

Results:1 fish

Report:well as some of you know i have been chasing species for the boat species hunt. things were getting more difficult as time was going on,I went after a few species earlier on in the year that would show from time to time but with no luck.
a species count was done last week that left my boat on 29 so a plan was hatched and my target was a 5 beard rockling to make up 30, went out on christmas eve for what i taught was going to be my last trip of the year with the way the weather was going fished a few hours of darkness and not one rockling to show from an area that i would normally get them from,from the shore so went home dissapointed but not beaten yet.
i had a look at the way weather was going over christmas and i seen there might be a brake on thursday,so off i went on stephens day to dig a few fresh worms for the last shot i wanted to have as much in my favour as i could planned to launch on thursday about 1.30 on a dropping tide and search around for an odd bonus fish before it got dark,made a phone call har wasn't ready to go so missing the tide i decided to go out when i had planned to be coming in at about 8pm,I hooked the boat up and left house at 7.30 arrived at slip to be met with a bit of swell coming up the slip, launched and headed out of the harbour to meet a sea with a swell but no white tips, headed out to the mark and geared up the rods with a variety of baits i used two rods with 3 hooks each,after an hour still no fish i was begining to lose heart until i got a bit of a rap on my second rod gave it a few minutes and reeled in to a fish nodding away, praying it wasnt a whiting, under the headlight a fish breaks the surface and to my delight i hit the jackpot with a nice sized 5 Bearded Rockling pics taken and lines up was called Mission Accomplished.

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Determination cant be beaten

Well done John for braving the weather and getting what you needed, must have felt like you were holding a bar of gold

Very well done John. That's a great number of species

Well done John, you just never give up

Well done John,,,that was a great effort, I love a story with a happy ending,,,,especially at Christmas Congrats on hitting the 30 mark

Determination cant be beaten

Well done John for braving the weather and getting what you needed, must have felt like you were holding a bar of gold

cheers mann, Bar of gold is a great way of decribing it

Very well done John. That's a great number of species

Thanks Anto

Well done John, you just never give up

you know me shane ,have to keep going to the last

Well done John,,,that was a great effort, I love a story with a happy ending,,,,especially at Christmas Congrats on hitting the 30 mark

Thanks Dave, i tell you one thing i got in there by the skin of my teeth judging by the weather were getting now

congrats on the 30 species mark john.well done

thats a fabulas total for the year john .have enjoyed reading all your reports which have been brilliant all season .look forward to 2013 and i wish you and yours all the best for the coming year

Fair play john ,your like a dog with a bone not letting it go

thats a fabulas total for the year john .have enjoyed reading all your reports which have been brilliant all season .look forward to 2013 and i wish you and yours all the best for the coming year

Thanks for that Derek very kind words many happy returns to you and yours, new season just around the corner cant wait

cheers lads .