How quick has the year gone, we are back chasing the pelagics that start hitting us about this time of year. Plan was to put in at Patonga ramp at 05:30 and head off in search of some action. Just about everyone arrived on or close to time and I have to say that for a CCFR outing conditions were amazing. Small swell light easterly winds and a little bit of cloud cover.

We all hit the water and headed for Box Head as that was the last confirmed report of an Aussie Salmon school in the last week. We got there and searched around for 15 minutes or so without a sight or anything on the sounder.

Bob, Hamish, Wilbur and I headed out of the heads and up towards some of the bombies in search of both surface action and hopefully some kingfish. We got to one bombie and saw a swirl near the surface and started casting the 12 weight amongst the debris that was floating around s a result of the rains we had during the previous week. We put ina quite a few casts over about 15 – 20 minutes and not even a look.

Wilbur and I headed back towards Barrenjoey in search of some salmon. Bob and Hamish persevered at the bombie and eventually scored a 40cm king before heading back into the Bay.

Wilbur and I didn’t see any surface action and we caught up with Brownie and Dan who had been blind casting around the headlands for a zero result. We headed into Pittwater and saw some huge schools of baitfish, but nothing at all harassing them and nothing on the sounder underneath them. Moved towards Scotland Island and around the yachts and started blind casting, again for zero result. It’s getting desperate!

We headed out with the intention of hitting Cowan Creek next and got down to the mouth of the creek and saw some bird activity and a lot of birds sitting on the surface. A few quick casts soon had me connected to a chopper tailor and this was repeated several times over the next hour or so, with both Wilbur and I getting connected. A number of calls to the other guys telling them that we had found some fish and to come and have a go at them, which they did. And in the end just about everyone on the day got fish.

Hamish and Bob berleyed up some yakkas, sweep and bream.

Back to the ramp and the usual post fishing lunch, only this time it was fish and chips as a sort of a Christmas celebration. A great day that although the fish weren’t huge, was still a heap of fun for everyone who came a long.