GALJOEN 2018

flippy

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Dr halibut hoffman wrote:
flippy wrote:
Bloks wrote:
Die water het vandag so mooi gelyk by Kleinmond. Maar nie eers n pik niebw_l_)bw_l_)bw_l_)

i wonder if that moon eclipse caused weird conditions.. was out Thursday with water flat and not fishable.. i was confused as heck as it was 1 day before full moon spring.. we also had static weather conditions for the last 5 days which is always not favorable for fishing

that eclipse or blood moon was something to admire though
Wind makes the swell, not tides..reason it has been flat is the 3 resident high pressures are trying their best to be in their summer positions already..Fronts are being bounced off from the west off to the south and not sweeping over us, the south atlantic high is forming a barrier to the approaching fronts so their energy is dissipating before they make landfall and their winds not reaching a high enough speed over the storms fetch to generate a decent swell to send on it's way to us.

Awesome blood moon though! Went flat by us too, was epic for elf on the beaches though for a while until the moon got too full, ate my fair share..Then as soon as the swell kicked again..gallies and cracker. Saw 2 locals, previously less advantaged folk, hook 2 crackers, one 5kg that they kept and another very big one that they lost! In chatting to them I was told "they are cracker manne" and the ou was not fussed about loosing the big one as he put it, they would have put that fish back anyway, since they target cracker, what is they point of fishing out an area I was told, so they put the big ones back to ensure smaller ones are always there in that area to keep catching..I was very impressed, normally it is just me explaining why I put the big ones back like a broken record.. there is hope for us yet! Seems the message is making its' way to the ground and with no help from authorities in charge either, who do fokol in the way of education to the fishing masses.

I lost my blood moon cracker too haha call it self release but I never got to see him stuck under the last ledge before he unhooked himself when I left the line slack like a pleb when we were doing the see-saw back forth as I was trying to rockhop in the fullmoon darkness with big swell and spring low..sketchy..dropped a gallie too in the afternoon at high tide and missed some bites, can't win em all.. Fished one day when was completely flat, water was warm and gin clear, bites were few and far between..got a goen kolstert dipping for mullet for livebait in a gulley after chumming the gulley nicely, no takes on livebait but found the one little piece of foamy water a few meters wide and threw in there and got a gallie bite that didn't hook and maybe something bigger till redbait was up, then on pillies and chokka a kollie and a very decent and unexpected yellowbelly that took me down and swam straight into his hole..I had to wait for him for at least 10 mins to swim out, I could feel him there, knew it was either rockcod, cracker or occy. Just had to wait it out..Fish are around, one must just find em..all fish were released, none were target species, I lost those haha. I still had enough fish in the freezer and fresh shad for a fry and sashimi. But anyway 3 fishing sessions on those flat still days and there was action each go..elf and elf the two sessions after sunset before the moon was up..good elf..mates lost 5kg numbers 2 days in a row at their feet as you loose the big ones, I got my limit of those 1-1,5 kg numbers, 3 of us did, one of us got 2. Good action till moon was up then dead still. Other days gulley scratching, when one put a bait into what little white water one could find, no matter how small, it was full of fish..:) and they were chowing, I was just short on bait with tides not playing along and no swell to spoel some stuff out for collection..just go fish, put back the breeders and babies and pick up the trash you find..trash left by fishermen..eish..I see poor folk cleaning up areas, and then some leaving so much cr@p behind..and rich folk leaving all their cr@p behind too and then some cleaning up..Some ou left a good 200m of crowsnested brand new line in a pile on the beach, just ripe to kill an otter or tangle up a sterretjie or seagull.. Seen enough missing limbs and untangled enough. So thanks to that ou for donating me some very larny and expensive, and unmistakable, doublex extreme abrasion camo line for me to sure as sinker line but rather take your cr@p home with you and burn your old line in your fireplace, don't even throw it in the trash. We'll get there eventually. Hopefully.

great stuff ((goodp_ keep em coming t(((up((_seal1_

weather not static anymore but on the drop.. ja not sure comparing fish rich areas to areas not so fish rich lol.. but rub it in hahaha just kidding :).. well it was not for nothing as i caught a first.. standing there with rod in pipe i watched how gracefully i think it was a african oystercatcher fly by and immediately thought to myself run for rod and lower line.. but no i stood watching the bird when next moment rod tip bouncing like crazy.. yip into my line.. retrieve as gently as possible with a oom walking my way.. hand my rod to him while snipping the braid.. eventually loosened the bird that flew away none the worse i guess and i started retrieving my 20lb hi vis Boss braid by hand.. lost maybe 80m max??.. will use the reel for shorter rods in future and not the heavy 10ft casting 3oz anymore.. might run out of line quickly

stood there talking to oom who intro'd him as Oom Jasper vannie Struisbaai.. not anymore though now living locally and self confessed Plaat specialist with a good few kob and steenies to boot.. wanted to know where the gallie honey holes are locally.. spoke lekker for a while then left strategizing for next time
 

flippy

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thanks for that.. did not occur to me but haibo my eyes

can't read fine print and can't make up traces at beach but forced to at home with cheap non prescrip glasses.. not old or exaggerating but can't see for sh*t lol.. don't need it for anything else like driving or everyday use though.. so not sure of needle and that ultra thin diameter braid .. gesukkelry i think
 
Once you get the hang of it you can almost do it by feel..but ja you can spool on a new 300m of braid if you wish ;) flatten your braid between your fingernails, just shoot for the middle and let the needlepoint find the gap, and then through the other side..flipover and repeat.flip back and repeat..till done, turn around, thread the needle which can be the hardest part, rest is just laborious, and repeat the whole process..

But ja you lucky those cape town crackers were (largely) fished and trekked out in the old days..we can't fish for gallies with dental floss around the southern cape. What does sparra use again? 0.65 mono mainline or something!LOL ja the bycatch speel nie rond nie..There are apparently secret spots in cape town with cracker among the gallies but I'm not allowed to tell and I don't fish there so will leave those fish for the mates who do quietly fish there and release those fish..Atlantic west coast nogal, oops but then I am already giving too much info away..old days in records they would trek cracker at houtbay. But none there now :). Found my biggest pod of redbait washed up in houtbay, still got some in the freezer, the pod was the size of my leg. A meter long and almost 30cm wide at the top, the meat inside filled one and a half 2l ice cream tubs..I'm still fishing my way through it, it is a real commitment to open those layers of ziplock bags and take some out for a session..Even when I have it with in the coolerbox, it is a commitment, smells like a REAL BERGIE..caught fish with it already but wow even the next day I can smell that guy on my hands..think I'm taking it out with me next session..got me amped now for the real vrottes!

I've had moerse duckbills pick me up on vrot redbait before and steenies as well as plenty crackers so wary of the dental floss for putting some vrottes or any rock bat like black mussels or anything like that out. Maybe for shad or something..Shame I will never keep a steenie that I caught on vrottes again after the way the last one tasted..was pretty sif, he didn't taste like kreef like the one before but tasted like he had been chowing vrottes for the last month, I couldn't even eat his vlerkies which are normally my favourite..felt bad for killing that fish, he tasted so bad. haha live and learn.

I got my first nice gallie when shown a good rock by a mate, first cast, he was like throw there and I did and bang was on, on a light braid rig which was a hellavu fight, we gave up on shad spinning and he said hey lets go fish for gallies..but I've hooked as many crackers as I have gallies throwing a bait next to that same rock in the seasons since then so..I don't even think of using that rig there now haha! The hooks we use you would wonder how we hook the gallies but when they want that redbait, they are not skaam. Hooked a monster few weeks back through both scissors of the mouth, was going nowhere. What is most important for hooks is that the gap is wide enough and hook strong enough for bycatch and the hook point is as sharp as possible for the gallies. But way off topic!
 

Stefan001

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flippy w
stood there talking to oom who intro'd him as Oom Jasper vannie Struisbaai.. not anymore though now living locally and self confessed Plaat specialist with a good few kob and steenies to boot.. wanted to know where the gallie honey holes are locally.. spoke lekker for a while then left strategizing for next time
Real plaat specialist. Sad day when he moved out of struisbaai to Cape Town.

Learnt most of my plaat fishing from him.
 

flippy

Sealiner
Eich wenna.. now i know i should of asked his phone number.. would love to pick his brain so to speak on that area and more.. short chat i had with him i learned a bit for sure but now thinking should have showed him the ultra gallie spot in the Overberg.. probably better than even Agulhas on its best for gallies and not too far from Strand
 

SPARRABOS

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het al daaroor gepost.....as die see rof is........sinkerstrop so 40 cm.....hoekstrop korter....30 cm...........in stiller water ....kan lang hoekstrop en korter sinker strop gooi.....30 cm sinkertrace en 50 cm hoektrace........jou sinkertrace moet dun wees vir maklik afbreek.....sommer stukkie vrot nylon met knoop in....gooi maar 5 onse sinker.......like n 3 way swivel....gebruik meestal kingfisher clear nylon vir hoek trace....skaaf nie af........hooflyn groen kabel ......marine green maksima....ons noem dit doringdraad.......kraker en galjoen se moses;)
 

SPARRABOS

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Was so drie weke uit aksie met knie ligamente.....na intense fisio en baie anti inflamatorys was ek weer op die been......knie opgebind sit ek en charlie af see toe......dis vrydag oggend.....die wind pomp......see is mal rof.....5 meter plus.....en dit reen......dit sous behoorlik...later is ons op ons velle nat....op n stadium ysreen.....ons klou aan ons stokke in die wind....daar byt net mooi niks.....nie n teken van n gallie....mismoedig loer ons vir mekaar.....die reen loop soos n waterval oor my gesig....en skielik flat stick.....stok amper uit my hand.......hy loop soos n trein....maak briek los....daar gaat hy.....deur die riwwe.....lyn skaaaaaf en skaaaaf......dan skiet als los.....hy kom terug op lyn.......bliksem hol wragtag n tweede loop deur die riwwe......gaan maar.......weer skuur skaaf als.....weer kom hy terug op lyn......bring hom stadig saam woeste branders......charlie wil sy lewe waag om te gaff.....en skielik gooi daai groot swelle hom tot voor my voete....hys myne.....ek bewe van adrenalienskok en koue......die koue die verkluim vergete.....ver terugstap...swaar dra....met n smile.....by die vuur die aand herleef ek daai fight op n galliehoek....in sy lip.....drank was ekstra lekker en ons ekstra dronk geraak
 

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Ja die storie n nadraai gehad....saterdag weer vroeg op...nog wind dronk en babalas van die celebrating....ek vra vir Charlie om daai ou vaal plastieksak vol aas uit cooler te haal en in sy rugsak te sit.....stap seker 5/6 km en goeie uur Lang's see op....by vangplek vra ek hom om plastieksak met aas aan te gee ek will begin hengel.....Hy maak sak oop.....n moerse sak ys...ysblokkies...aas le by bakkie...was in soortgelyke plastieksak as die ysblokkies....ons maar net gelag...met ys ja...wat byt aan ys??.....plaas Hy maar nog drank ook saamgedra het....ons maar Al die pad terug gestap..verder gaan drink by die bakkie......ja sulke goed gebeur maar.....:shock::shock:
 
Ja lekker size Sparra!

Went out today in the wind and waves looking, have had a piece of a vrot pod of redbait that filled a 2l ice cream tub..It is so stinky it takes real commitment to pull it out the deep freezer and fish it..I've been chopping chunks off to go fish for the last year. Fished the fres stuff washed out today but no luck, then was about to go and give up, I could not feel any bites in the pumping wind..and then figured I've chummed the water with enough redbait over the afternoon, lets try one real stinky bait and wait to get pulled down or not..

First cast with the bergie special, the sinker didn't even touch the bottom.. Thought a cracker had hit me, but it was a gallie 57cm and just under 4kg. Stuck in the bottom lip and my second of that size for the season..super stoked. Eish did I get some protests from the ou's fishing either side of me when I put that fish back! Haha :) Damn I just wanted a small one for the braai. Looks small in the pic but believe me it was a goen, got someone else to measure him against my rod and make a mark so I would not cheat haha.
 

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Both caught in quite heavily fished areas, but with extensive reefs..It amazes me that fish that old and that resident hadn't been caught and taken out already.. I put them back, genes that I'd like in the genepool. Those goens are mostly females in galjoen, it takes females 6 years to reach 40 cm and males 8 years so I wonder how old those big mamas are.. My tally for the season 2 undersize released (I think, maybe more), 2 goens and 2 released on the braai!

Another thing, I got the fish on a decent hook for cracker and co and the guys next to me got the cracker on a little 1/0 kendal in the lip..haha that's how it goes.
 

flippy

Sealiner
lol i hear you.. last galjoen i kept for the braai or take home was Jan 1998 from Witsand.. all since has been released.. about them hooks when january in P.E big cracker picked me up on 6;6 spinning rod with 1/0 mustard.. lost that fish then picked up heavy rod with heavy leader and picked up small cracker :hyst:
 
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