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[jpet]

Hi Chaps   Just want to share with you the experience of one of my many awaresome yellowtail fishing encounters that I’ve had way back.   Being a serious spinner fishermen at Rooikrantz , Venus pool Black rocks in the Cape Point Reserve and Blousteen / whale rock on the Gordans Bay side I really enjoy fishing for tail from the land . I on a regular basis pop in at Simons town area to check if there are any “tail “about .On this particular day I was shopping  for a high Pressure cleaner and it so happening that I received a call at 09:30 from a fellow spinner fishermen  who also frequents Simon’s Town for yellowtail. He just wanted to let me know that he had spotted a few shoals of fish and was kind to let me know – we generally reciprocated this practice amongst ourselves. He unfortunately had to go work but could only fish much later. I thanked him for the info and went home to test my newly bought HP washer .After playing around with the machine for awhile and doing a few odds at home I remember the call of my fellow fishermen and my promise to him to check out the scene and give him some feed back.   Not wanting to disappoint him with info on what’s happening I decided to have a look at Simons Town to check things out at 14:30 Arm with my custom built 9ft 6 spinning rod, Polaroid sunglass, gaff and a few spinners / plugs I arrive at the spot to see no one in site there .My biggest surprise was still to be seen – everywhere the water was yellowish brown and boiling with fish. I nervously tackled up and was across the road and railway line in a flash. On seeing a shoal close by I flicked a spinner in the direction they were moving and after 2 cranks on the reel handle was wham bam well and truly VAS!  Overwhelmed with adrenalin that only a tough ass, hard fighting yellowtail can give I pumped and literally manhandled the tail to the edge deciding to swing it out as it got closer. As I lifted it out with a sweeping motion the treble hooks came loose and I watch this hard ass deserving yellowtail swim free.   Not having a moment to spare to mourn its loss, I threw a spinner at another passing shoal and promptly hooked another fish and gave the yellowtail the  â€œworks” with my Diawa SL50SH , 21kg line and 9FT 6 custom built graphite rod. Soon I had the captive fish swung out onto the whaling station platform. A few moments later I subdued and landed a 2[suP]nd[/suP], 3rd and 4[suP]th[/suP] fish. My hands were still trembling as I wipe them on my trousers as I had not brought a cloth with to wipe my hands –I spotted more fish. My hands were bloody as I had in the best way humanly possible tried to put the fish out of there misery. During a lull in fish activity I called my mate that informed me of the fish and told him to hurry over. Whilst waiting on him to arrive I hooked 5 more fish of which only 2 was landed. In total I hooked 10 yellowtail and landed 6.All this activity of fish I had all to myself – with only the passing traffic and passengers in the bus as curious onlookers. Watching a fisherman leaning all the way back into fish can be a captivating site.   Before my mate arrived I had already decided to give him a fish as a small thank you for unselfishly letting me know about the presence of the yellowtail. When He arrived He caught 1 more fish and reluctantly accepted my thanks in kind with a yellowtail.   That day I learn a valuable lesson - always follow a good lead and check things out just in case. In my case it paid off with 6 beautiful fish.   Cheers  Jpet