After having a quiet trip in january up to steep i was looking forward to getting back there and hopefully having some better luck and to get some good fish on the rocks. the days leading up looked promising with mates having an amazing day on macks landing 15 between them so hopes where high. 
we arrived a few days later and reports where not good, the fish had shut down and it was hard work apparently.

the first morning spinning we hooked maybe 15 fish but pulled hooks and sharks made it tough with only a few small fish coming up and from then on the days got harder and harder with less and less hookups and sharks onto any pelagic fish we hooked within seconds. good numbers of cobia where the only thing keeping us going and having fun on plastics and spinning. even the bottom fish where shut down and didnt see a pinky until the last arvo when we got a good session with 7 coming up. for my 6 days pretty much solid of spinnnig the only decent fish i got up was my first longtail tuna. landed a few cobia on plastics and bait, mulloway made a couple of suprise visits and even more to our disbelief 2 huge bonefish came up. one after dark for rob and i got one myself on the 4-6kg rod and it gave me hell on that gear. both where over 80cm and maybe 4kg? 
balooning was non existent with my one mack being the only fish for a week of 2-3 balloons out each day. went and chased tailor for a day and i helped put the others in our group onto some great fish over 70cm, i didnt fish much but got 2 smaller ones around 50cm which i was happy with. i did a few dives mostly for crays and im fairly sure i figured out why the fish where shut down, water temps at the end of febuary at steep point sitting at 20.1c?? ive never seen it that cold that time of year. i got my possession limit of big crays and picked up a few baldies as well so thats also added to the slow trip and made it a bit better. shot a cobia off the back of a rather large shark that had 6 following it which was a scary but exciting experience seeing as i was solo off the cliffs with the other guys watching me from above safely on the rocks.

all in all we still did alright with slow and steady catches and the unusual number of cobia keeping the freezer looking healthy. ended up with 12 cobia, 2 mulloway, few baldies, few spangos, macks, tuna and all the usual by catch of trevs, mack tuna, sharkies and others to keep it fun. great group of guys i went with and had a great time even with how exhausting it was for so much effort for not a huge return.
few of my photos from the trip ill throw up.

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