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White Pointers First Adventure


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Finally managed to get some time free and decided to take my $50 canoe out for a spin last Sunday and again on Sunday afternoon just gone.

Trip #1

Having never fished the area, we weren't sure exactly how to approach the fishing and started with some imitation TN60's which didn't attract any attention. The fair amount of water flow was pretty discouraging as the water was far from clear. I would say about half a meter's visibility. We pushed upstream as far as we could until the shallow rapids wouldn't allow any further progress. The current pushed us downstream fairly quickly which made the fishing hard and we were having to correct our position after nearly every cast. With no interest vibes and plastics in the first pool averaging a meter deep, we floated further back to the launch point to a deeper section. A decent laydown tree looked too good to ignore and with a cast to the back of the snag, I saw a bronze flash, my drag zzzzzzzzzipped, and my leader knot failed :baby: we switched to diving hardbodies which proceeded to land us 6 fish, all under 25cm, but all heaps of fun and a first for both of us in a canoe! (and a first bass on lure for Tika). Sun went down and with tummy rumbling we went home for tea. 59f83aab304b9_IMG_75641.thumb.JPG.9fa412cd3d9efeea5d70d44a369cd16a.JPG59f83ad7f339e_IMG_75691.thumb.JPG.d3cda36e5c6ac85eff186c60ab3cb66e.JPG

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Trip #2 

Although I was hungover from Saturday and Tika was feeling just as good, we couldn't waste the weekend after having to work most of Saturday (again). Canoe went back on the roof, quick stop to BCF to buy some jig spinners and top up my plastics supply and we were cooking with gas. Because I've not yet had time to add any extras to the canoe it's still a blank canvas but I've got fitout gear coming from ebay in the mail and a couple of hundred stickers to make it look the part. Water was still flowing over the causeway but at a much slower rate and the water was awesomely clear. Again we pushed as far as we could (however I was paddling with my thongs on my hands as I forgot the paddles lol). We both opted for Zman 3" Minnowz in mood ring on a 1/6th jighead equipped with a jigspinner on the front for flashiness and snag resistance. My third cast of the afternoon landed underneath a bottlebrush tree......... Twitch twitch, BANG! A good tussle on 6lb line & leader gave me a 36cm FL fishy. Needless to say was stoked. Two casts later on a shady snag only two meters from the first, another good fish!! Came in slightly smaller at 33cm and with some kind of lesion on his noggin. The bite went quiet for a while until tika landed a cute 25cm model from the same snag which I lost a fish on the previous week. Stoked again! We continued for another half an hour before heading off. Not bad for a two hour session on 30 minutes from home :) 59f83af6b5268_IMG_75741.thumb.JPG.85082719457c375d6bfd3b89e6770dc8.JPG59f83b7c21a5f_QZMO25091.thumb.JPG.e02ddb47d05aec91d03415b1cb0b1251.JPG59f83b11160d3_IMG_75841.thumb.JPG.55d36368fd0b7ed26fff11fd98b567a6.JPG59f83b2d4b4a7_IMG_76151.thumb.JPG.7837522e51108b2b7395f57452af1739.JPG59f83b43c6f0b_IMG_76301.thumb.JPG.a7d54898920c0c98d2caa3d8d9c70be5.JPG

Tim

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