finally broke the sp shackles

[bulldogs195461]

left the cold hill(toowoomba)at 4am,to persevere with sps again,had a secret spot kindly recomended from a fellow forum member,arrived at 6ish found the spot,so commenced my education from the bank again,5th cast bang,bloody hell im on,landed a 40 cm flattie,still got my grin on,got him on a 1/8 with 3cm bloodworm scales powerbait.

after a time exploring this area i drove to coomera lake ,just to see it for the first time,tried again on the sps and got this little fish,looks like a bream.could someone confirm this for me,but anyhow just shows by asking questions,listening,bloody failing but going back for more,you can learn even in your 50s,thanks all.john

another thing i learnt was after reading bush n beach mag,i think it was chief gave a technique for freeing snagged lures,said it worked 90% ,well i used it about a dozen times and never lost a lure,.so if anyone else read it,it works.

[Milan]

Mate thats a little Trevally congrats on popping your plastics cherry it gets alot easier from here!!

[jeff f]

well done dogs, it will get easier as you gain confidence with them

oh and the little fella is a trevally

[Damien2Rad]

Good feeling.

I assume you're now hooked?

[linc87]

Well done, stick too it.

Do you get out on the lakes at all around toowoomba? Im based here for the year with work but haev never fished the dams. am land based too so not sure how i would attack it?

[max pwr]

Nice work on your first plastic catch mate, gets easier as your confidence grows and you start to see results. Is that in the spot I pm'd you by any chance? If so casting right off the corner diagonally is where I've generally got the flatties as they seem to like the little hole.

[bulldogs195461]

yes it was your spot,funny thing i thought that would be ideal,but no just as i left the path to get there,i cast and landed it there,40cm.

[max pwr]

yes it was your spot,funny thing i thought that would be ideal,but no just as i left the path to get there,i cast and landed it there,40cm.

Cool, I've got jacks and nice trevs, bream and a few smaller Jew off the grass bank. Glad I could help .

[bulldogs195461]

ive been hooked for ages,just had all these jigsaw bits that needed to line up,finally they did,and today i didnt lose my $50 bucks worth of lures lol.i did go close though,i have a habit of forgetting about trees.no linc ive still got my L PLATES on when it comes to fishing,funny thing is i havent taken a shine to the dams,but the estuaries suit me logistacily when i acess my 2 bigger boys.john

[Surfingant]

Congrats mate, glad to see it all came together for you

[woody1]

Congrats on getting the plastics working for you, but be warned... You will now have an urge to own at least 1 of every color and size plastic on the market

[PlasticFantastic]

Well done on the catch mate and although plastics/lures get easier with practice there will be days when you'll hate the things. :blush:

Cheers

Mark

[keen_as]

Nice work mate, it will get a lot easier form here. I think it's about 60% confidence in your gear/lure selection and about 40%on the lure.

Having said that, 3" Damiki Armor shad in Moebi works every time.