queensland Change It Up

[samsteele115]

Had another go landbased this morning in some fishy looking waters. Nothing for the first half a dozen casts or more; which called for change of technique. Instead of the cast and fast retrieval of the lure which usually works well, I hopped the metal lure off the bottom with a slow wind and twitch of the rod... BOOM hooked up to a decent Trev shy of the metre mark. I saw it thrash on the surface as it shook it's head before flicking me the bird with it's tail and wrapping me around a rock. Not nice, but sometimes happens. 

Next 4 casts was a hookup each cast... same slow retrieval. Landed a nice 53cm tailor and bigeye trev (I think). Tomorrows camping trip protein sorted. 

It goes to show we can never have fishing figured out no matter how often we fish a spot or how much success we have. Keep trying new things until something works.

[kmcrosby78]

Awesome work Sam, some nice feeds there. Well done for changing it up and succeeding. What size metals did you hop?

[Do$tylz]

Man. Living the life Sam. So good.

[samsteele115]

14 minutes ago, kmcrosby78 said:

Awesome work Sam, some nice feeds there. Well done for changing it up and succeeding. What size metals did you hop?

Thanks mate, I think it's a 60gram Gorilla? Got from the local shop. Sometimes 'straddie lures' are a good purchase too! Tryna support local. Casting distance is most important for that spot though. I like to use the fancier stuff like Stickbaits, plastics, and microjigs in other spots where cast distance isn't as crucial 

[Drop Bear]

Sweet deal mate. Looks like first rock north of Frenchmans but a bit of a wild guess. I got pushed over by a big wave there once and the rocks look like the ones that took the skin off my ass haha. 

Glad the fishing has picked up for you. Enjoy the camping trip. 

[Junky]

Well done bloke. 

Keep up the reports. 

[AUS-BNE-FISHO]

Hey Sam

Great job man, those are some good ones. 

Your reports are smashing mine in the fish factor, that's for sure  

Cheers Hamish

[samsteele115]

1 minute ago, AUS-BNE-FISHO said:

Hey Sam

Great job man, those are some good ones. 

Your reports are smashing mine in the fish factor, that's for sure  

Cheers Hamish

Welp, I did mention I didn't catch a fish for 3 weeks the other day didn't I? Would have been 10 fishless reports it's a funny old fishery over here seemingly, very on and off.

[AUS-BNE-FISHO]

22 hours ago, samsteele115 said:

Welp, I did mention I didn't catch a fish for 3 weeks the other day didn't I? Would have been 10 fishless reports it's a funny old fishery over here seemingly, very on and off.

I wish one day the fish would start biting and wouldn't stop.

We can all dream.