Small creek, big fish

[FishingCrazy]

Hi guys and gal's,

I have been off the water crook since before Xmas so haven't been out on the water for a while.

The Coffs coast is packed with tourists holidaying, so it been massively busy up the creeks and rivers with boats, jet skis, swimmers etc. So I went exploring some spots away from the crowds.

Went for a float in the kayak down a small shallow creek, fishing light only expecting to be playing around with under sized bream and flatties, which was correct......at first.

Then I hooked what I thought was a tree branch and was slowly dragging it in when the branch gave a head shake.

Ended up being an 85cm flatty that gave my small net a bit of a workout.

I was pretty stoked, after not being able to fish for nearly a month, to catch and release this big girl in such a small non tidal creek on 8-pound leader and light gauge jig head. 

Hope you all had tight lines over Xmas.

Cheers,

 

 

 

 

 

[Old Scaley]

Nice surprise and a nice video. Looks like very pretty spot that you can fish quietly with no boat traffic. Keep the reports coming @FishingCrazy.

[ellicat]

What a ripper ! A nice payback for missed time on the water, thank you very much.

[Milpool]

Good fish! I've watched a couple of your Jack videos before, quality videos. 

[AUS-BNE-FISHO]

Great fish, that’s a cracker! 

[Junky]

Time to get a bigger net FC. 

Love your vids mate. 

[Bretto77]

Awesome

[Bob9863]

I've said many times it's surprising what you can find in skinny water and seldom targeted spots. 

Big fish can hide in some unexpected places. 

[FishingCrazy]

19 hours ago, Old Scaley said:

Nice surprise and a nice video. Looks like very pretty spot that you can fish quietly with no boat traffic. Keep the reports coming @FishingCrazy.

Yep, no boat ramp and 4x4 access only so keeps the tourists away.

 

18 hours ago, ellicat said:

What a ripper ! A nice payback for missed time on the water, thank you very much.

Was pretty happy, made me forget about being crook and missing out on fishing for a month,

 

18 hours ago, Milpool said:

Good fish! I've watched a couple of your Jack videos before, quality videos. 

Gee thanks mate, I don't often hear the words "Quality" with anything I do lol. It's usually just a lot of swearing

 

17 hours ago, AUS-BNE-FISHO said:

Great fish, that’s a cracker! 

Cheers mate.

 

6 hours ago, Junky said:

Time to get a bigger net FC. 

Love your vids mate. 

Yeah my old rotted out bass net wasn't too happy, now has a bend in the handle.

 

4 hours ago, Bretto77 said:

Awesome

Thanks Bretto

 

3 hours ago, Bob9863 said:

I've said many times it's surprising what you can find in skinny water and seldom targeted spots. 

Big fish can hide in some unexpected places. 

Your right on the money there, I'm going to head back there and see if I can find any jacks.