Landbased Lure session 23/4/23

[charlie.hans.fishing]

Hi all. 

Here's another quick report from yesterday's landbased lure session at Manly. 

Only had a few hours to fish so I micro jigged some plastics in the deeper water around the pylons in hopes of a trevally. 

Used small grub profile lures. The wind was horrendous and it would have been a very uncomfortable day if you were out in the bay; I had to switch from a 1/6th to a 1/8th just to cast 5 metres in front of me.    

It was blowing almost 19 knots and there was white caps all around. 

Fortunately the marina provided some shelter and it wasn't as bad as being out in the open. 

A kid next to me hooked up to a 35cm or so GT on similar profile plastics out from the pylons but dropped it at the surface. Apparently him and his mate had already caught a few little trevs on plastics and bream on bread baits before I arrived. 

Tried to get a cool photo of 30 or so BIG bream feeding on seaweed/oysters stuck around the marina pontoons but I could only pick them up with my polarized sunnies and they spooked easily after getting a cast in at them. 

Ended up switching spots and fished a beachy area. 

Managed a little trev on a slim swimz and oddly, 4 micro whiting. Casted in towards the boat hulls and hopped the lures back out. No size. 

 

 

 

 

 

[ellicat]

Nice to see you getting the plastics to work for you. Whiting, a bit of a surprise.

A bit cumbersome, but you can put your sunnies in front of the camera lense to get that benefit. It works, believe it or not.

[Rebel]

Top report.

Well done

[charlie.hans.fishing]

Thanks guys! I should try that @ellicat

[Old Scaley]

Have to admire your dedication @TheCharliefisho. I reckon those big bream that hang around pilons at marinas are way too cagey to fool for most of the tricks fishos try to capture them. Probably not a lot of salt water fishing going to happen on the east coast this week. Grrrr!

[Noah Fitzpatrick]

what marina did you hit in manly.

[charlie.hans.fishing]

11 minutes ago, Noah Fitzpatrick said:

what marina did you hit in manly.

The big main one . We didn't fish in the actual marina, access is blocked to members only of course. There's some public spots connected to the marina that you can easily find though. 

[Bob9863]

A bit of soft plastic action is always a good day. 

[Bretto77]

I'm with @Old Scaley and admiring the dedication. You did well. Conditions have been horrible lately.

[charlie.hans.fishing]

20 minutes ago, Bretto77 said:

I'm with @Old Scaley and admiring the dedication. You did well. Conditions have been horrible lately.

Cheers Brett and @Old Scaley

[charlie.hans.fishing]

EDIT: I made a typo with the jighead weight that doesn't make sense  I meant 1/16th, not 1/6th - most of you would have figured though I'm sure

[AUS-BNE-FISHO]

Nice work Charlie.

[Brodie_S]

Not a bad session considering the conditions nice GT. 

[FishingCrazy]

Think you guys are having the same crappy weather we are having in NSW, wind and showers for over a week now.

Good job getting out there in these conditions. Love the little slim swimz, that motor oil colour always seems to find a fish.

[charlie.hans.fishing]

9 hours ago, FishingCrazy said:

Think you guys are having the same crappy weather we are having in NSW, wind and showers for over a week now.

Good job getting out there in these conditions. Love the little slim swimz, that motor oil colour always seems to find a fish.

Thanks, and I agree. It's my go to small paddletail.