Zim man

been a while since i had a before work session. we used to do them a lot mate. How good are the skin blues.
I hit mud once with khoi and i had a 1/8oz and he used a 1/16, he cleaned me up till i changed to the lighter ones

been a while since i had a before work session. we used to do them a lot mate. How good are the skin blues.
I hit mud once with khoi and i had a 1/8oz and he used a 1/16, he cleaned me up till i changed to the lighter ones

So when I started getting back into fishing a few months ago, I was down to my last pack of skin blues. I went looking to buy them and for the life of me couldn't find them at any of the normal suppliers, but did find 2 on ebay and bought them.
So I hit up Rob to find out wth was going on. He had a laugh and told me people stopped buying them 2 or 3 years ago so he stopped bringing them in. Lucky for me he was able to find a few others who were keen to get their hands on some again so Rob was kind enough to do a small batch order for us on his next shipment. I have enough 3inch shad skin blue's to last me a few years now 🙂. I should just sell off the rest of the 3" plastics I own... I honestly never use any other.

So I got to squeeze out a quick 3.5 hour fish this morning before work.
An old work colleague was kind enough to hit me up for a deckie spot and I couldn't say no 😄
We were on the water by 3:50am and our plan was to have a look at the blue beacons past the Brissy river mouth (1mile?) to see if there were any mackies around. Water wasn't as glassed as I expected but we could still motor near WOT.
We got there as the sun was just starting to light the sky and found 2 boats at the first beacon where we had about 4 casts before deciding to have a look at the 2nd beacon.
Got close to the 2nd beacon and saw 6 boats already on it so decided to give up on the mackies and head to mud.
Drifted the south eastern side and chucked 95% placcies with a few casts of a hardbody thrown in. Started off with 1/8th jigheads which is usually heavier than I like in the shallows around mud. Lots of touches but not a lot of hook ups. The fish didn't really convert until I went back to my usual of 1/12 or 1/16 sized jigheads. Most of my fish came on Damiki armour shads and rippers. Long live the Skin Blue colour!!!!! Thank you @Zim man (not that you are on here much anymore).
Lots of littlies around and lots of tackle lost to the rubble. I reckon I lost 10/12 jigheads this morning. How good are the colours!

and then on the classic "last drift/last cast" finally got a better grassy.

 
All fish went back for a swim and I made it home right on 8am to fire up my laptop and get stuck into my work.
Happy Friday everyone 🙂 Cheers

glad to hear you are on the mend mate.  I will have this up on the FB tackle club page in the next few days. 

glad to hear you are on the mend mate.  I will have this up on the FB tackle club page in the next few days. 

Hi all
It MOVEMBER and we want to help you raise awareness and funds for your page.   if you are taking part or a mate is taking part (please let them know)   List your link below or post on our fb page and we will share one a day on our FB page and donate $10 to your movember page. if your mates are taking part, let  them know so they can post their link below..   Our fb page where we have started highlighting people taking part is here https://www.facebook.com/tackleclub.com.au   cheers Rob

glad to hear you are on the mend mate.  I will have this up on the FB tackle club page in the next few days. 

Hi all
It MOVEMBER and we want to help you raise awareness and funds for your page.   if you are taking part or a mate is taking part (please let them know)   List your link below or post on our fb page and we will share one a day on our FB page and donate $10 to your movember page. if your mates are taking part, let  them know so they can post their link below..   Our fb page where we have started highlighting people taking part is here https://www.facebook.com/tackleclub.com.au   cheers Rob

glad to hear you are on the mend mate.  I will have this up on the FB tackle club page in the next few days. 

Good one Zim Man.
Some of you would know I had prostate cancer this year. I have had it removed and it is looking good for now. 
This is my one.
https://movember.com/m/14459852?mc=1

Hi all
It MOVEMBER and we want to help you raise awareness and funds for your page.   if you are taking part or a mate is taking part (please let them know)   List your link below or post on our fb page and we will share one a day on our FB page and donate $10 to your movember page. if your mates are taking part, let  them know so they can post their link below..   Our fb page where we have started highlighting people taking part is here https://www.facebook.com/tackleclub.com.au   cheers Rob

Hi all
It MOVEMBER and we want to help you raise awareness and funds for your page.   if you are taking part or a mate is taking part (please let them know)   List your link below or post on our fb page and we will share one a day on our FB page and donate $10 to your movember page. if your mates are taking part, let  them know so they can post their link below..   Our fb page where we have started highlighting people taking part is here https://www.facebook.com/tackleclub.com.au   cheers Rob

Hi all
It MOVEMBER and we want to help you raise awareness and funds for your page.   if you are taking part or a mate is taking part (please let them know)   List your link below or post on our fb page and we will share one a day on our FB page and donate $10 to your movember page. if your mates are taking part, let  them know so they can post their link below..   Our fb page where we have started highlighting people taking part is here https://www.facebook.com/tackleclub.com.au   cheers Rob

Hi all
It MOVEMBER and we want to help you raise awareness and funds for your page.   if you are taking part or a mate is taking part (please let them know)   List your link below or post on our fb page and we will share one a day on our FB page and donate $10 to your movember page. if your mates are taking part, let  them know so they can post their link below..   Our fb page where we have started highlighting people taking part is here https://www.facebook.com/tackleclub.com.au   cheers Rob

Fished around mud for not a lot but then we happened to be right on the spot where some tuba started busting up the bait that had been hanging around the boat. Unfortunately we only had 1 swipe for the 30odd minutes that we had a chance to cast up them. They kept popping up and down but were within casting range for a few of them. Nothing on 14gm chrome or 60gm chrome.
So we ducked up into some mangroves for a few flicks to see if we could find flatties but nothing of size. Just a few bream were brought up while skipping casts under the shadows. That was enough to make the session worth it. Love that kind of fishing where you skip cast too far in and panic that it's too deep so quickly crank the plastic out and you can see the bream chase it on its way out. There's gotta be jacks there in summer so will have to go back and give it a good crack when it heats up 🙂
And how good is the classic 3" armour shad in skin blue 😄@Zim man

such a great loss. Was a great character and always happy to share his knowledge. RIP

Thanks for posting this Mark,
A great loss to so many of us.
One of my best fishing experiences was spending a few days on a small boat with him up at 1770.
He out fished everyone and taught me so much. He has helped me set up my boat and guided me in so many ways. Always ready for a laugh around the campfire and extremely generous with his time. 
The world is a better place for have having you in it mate, rest peacefully now.
I think the fish just let out a sigh of relief. 

That's very sad news Mark and makes me really wish I'd seen him again more recently than I have. I have fond memories of Wave Break Island camping/fishing trips with Lance (and a few drinkies in the arvo/evenings .... 🙂) and he definitely will be missed on this forum - if Lance didn't know the answer about a fishing-related topic it wasn't worth knowing. Absolute legend - RIP mate.

such a great loss. Was a great character and always happy to share his knowledge. RIP

such a great loss. Was a great character and always happy to share his knowledge. RIP

such a great loss. Was a great character and always happy to share his knowledge. RIP

thanks for the offer mate, i ended up going to his farm and getting them there.  he has a very cool set up

thanks for the offer mate, i ended up going to his farm and getting them there.  he has a very cool set up

Bugger... Live ones are the go. I can give you some maggots if you want to give them a go?