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My dog when I got up this morning 

My dog when I got up this morning 

Don’t you love it when a plan comes together ! Have been avoiding npd the last week as I dont fish weekends and the wind  hasn’t been favourable and with willy weather predicting it would drop off today I held off launching the boat till about 10ish. Wasnt too bad at my place when I left but getting to the ramp it was a solid westerly making me wish I had bought along another jumper, bumping into a few of the regulars it was as expected slow fishing up our end and I would have to go looking for them down the far reaches of our boundary , being a quick trip down with the wind behind my back I spotted a wise old fisherman the npd king. Doing the polite thing I dropped in to say a quick gday and a chin wag luckily I did as it saved me a lot time going to look for the fish else where on the dam, he was even good enough to gift me his spot as he was leaving  Talk about being spoon fed !Long story short it was a glass our day just as willy weather predicted and the fishing was pretty good too! 31 fish landed  29 bass and 2 yellas some pics to look at. Get out there and do it while you can. 
 
cheers 

I thought the yella was just happy to see me ! 

Don’t you love it when a plan comes together ! Have been avoiding npd the last week as I dont fish weekends and the wind  hasn’t been favourable and with willy weather predicting it would drop off today I held off launching the boat till about 10ish. Wasnt too bad at my place when I left but getting to the ramp it was a solid westerly making me wish I had bought along another jumper, bumping into a few of the regulars it was as expected slow fishing up our end and I would have to go looking for them down the far reaches of our boundary , being a quick trip down with the wind behind my back I spotted a wise old fisherman the npd king. Doing the polite thing I dropped in to say a quick gday and a chin wag luckily I did as it saved me a lot time going to look for the fish else where on the dam, he was even good enough to gift me his spot as he was leaving  Talk about being spoon fed !Long story short it was a glass our day just as willy weather predicted and the fishing was pretty good too! 31 fish landed  29 bass and 2 yellas some pics to look at. Get out there and do it while you can. 
 
cheers 

Don’t you love it when a plan comes together ! Have been avoiding npd the last week as I dont fish weekends and the wind  hasn’t been favourable and with willy weather predicting it would drop off today I held off launching the boat till about 10ish. Wasnt too bad at my place when I left but getting to the ramp it was a solid westerly making me wish I had bought along another jumper, bumping into a few of the regulars it was as expected slow fishing up our end and I would have to go looking for them down the far reaches of our boundary , being a quick trip down with the wind behind my back I spotted a wise old fisherman the npd king. Doing the polite thing I dropped in to say a quick gday and a chin wag luckily I did as it saved me a lot time going to look for the fish else where on the dam, he was even good enough to gift me his spot as he was leaving  Talk about being spoon fed !Long story short it was a glass our day just as willy weather predicted and the fishing was pretty good too! 31 fish landed  29 bass and 2 yellas some pics to look at. Get out there and do it while you can. 
 
cheers 

Don’t you love it when a plan comes together ! Have been avoiding npd the last week as I dont fish weekends and the wind  hasn’t been favourable and with willy weather predicting it would drop off today I held off launching the boat till about 10ish. Wasnt too bad at my place when I left but getting to the ramp it was a solid westerly making me wish I had bought along another jumper, bumping into a few of the regulars it was as expected slow fishing up our end and I would have to go looking for them down the far reaches of our boundary , being a quick trip down with the wind behind my back I spotted a wise old fisherman the npd king. Doing the polite thing I dropped in to say a quick gday and a chin wag luckily I did as it saved me a lot time going to look for the fish else where on the dam, he was even good enough to gift me his spot as he was leaving  Talk about being spoon fed !Long story short it was a glass our day just as willy weather predicted and the fishing was pretty good too! 31 fish landed  29 bass and 2 yellas some pics to look at. Get out there and do it while you can. 
 
cheers 

Hope all goes well mate, best of luck and get back on your feet and into a few fish ASAP, trust me it’s the best therapy.
 

All the best mate. Where are you leaving the keys to your boat??

Hope all goes well mate, best of luck and get back on your feet and into a few fish ASAP, trust me it’s the best therapy.
 

Hope all goes well mate, best of luck and get back on your feet and into a few fish ASAP, trust me it’s the best therapy.
 

Oops, I should've photoshopped that out. I only had two which is way better than the twenty two I'd normally have.

No smoking !

No smoking !

No smoking !

No smoking !

No smoking !

Hit up the Bay today with my first son, Mitch and his girl, Jas.
The idea was to have a cruise around and enjoy the water and stop in for lunch at Horseshoe Bay. Threw the rods in as well so we could have a stab at some small snaps at an old mark that had produced some 50's for me in the distant past.
Jas was first to register an enquiry but failed to convert. Then Mitch hooked something that spat the hook half way through the fight. Eventually my rod went off and a decent tussle ensued producing a little catshark.

 
Mitch then hooked something that bit him off. I suspect it was a little reef shark.
I landed another slightly larger catshark before Mitch finally brought in one a bit bigger. He was happy to have a weighty fish after a long layoff from fishing while he was growing his hair...🤔


We moved on so we didn't catch any more and tried a couple more spots without luck. So we headed to Horshshoe Bay and stretched the legs for a bit before returning to the ramp.


 

 
We left the ramp at 10:30am in the morning and arrived back about 3:30pm. Plenty of trailers in the carpark but the ramps themselves weren't busy at all. So no ramp-rage today which was pleasant.
Not a spectacular fishing day but it was great to get out with Mitch as we haven't had a boat fish together since the days of the Force.

Some pics of the trip.
 

Nice one, those are dead set the sharpest hooks of any lure I have bought. 

It was a nice morning on NPD yesterday, no rain and light winds, made it very comfortable.Bass were slow to start but a few small schools saved the morning. Managed a few jigging to start with and finished up with a few on bait. Managed 31 bass with a tagged 51cm and another at 50cm. One bass had a sore on its face and the culprit was still attached, so I scraped it off before releasing.
Dino

Well done mate another ripper session, If I get half that tomorrow I will be over the moon but then again I’m only half the bass magnet you are! Lucky I learn from the best tho. 

Well done mate another ripper session, If I get half that tomorrow I will be over the moon but then again I’m only half the bass magnet you are! Lucky I learn from the best tho. 

Well done mate another ripper session, If I get half that tomorrow I will be over the moon but then again I’m only half the bass magnet you are! Lucky I learn from the best tho. 

Hit the Pin yesterday afternoon around 2pm, launching at Cabbagetree Point. The ramp was a bit busy and the trailers were stacked up the side of the road a few hundred metres. This didn't bother me as @benno573 was the tow king.
Started out with a troll for some flathead until we saw some bait getting busted up. The temptation was too great and Ben threw the castnet for some little baitfish like glass perch. Managed a silver biddy and a bite size mullet that found their way into the bucket. We trolled some more with the hard body lures after that and Ben had the first hit but dropped it. Then I had a hit on my swim bait but she spat the hooks after a very brief period. I'm certain she would've gone 74.5cm on the brag mat but we'll never know for sure...
We then trolled back again and a 39cm flatty was boated then released. Ben 1, Brian 0. After this we hit the mud bank for a supply of yabbies to fish the dark hours. A healthy number of good size were gathered. We then anchored up where usually a few good whiting play the game. We were hoping for at least one whiting of just legal size to use as a livey for those fish from the Synagogue. The full moon was on the rise as the sun set, but not even a touch, so we moved to another spot in Tiger Mullet Channel.
Here Benno added a legal flatty and a decent whiting to the esky, but I couldn't get anything decent enough to keep, even though the starting gun for whiting was fired by boating a small ray. I somehow managed to snap my favourite setup, a Nordic Stage Cheater, which was a little disappointing. So I'll be down to the tackle shop this week to replace it before the next adventure.
No pics, sorry.
Thanks Benno for being the bestest decky ever, again. Your knowledge of this area and others is incredible.