Another Wazza

Hamish, may I suggest you hone your carpentry skills and start building an ark?....

He said it went 22kg

Hi there Nick, excellent report on your day out fishing, 2 forkies still beats no fish at all.

Ive never fished the river by kayak before, but I did do a bit of land based just downstream from Wivenhoe spillway, and Mt Crosby weir, this was back in the late 90’s early 2000’s, so I really don’t know how well it fishes now.

Back then we did alright using spinner baits, and feeder crays purchased from a pet shop, there were plenty of quality Bass, and forkies to be caught, and on occasion, big Lungfish, the Lungies would leap like Barra once hooked and took quite some effort to subdue before being released.

All the best on your quest for a wild Bass, given the amount of effort you put in on this trip, it’s only a matter of time really, good luck.

22 minutes ago, Mylesfisher said:

it says reel and flick should i do this slowly? also im using harros loop knot for the splash prawn and a slim beauty knot for braid to flouro is this good?

Mate, there are a number of ways to work any given lure, the real trick is working out (for yourself) which retrieval gets the fish, there is no substitute for time spent actually fishing.

As for knots, that is entirely personal preference, the best knot is the one you can tie easily, and have enough confidence that it will do the job, again, there’s no substitute for time spent trying all sorts of different knots out, to see what works best for you.

Im looking forward to seeing some results of all your hard work, best of luck.

Nice Jewie Steve, good work, it must have been a pleasant surprise

I thought I had one for the board, just before Xmas, all the hard work was done, I was just reeling him in the last few metres..... then I got burgled in broad daylight!!, he would’ve been a cracker if I landed him whole.

I still managed a decent feed with the flesh that was left though, and decided to preserve the jaws as a keep sake

I forgot to mention earlier, surely the catch of the day was that Kramer shirt Brian was sporting, classic

Nice work boys, will you be keeping those whiting heads for bait?

54 minutes ago, Neil Stratford said:

Nice snapper Wazza, Southside needs two more similar to that one. 
regards

Neil 

Thanks Neil, I ended up letting him go so another Southsider can claim him before the months up

Zerek make a hardbody called the “speed donkey” and claim it’s good for 15kts, I’ve never tried one though so can’t really comment, just thought for $20 it may be of interest?

7 hours ago, ellicat said:

 

I thought you must've been busy with school and not doing much fishing.
I was wrong ! You were just saving it all up so you could write us all a book for Christmas. haha

Hahaha, I was thinking the exact same thing, busy with school, little did I know it was building up like a volcano, and it finally erupted yesterday!

Solid reports Hamish, well done,  spewing about your crab pots though

On 28/11/2021 at 3:48 PM, Kimtown said:

I wasn’t really going to bother with soft plastics up there until I read your couple of threads, but I’ll be definitely making sure I take a good selection now. 

Take some plastics up there for sure man, on that trip one of the deckies got a chance to take a tender out for a fish, he is an extremely able fisherman, and caught 8 nice coral trout in 1 hour using a generic prawn plastic, he has well and truely mastered the art of working that prawn, to put it into perspective, a lot of people onboard fished the entire week and didn’t catch 8 trout. 

Ive taken bananas on boats many times and caught fish, have also been on other boats where the skipper is woofing into them, without any catastrophies unfolding.

Having said that, I have smashed many...many mirrors in my time, and have no qualms  about walking under ladders either, I think it’s entirely up to the individual to decide what sits best with them, and who or what to blame when things go south,

Brian, that’s some mighty fine looking worms you got there, I haven’t been able to restock my supply since panic buying became a thing, did you get them from ALDI?, haha

Hahahaha, I’m well aware of that Brian, and don’t envy your predicament

Usually it’s a no brainer, fish beats cricket any day, but I’m going out on a limb here, and suggesting cricket, as I’m not sure the forecast will hold, the crickets guaranteed, the fishing could be canned that morning?, something to ponder Brian

Nice work, that’s one solid whiting

Ringed parrot I believe?, unusual capture on bait.

40 minutes ago, ellicat said:

Will you be giving the soft vibes a go in the bay ?

For sure Brian, I’ll have to replenish my stock first, but they have definitely earnt their spot in my tackle bag

Hey Brian, I was mixing it up almost every drift, plastics in around 20m, bait further out, It all depended on how quick the drift was, no plastic stood out above the others, apart from soft vibes, with good fish caught on massive white jerk shads, 5 inch streaks in coconut ice, and nuke chicken,, and big pink grubs, just to name s few.

I reckon I could’ve put a hook through my thong and if I could  manage to get that down it too would’ve been hammered, hahaha