9 hours of fishing
Started at about 5 in the arvo at RFBYC jetty hoping to hook up some bream with my new bought baby vibe. first cast and got a small tailor. decided to stay and try for mulloway, but there wasn't anymore actions after that small tailor. no squid, no tailor. therefore, no bait for mulloway. so met up with a friend at the narrows. it was rather quiet but started to get some small tailors (in the 20+cm range). and then i got one that took some line. landed it and measured up. it was a 40cm tailor! my PB.
then after that the fish went pretty thin. i lost all my metals cos my line snapped. think i need to get some new braids already. So i put on my Rapala minnow. first cast and i caught my first bream on a lure, and also my first bream from the narrows. I wasn't expecting that at all. the bream went 33cm, 3cm shy of my PB
my friend caught a 32cm tailor towards the end of out session. we also brought up a big blue manna using both our rods like a chopstick. it was just sitting near the shore on the bottom and my friend wanted to get that but didn't have a scoop. no picture of the crab though.
one weird thing happened when i first got to the narrows though. this guy beside me caught a small eagle ray on his twisty!
_Mike_
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well done
well done the mate not bad at all ive been trying the narrarws a bit but never got any tailor that big so well done and that crazy bout the eagle ray verry unsual if i say so my self well by the sounds of things you guys had a blast
shifeng
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yea. but still no signs of
yea. but still no signs of the elusive mulloway. haha!
_Mike_
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Date Joined: 30/06/10
know what you mean
iv ony had a few runs in the river for mully it would pick up my livie take a chunck out of the back of the livie then drop it so well mabey a bully? you need to put in the hours for one of them
soupster51
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Congrats
Sounds like a few 'firsts' occurred over the session - congrats.
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jnr81
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thats a good sized tailor
thats a good sized tailor caught one the other week 43cm beileve it or not down at guildford good to see there are some big ones around well done getting the bream on lure
Pete D
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Congrats on the PB's. Chop
Congrats on the PB's.
Chop stick caught Bluey - now that is a first!
Saw a bait ball getting smashed up by tailor against the rock wall midway along Langely Park this morning whilst riding to work - had to stop, was a great sight. Hmm, might have to sort a small flick stick for the bike.
Cheers Pete
Faulkner Family
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sounds like you had some
sounds like you had some fun. well done on the pb tailor.with so many fish being caught in the swan it shows that the river system is in reasonable shape. never seen a ray caught so far up tho.
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DieHard
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sounds great mate! And
sounds great mate!
And there you have it! the Twisty theory exists! rays can be captured on a Halco Twisty!
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shifeng
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Date Joined: 22/09/09
I've seen an eagle ray with
I've seen an eagle ray with at least 20m wingspan in canning bridge during the lowest of low tide last summer before. It was just cruising along upriver
crasny1
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Further proof of the effectiveness of a Twisty
Bloody things catch everything. A twisty used as a bottom jig also works a treat, and the NW snappers, cods, trout take them with gusto. No space age jigs needed, just a twisty.
Neels
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