Canning Report

hit up the canning today, armed with river prawns. i rocked up just as the water became slack, so i was hoping for a good little session. already rigged up on the train so i could get straight into the action. first drop down i nailed a small bream, 23cm. went quiet for a bit until the water became slack. perfect cast onto a pylon, waited no more than 3 seconds and had line screaming from the reel. forgot to tighten my drag, so i lost him to the pylon. landed another 7 bream, undersized in about the same amount of casts. then went quiet until i had another solid hookup. at this stage, the current had picked up quite a lot. managed to land him, 35cm. very healthy fish. next cast got absolutely smashed by a big bream and shortly after he bricked me. unstoppable haha. some asian bloke using mussels managed to pick up a beautiful 42cm blackie after a long tussel on ultralight gear. put my bream to shame! finished up around 2:30ish when i ran out of bait and headed home. id put photos up, but i cant get them off my phone!

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 canning as in canning river

Thu, 2011-01-20 17:43

 canning as in canning river or canning bridge?

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Almanac

Thu, 2011-01-20 17:47

shoulda said, Canning Bridge. i am now a believer in the Anglers Almanac!

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nice fish what rig did you

Thu, 2011-01-20 21:54

nice fish what rig did you use and how did you keep it away from the blowies

(was that so hard being positive)

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you did well leemo, been

Thu, 2011-01-20 22:23

you did well leemo, been VERY quiet on the plastics down there the last 2 weeks, lost a cracker of a flatty down there last weekend, would of gone over 60cm.. was the water merky when you were down there?

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yeah on monday we got no hits

Thu, 2011-01-20 23:47

yeah on monday we got no hits on the placcies. nah the water was relatively clear. landed 3 bream off the exact same pylon in 3 casts hahah.

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Nice work ego.

Thu, 2011-01-20 23:22

Nice work ego.

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cheers. hows S.A.?

Thu, 2011-01-20 23:48

cheers. hows S.A.?

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hahaYeah good mate, just

Fri, 2011-01-21 00:19

haha

Yeah good mate, just chilling with the family, not much fishing. Heading to the mountains tomorrow, may get a spot of trout fishing done... some big trout in there, fingers crossed!

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Where abouts are ya schecks?

Fri, 2011-01-21 09:22

Where abouts are ya schecks? in SA?

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Eastern Cape atm

Fri, 2011-01-21 12:21

In East London now, then off to Katburg then to Knysna.

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ahh love knysna!

Fri, 2011-01-21 14:32

ahh love knysna!

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Think i saw you there last

Fri, 2011-01-21 09:35

Think i saw you there last night. With that guy that was diving free hand for crabs.

Did the guy with the line out on front of the bridge get anything?

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i left the place at about

Fri, 2011-01-21 13:31

i left the place at about 2:30ish to catch a train. so i think you mistaken lol. there were some other blokes there when i left though.

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did the asian bloke release

Fri, 2011-02-18 19:35

did the asian bloke release the 42cm bream?

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yeah mate, he only kept one

Fri, 2011-02-18 21:40

yeah mate, he only kept one for the day at 35cm. always good to see big females go back!

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