Hi guys,

Just a quick report on my latest adventure. Tried a spot north of the Leeman area I have been meaning to get to for some time. There is still a lot of weed on the beaches and the water is generally brown and murky in close. Evening session was very quiet. Caught a few small tailor (15-20cm) on prawns and mulie cubes but no signs of anything else around. The morning session was not faring all that much better but a few bread & butter species came on the bite closer to high tide. I had one big hit around 9am. The drag screamed momentarily and as I picked up the rod and felt the weight the line went dead. Whatever it was must have grabbed the scaly between the circle hooks...all that was left was a head. I dare not dream about what it may have been...

I was only in this spot to try for a mulla. So mid morning I packed up and decided to head back towards Hill River for a kayak session and a fish. The water in the area is a little bit murky in close and there is a little weed around in parts - but generally easy to find a clean spot to fish at the moment. The river has not broken it's banks yet so after recovering a bogged SUV I decided to hit up one of my favourite spots closer to town.

Went out in the kayak for the first time. It was just sloppy enough to make life hard for a newbie and after 30 minutes sitting 200m offshore I decided to get my feet back on solid ground. Will definately get out again on a calm day and am really looking forward to chasing some big bream in the river.

Low tide session was again non eventful. Caught a couple of small mullet for bait and the rest were blowies. No tailor off the reef. Moved again looking for a good spot to soak a bait for the night session. Night was uneventful except for two runs within 10 minutes. The first one I'm calling for a big ray. Couldn't stop it and the mainline gave out (60lb) quite quickly. The second run went west and I could feel headshakes so I am assuming a shark. This time one of my knots pulled...I guess that's what happens when you drink and fish.

Morning session was a bit a better. Started landing some really good sized mullet on whole prawns (all around the 25cm mark) and plenty of sand whiting. Caught an absolute thumper PB Sandy which went 36cm! Couldn't believe it and it put up a great fight on 4lb braid. Not many herring around but I got a couple in the bag. I did drop what felt like a decent tailor - but besides that the tailor never seemed to come on the bite.

Finished up with a quick session at Cervantes Jetty to see what was around. The place was packed with juvenile tailor (<20cm) but did not seem to be holding other b&b fish. Also caught a small squid on a mulie cube...which was a nice surprise.

On the way home I did check out Sovereign Park (Two Rocks)....will definately head back there with the poppers in winter!

Brought home a feed which is the main thing and have also found a couple of great areas to fish at low tide when the conditions are right for the tailor. Was great to get away though and have a break.

Sorry no pics as I am too lazy to upload!

Cheers,

Buschy