Lizards for dinner
Thought I better add a report to the summer festivities.
Made the most of the sunshine this weeked and went wading with lures yesterday morning and again today with my mate. Both days had some solid sessions, with bream, tarwhine, flounder and flathead caught. Still couldn't tempt the whiting to hit my lure, but they were around. Yesterday's session ended up with me losing a brand spankin Jap minnow lure to a monster lizard that raked through my 4lb leader just when I thought I had him. Estimated at over 60 cms.
With that unfinished business in mind we went for a flattie sess this morning with a mate and got there at just the right time, with a strong bite going on as I arrived. My mate already had a few over 40 cms in the bag. Caught my first 50cm swan flatty first cast and put him back for good luck ( Trying some karma tactics that Andy Mac has mentioned). Both of us proceeded to catch a few more straight away. After a while it went completely dead, couldn't even get a blowie hit, so packed up and made for home. Ended up keeping four, with 3 over 40 , and releasing more than that again. Looking forward to dinner tonight, fresh flattie goes down a treat.
All lure types had success from vibs, jerkbaits, crankbaits and stick baits. The main weapons were the vibes and stick baits.
Pics are of dinner and the 50cm flatty. Camera phone quality
soupster51
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Result
Top result. Liking the 'karma' effort. Always a great feeling to let a few go. I'd be upgrading the leader to 10lb vanish minimum when chasing flatties.
The best reason for doing what's right today is tomorrow.
championruby
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Cheers mateI was going with
Cheers mate
I was going with 4lb to help catch the bream and hopefully hook a YF whiting, but after yesterdays devastating dropped fish I went with 6lb today and didnt have any problems. Didnt hook any bream either though.
brg
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Date Joined: 31/12/09
nice sounds like a good
nice sounds like a good session
championruby
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Cheers mate, have you been
Cheers mate, have you been hitting up the canning much lately?
brg
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Date Joined: 31/12/09
nah mate ova the canning atm
nah mate ova the canning atm chasing bream up belmont/ascot way
championruby
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Date Joined: 20/01/11
Near my place then...Much
Near my place then...Much luck? I've been fishing for bream around there for the last few months so it's been good to try something new with the flatties.