i get a message from rory..."keen to fish south coast"...didnt even need to think twice about it...havent fished for a couple of months.
bag was packed and delivered to rory friday afternoon already...alarm set for 3.30am...clothes...cap and sunglasses all ready.
we arrived just after 6...it was over cast and not a breathe of wind
i couldnt have asked for a better day...
i took some pics while rory and shaun setup their kickboats...
i setup my kickboat...but didnt put the frame in the right place so when i jumped from the jetty onto the seat...the front of the kickboat tipped forward...man i thought its gona be one of those days...but hey...took a deep...and sorted out the kickboat.
rory went down to the dam wall and shaun and i went the other way...shaun was already 5 nil up on me in the first hour...i hadnt got a bite....so i decided to slow down and down scale to a weightless fluke...first cast fish on...small weigher...i wasnt complaining.
it rained on and aff all day...the wind picked up a little later on in the day...but overal the weather was ok.
i moved around the dam using a spinnerbait...weightless fluke...shallow running crankbait...bright colour...and of course the frog(horny toad) i also used a spro frog...i didnt get any bites on the dark colour one so i changed to the one with a bright coloured belly...which proved to be a wise choice...because it produced a couple of nice fish.
the fishing was tough and it seemed the cold front had already come thru.
when i caught up with rory he mentioned that he had caught some nice fish in the centre of the dam...i also found using the spinnerbait when the wind picked up...proved to be a good option...it also produced the smallest fish.
the average size fish for the day wasnt bad...
i was watching the reeds for activity and finally it happened there was a chase ...so i headed over to the spot where i saw the chase and put the frog exactly where it happened...nothing...moved to the left...pitched to the left nothing...i noticed a branch just submerged and pitched right to the back left corner...and it landed on the spot...all hell broke loose and the next thing i knew...i could feel it was a nice fish....it ran under a stump i could feel it was still on but...i could also feel the line running on the wood (thank goodness for power pro braid)...i held on and moved as close as i could get...pushed the rod tip under the water to try get the fish to come out...and it did but the fish was right on the top eye with no slack...i had tensioned the drag to try hold the fish from talking me into the stump...but becaus eof the pure power of the fish it still stripped line...i released the drag a little and lifted the rod tip pulled the fish closer and lip landed it...phewwwwweee...my poor little ticker was going flat out...and i am sure rory and shaun could hear the excitement from where they were fishing...this fish made my day...it was a nice size fish
bag was packed and delivered to rory friday afternoon already...alarm set for 3.30am...clothes...cap and sunglasses all ready.
we arrived just after 6...it was over cast and not a breathe of wind
i couldnt have asked for a better day...
i took some pics while rory and shaun setup their kickboats...
i setup my kickboat...but didnt put the frame in the right place so when i jumped from the jetty onto the seat...the front of the kickboat tipped forward...man i thought its gona be one of those days...but hey...took a deep...and sorted out the kickboat.
rory went down to the dam wall and shaun and i went the other way...shaun was already 5 nil up on me in the first hour...i hadnt got a bite....so i decided to slow down and down scale to a weightless fluke...first cast fish on...small weigher...i wasnt complaining.
it rained on and aff all day...the wind picked up a little later on in the day...but overal the weather was ok.
i moved around the dam using a spinnerbait...weightless fluke...shallow running crankbait...bright colour...and of course the frog(horny toad) i also used a spro frog...i didnt get any bites on the dark colour one so i changed to the one with a bright coloured belly...which proved to be a wise choice...because it produced a couple of nice fish.
the fishing was tough and it seemed the cold front had already come thru.
when i caught up with rory he mentioned that he had caught some nice fish in the centre of the dam...i also found using the spinnerbait when the wind picked up...proved to be a good option...it also produced the smallest fish.
the average size fish for the day wasnt bad...
i was watching the reeds for activity and finally it happened there was a chase ...so i headed over to the spot where i saw the chase and put the frog exactly where it happened...nothing...moved to the left...pitched to the left nothing...i noticed a branch just submerged and pitched right to the back left corner...and it landed on the spot...all hell broke loose and the next thing i knew...i could feel it was a nice fish....it ran under a stump i could feel it was still on but...i could also feel the line running on the wood (thank goodness for power pro braid)...i held on and moved as close as i could get...pushed the rod tip under the water to try get the fish to come out...and it did but the fish was right on the top eye with no slack...i had tensioned the drag to try hold the fish from talking me into the stump...but becaus eof the pure power of the fish it still stripped line...i released the drag a little and lifted the rod tip pulled the fish closer and lip landed it...phewwwwweee...my poor little ticker was going flat out...and i am sure rory and shaun could hear the excitement from where they were fishing...this fish made my day...it was a nice size fish