Gday guys,
Went back down to Vines today for the midday low tide and hopefully a few flatties. We came prepared with all of us rigged with Stiffy Minnows to try and repeat yesterdays success.
Things started nicely with Joel and I nailing a few small flatties within 10 casts.
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Poor Bryce still hadn't had a hit on his Stiffy Minnow so he changed to another home brand lure. He ended up tying on a Stiffy Fat One which soon bagged him a few small bream.
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We came up to the snag that I pulled all the barra from yesterday and landed a few casts in tight to the mangroves. Turns out the bream had pushed the barra out of their home as I proced to land a few nice fish. I was amazed that I had actually caught a bream on a 60mm hardbody!
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Don't ya had it when your lure get stuck in ya shirt...with the fish still attatched! This was my best bream for the day - 30cm on a Prowler coloured Stiffy Minnow.
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What Joel did next was pretty cool. He managed a hat trick with 3 different species in consecutive casts!
First came a flatty jagged up the date.
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Next came a good whiting.
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And what came next still ceases to amaze me - a bloody Garfish! May I remind you that the lure is 60mm in length and the fish was hooked in the lip!
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We soon ran out of water to effectively fish so we moved up to another hole. Out came the shrimps but for the first time in a while, there was no result. After 10 minutes of no fish we decided to go baito for a bit. We collected a few soldier crabs and sure enough, every bait that hit the water nailed a fish. Between the three of us I think we got about 15 bream in the space of 15 minutes which ain't half bad for 'baito'ing'.
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I even ended the day with a dirty stinkin' catfish which put up a good account for itself. lol
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So the moral of the story is, don't be afraid to go native and use the local food source on a jighead!
Cheers Isaac