beating the weather!!!

[ActiveAngler]

Hi all,i didnt get a chance to have a look at Andys report before he posted,but there is some good info on the techniques we are using. A couple of funny things that Andy omitted ,he had a flattie roll on his plastic beside the boat after burning it the last ten feet to the boat. He nearly crapped himself. And to borrow a quote from Funchy,I had the reflexes of a house plant,losing the last fish of the day. The Plastic was dropping to the bottom,it was cold,windy,huge belly in the line...i saw it twitching..Bringing those reflexes into play,i kind of struck..coming up with only loose line..Perplexed until a little salmon around 55 launched out of the water behind me,plastic in mouth...It was hard to do anything right,by the time i recovered the slack line,turned around,the fish took a couple, of short runs and the lure came unstuck...much to Andys amusement..He did an awesome job on the net,and his new light baitcaster performed well. Leader was only 12 and 15 schneider,as any heavier we couldn't get any bites. There were some nervous moments on the bigger fish. While we are fishing light,we are fishing them as hard as we can,to try and maximise the fishes chances upon release. Except the grunter..
I have been giving the Daiwa Aird combo i bought for people i take who dont have a light plastics rod,and i have to say im impressed. Goes to show you don't have to have super expensive gear to get a few good fish. Been good to get onto a few fish lately,but finding them has been the key,well finding the bait. It seems wherever we find bait,the fish will be there,but the rest of the bank is barren. And they continually move. I spend most of my time at the moment with one eye on the sounder. Its getting that way i wont cast till we find some fish. Even in the harder fished creeks,nearer to river heads there are good shows of fish. Im starting to think some of these schools of fish,travel most of the length of the creek in a tide. Just another theory to work on..
Tight lines.

[TheAntsPants]

Great report Andy
Very well written and some great pics
What a great day out and great variety of fish
Cheers Ant

[Bracey]

Well done boys, great effort.

Nice report too Andy and congrates on the Thready!

Cheers Dave

[004dam]

You two nailed them that's for sure. Nice work. How do those blue salmon go?

[ActiveAngler]

You two nailed them that's for sure. Nice work. How do those blue salmon go?

In my opinion mate,the Blues would pull a Thready backwards,and have a blistering turn of speed. They also tend to jump more. In my experience anyway. The threadys seems to stop a couple times during the fight,knd of go round in circles. Blues are definately easier to revive to. We had trouble with both the Threadies on the weekend.Thats not to say that the threadys dont go,they are awesome,but the blues are faster i think.

[Pistol_P]

Great stuff Chew'ies.....
Pete

[ActiveAngler]

nice sole andy bett the old boy didn,t give ya much about that one great lot fish boys well done

It surprised me how aggressive it was Pete..It did get mentioned a couple times during the day though..

[Frenzy 500]

you pair are freaks.

Get a day off this Thurs or Fri. I am coming down!

Stevo

[ActiveAngler]

Pfft..i wish Stevo..id get shot..

[Frenzy 500]

Pfft..i wish Stevo..id get shot..

Ok then..give me:
1. your boat
2. your GPS marks
3. keys to your beer fridge
4. your tacklebox with favorite lures.!
5. Map and details of exactly where your smashing so many good fish.!!

Cheers Stevo