Sunday session..

[ActiveAngler]

Hi all,
well with the northerly wind making it too uncomfortable to fish the bay,Andy talked me into a couple hours fishing in the burrum for tarpon and jacks. Iv got to say i wasnt that keen,having had my mind set on chasing trevally and tuna in the bay,but having a keen 14yr nagging all day wore me down. So pushing the poly in about 3pm,the tide was a fair bit higher than i thought,so we went for a quick run up the Cherwell river as it sometimes produces on the higher tide. Alas,there was no bait at the couple spots i wanted to fish,and 47 snags/lures up trees later,Andy says"dad,can we go somewhere else ".
I fired up the motor,and headed up the Burrum. Pulling up where a mate had lost his favourite lure last week,i tied on a Prawnstar original,with the tail dipped in Some chateruse dye(brand unknown,Foxie?)
Several snags later i thought about moving but andy(who had retreated to the drivers seat while i got yet another snag off) said there were fish showing on the sounder so out went the prawnstar again. Catching the wind,it basically laned where i had just de snagged it from
i freespooled it down,in about 10 feet of water...instantly feeling the timber..i sort of jiggled,hopped..twtched it through the stick..feeling it come free a little,i lifted it a metre or so,watchin the t.d sensor braid on the freefall,i still didnt have time to react when the 8kg live fibre braid buckled over..i could feel the 40 lb jinkai rubbing through the timber and said to Andy im gone...i leant back with steady preasure,then eased off a little, the leader came free and i came up tight on a nice fish...slugging down deep i think he expended most of his energy in the initial struggle he popped up and into the net..The leader was a disgrace,more luck than good management,but he was in the boat...i was stoked. A few quick snaps and he was sent back over the side..

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Up close and personal

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Another shot

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Dippy prawnstar original size

With some good natured ribbing between us both we had a few more casts and changed spots. We tried a few spots,to no avail,so decided to head to a productive spot further downstream. As we rounded a corner,before we arrived at the chosen spot,Andy spotted a few tarpon rolling along a current line,so begged to stop... He chose some mini prawn thing he snookered off Roo and The missus during lasts weekends holiday weekend at boonooroo( i think there may have been a few drinks involved,when andy aquired these lures..) Any way out goes the little lure on a 1/16th tt no.2 jighead i think..we drifted down a bit then andy says i got a "tap". yea yea i said..then i looked round to see the 2 kg squidgy spin buckled over nearly double,the penn applause 2000 squealing as the 10 lb briad spewed off the spool.
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Andy in battle

A few more minutes,and a couple runs...
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a few splashes..andy getting a little jittery...and this fella slides into the net..a good effort on that gear i thought

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Red fish

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He was hungry ..But happy

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Released...

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Stupid prawn lure...Priestleys have got a lot to answer for...

After the release we moved to the other spot..saw a few fish busting up,so i picked up the egrell b4/6 tied on a small gold bomber and popped a cast into the snags...and this fiesty little fella climbed all over my offering

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Hmm..no comment!!

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On his way

a quick happy snap and he was on his way...
All in all a great sunday arvo session,even managed a couple of beers...
Just awesome...Thanks Andy for the company...

[paul ''come in spinner'']

Nice stuff guys...can i ask you a question ? did you get your Jack hard up on the mangroves or out a distance from the edge?
and were you going along the bottom with the plastic?

[Try Hard]

Looks like and afternoon well spent! Good work boys!

[ActiveAngler]

Paul..mine was pretty hard up,on a landslide..andys was a fair way out,on some rubble...on a current line..

[adidaspeteman]

Andy's Jack on the ultralight is brilliant work, well done champ!It's always more fun on the cotton eh?!
Your fish are ok too Paul.

What did the fish measure mate?

[Creek Vermin]

Nice work boys. Theres too many places to fish in that joint. Lucky buggers..... Haven't had a look up the cherwell yet. Is it as good as the other creeks mate?

[goob]

looks like a preety good arvo to me boys, some good fish there

[DEANO68]

nice couple o fish there sr and jr chewy...was up there last weekend, but unfortunatly workin all weekend, and a few in the pub of course...had a quick look at the river, and will be back on day soon....nice fish..
deano..

[themissus]

Nice work Chew's!! Those prawn things came free with a mag about 2 years ago and have been kickin around ever since. Should've got around to tying one on
We'll be back to visit soon and hopefully leave the shitty weather behind.
Cheers Kim.

[ffejsmada]

Those "prawn things" are a Timber Wolf product.

Very nice Jack Andy, well done.

Jeff.