[Russ]

Nice report mate got a little romantic at the end there but thats cool 8) .
Would love to see a pic of Perils midget what species was it, or was it to small to tell.Well done fella's.

fishing Russ

 

[troppo]

Okay, so you go out paddling/fishing when it is raining and you come home when the weather clears and with no fish? Yup, makes sense. Can be hard to hit both on the head, so to speak - good weather and big fish. But so long as ya don't get too cold, a bit of rain can make for some great scenery.

I enjoyed ya story. Could just picture Peril and his yabbie pump. As if paddling was not enough exercise.

 

[RedPhoenix]

Unfortunately, due to the change in ownership of this web site and the lack of response by the owners to my requests to remove my email address from all administrative-level notifications and functionality, I have decided to remove my posts on AKFF. Thank you for the great times, the fantastic learning experiences and the many many fish. If you are desperate for the old content of this particular post, it is available below base64 encoded and bzip2 compressed.

Red.

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[Peril]

Red, the problem with your suggestion is that I found very few nippers. They must be there but all I managed was one very small, one good sized but cut in half by the pump and one too small to pick up.

I anchored up as Ken said, set the half nipper on one line and cast the gulp worms on another. Nipper disappeared without me noticing so I replaced it with the v. small one, which caught a bream, imaginatively estimated at 6cm (might have been 7). Meanwhile got busted off on the sandworm. Leader shredded at the loop - tailor or flathead, probably tailor.

After farewelling Ken I continued my drift, with the only point of note being another hookup, this time a confirmed tailor, with another dusting. Again the 4lb leader was shredded.

Turned out to be a very pleasant day on the water. I left earlier than planned to be home in time for dinner that the kids were cooking for me (a very nice chicken curry, my son has potential).

The sea anchor worked really well. It was a pleasant change being able to drift down the creek casting at the banks despite a stiff breeze at my back. Just got the smallest one that Whitworths had (for up to 15' boats). With my anchor rope having a snap, it is a breeze to swap between anchor and drogue and there is no unnecessary rope lying around.

Good to catch up again Ken. See you on the water soon.