[onemorecast]

Well, after too long a time I had my first real fish in the Yak. Unfortunately the results favored the fish of Bobbin Head.

I was amazed how much more you can see being that close to the water. Though I didn’t catch anything I saw some huge bream in close to the rocks and under a few moored boats, I also found a couple of new spots to try for some squid.

Having mostly fished with bait I’m new to mostly lure fishing but I trolled an SX 40 and a CD 9 most of the time close into shore as the creek drops off to about 20 metres pretty quickly from shore. Had what felt like a few hits on the SX 40, but no serious takers.

It was a good first recon though and I can’t wait to get back out. Now to add to some of Shayne’s beginner observations I offer up the a few things I observed on my first (real) hit out:

· The faster the stinkboat pulls their skier, the loader they seem to play music.
· Women seem to scream on boats a lot (that might sound sexist – maybe they were blokes with very high pitched voices)
· When a school of baitfish start jumping out of the water right next to me, it’s a sure sign that my line is too tangled to cast.
· A neatly packed milk crate doesn’t necessarily mean the gear is accessible
· 3-mil nylon rope (cut too long) for rod leashes can be cheap and effective means of choking yourself if you're not careful. – I think all beginners should develop a leash management plan before venturing out.

That was just a warm up Fish – next time I’ll mean business! :evil:

 

[paffoh]

Congratulations on your first pedal for fish, may your future trips be unreal mate 8)

 

[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]

Its all good Eric.

What fish are you chasing around that way? I'm fast coming to the conclusion that the steep banks of the Cowan make it poor waters for small hardbodies. By all means use them in the shallows upstream, and the creek has heaps of them but forget about them downstream. The larger hardbodies can pick up a pelagic in the deeper water so are worth a go when travelling.

I will be having a go in that system a few times this summer and will concentrate on softplastics worked from the shore into the deeper water. Also just cast around the submerged boulders. If I'm there at dawn or dusk might also give the poppers a go. I've tended to neglect softplastics in favour of hardbodies since I got the yak but those flooded river valleys look a much better sp prospect.

Will you be able to make the 2nd?

 

[onemorecast]

Oh.. I know that one way too well. My personal 'favorite' is when you manage to sight a likely target fish in clear water, it's a certain precursor to casting your lure straight over the fish, into reeds/rocks/oyster racks or whatever happens to be there, forcing you to paddle OVER the fish to retrieve your lure, scaring it off in the process.

Many (many) years ago when I fished for bass, I reckon the most useful bit of gear for retrieving lures would have been an axe.

 

[onemorecast]

Its all good Eric.

What fish are you chasing around that way? I'm fast coming to the conclusion that the steep banks of the Cowan make it poor waters for small hardbodies. By all means use them in the shallows upstream, and the creek has heaps of them but forget about them downstream. The larger hardbodies can pick up a pelagic in the deeper water so are worth a go when travelling.

I mostly wanted to find a few new squid spots, so I was trolling the lures really just testing them on my way to some of the small bays. I kept the SX 40 closer to shore where it was shallower hoping to bring a bream up after it. The CD 9 was on the deeper side, thinking maybe I could entice a tailor or maybe a pike. Don't think Salmon or Kings get that far back up the system very often.[/quote]

...will concentrate on softplastics worked from the shore into the deeper water. Also just cast around the submerged boulders. If I'm there at dawn or dusk might also give the poppers a go. I've tended to neglect softplastics in favour of hardbodies since I got the yak but those flooded river valleys look a much better sp prospect.

I agree, I haven't fished SPs much but I have a good store of them stocking up while on a trip to the states. I am thinking I'd like to try some of the moored boats as well. They seem to be holding a few fish on Sunday.

Will you be able to make the 2nd?

I'm going to try, though Sundays are generally better for me (young kids). I do have off tomorrow so I am going to go somewhere, just not sure where yet. I would like to put in further up from ATB and try casting a few SPs at the marina at Bobbin Head. There are some monster bream that hang around the boats there. Will probably get kicked out but that doesn't worry me.

 

[Guy]

Its a great spot at Bobbin Head but I think you are heading in the wrong direction. I have fished it a couple of times recently in a boat and the fishing has been promising- bream, flatties and a couple of eps all on plastics. One trip about 6 weeks ago a bloke in a yak called us over for lend of a knife so he could spike a flattie about 6lb in the old scale

Head upstream past the boat sheds, i think you will be surprised at the amount of territory up there. I have fished it for years, if you are prepared to have me tag along I am happy to show you the spots .

regards

 

[Peril]

Guy, I agree there's some great water upstream. Went about 5 or 6 Km up one time and there were extensive shallows with the odd nice hole. Pulled a bream trolling along the edge of a channel. Gotta be loads of summer whiting there too. Happy to return that way after I've explored Smiths Ck. Sydney has too many waterways

 

[Phoenix]

Good stuff

 

[onemorecast]

Its a great spot at Bobbin Head but I think you are heading in the wrong direction. I have fished it a couple of times recently in a boat and the fishing has been promising- bream, flatties and a couple of eps all on plastics. One trip about 6 weeks ago a bloke in a yak called us over for lend of a knife so he could spike a flattie about 6lb in the old scale

Head upstream past the boat sheds, i think you will be surprised at the amount of territory up there. I have fished it for years, if you are prepared to have me tag along I am happy to show you the spots .

regards

Yes Guy I think the other direction might be more fruitful for Flatties & Bream and I suspect less boat traffic too. Be happy to venture out sometime with you.

This past weekend I was probably a more interested in squid, but wanted to try trolling some lures to as this is new to me from a Yak.