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At the start time of 2.30 only Danny/wongus was there and wondering why with a solid breeze blowing up unpleasant 25-30cms choppy conditions on the dam, I suggested the lee shore opposite might be OK after the 1km crossing,
I was 150m out when Danny called arrival of another yak, I was quartering the waves and with front deck awash often, I just kept going across to wait in better conditions, it was much better and Dan and Dallas joined about 10-15mins later.
We worked Grammas Kitchen, Des' Den and Rays Run, in variable winds which was not ideal, I had tried SPs, the Cressbrook spinnerbait and a popper without any luck [my norm].
At 5pm Dallas asked was I interested in working the shallows across the arm in Dahlsberg Den, and with Ben/Fishing man due to arrive we headed across as Ben appeared around the point and finally joined up with the three already on the job.
In a little bay Ben picked up on the troll behind me with a Gvibe where I had already passed through, so snip again and on with a Rapala original I had picked up at Anaconda members in the bargain bin and was first cast and my first HB strike ever in fresh, no hookup but how bloody good that was.
The lure was so light next cast a bunch of wind knots through the runners, so more snipping in the now half light to remove about 2m of fireline, for simplicity I was working between runners tying my new stren knot, an unusual cast revealed I had a turn around the rod where I had joined the line, cut the lure off pulled the line out, fed it correctly tied on the lure paddled 20m and another hit without hookup..now my favourite lure.
Being now dark I found the other and heard a couple of happy yells so knew there were fish around [they will tell their own yarns].
Pitch dark now at 7.15 and after goodbyes headed on a 2kms paddle back to the van in improved conditions but eerie in the middle of a dam on your own...have plotted we covered about 6.5kms overall in average conditions
On arrival at the van found a note from akffer Hard Yakka...catch you next time mate, ...and met up with 2 old codgers arriving in a tinnie who opened up when they found I was a gerry as well, and passed on some Hinze night info, they had taken 3 saratoga but nothing else.
So still a virgin but had some foreplay now, and raring to go on the real thing, with or without protection :lol:
I was 150m out when Danny called arrival of another yak, I was quartering the waves and with front deck awash often, I just kept going across to wait in better conditions, it was much better and Dan and Dallas joined about 10-15mins later.
We worked Grammas Kitchen, Des' Den and Rays Run, in variable winds which was not ideal, I had tried SPs, the Cressbrook spinnerbait and a popper without any luck [my norm].
At 5pm Dallas asked was I interested in working the shallows across the arm in Dahlsberg Den, and with Ben/Fishing man due to arrive we headed across as Ben appeared around the point and finally joined up with the three already on the job.
In a little bay Ben picked up on the troll behind me with a Gvibe where I had already passed through, so snip again and on with a Rapala original I had picked up at Anaconda members in the bargain bin and was first cast and my first HB strike ever in fresh, no hookup but how bloody good that was.
The lure was so light next cast a bunch of wind knots through the runners, so more snipping in the now half light to remove about 2m of fireline, for simplicity I was working between runners tying my new stren knot, an unusual cast revealed I had a turn around the rod where I had joined the line, cut the lure off pulled the line out, fed it correctly tied on the lure paddled 20m and another hit without hookup..now my favourite lure.
Being now dark I found the other and heard a couple of happy yells so knew there were fish around [they will tell their own yarns].
Pitch dark now at 7.15 and after goodbyes headed on a 2kms paddle back to the van in improved conditions but eerie in the middle of a dam on your own...have plotted we covered about 6.5kms overall in average conditions
On arrival at the van found a note from akffer Hard Yakka...catch you next time mate, ...and met up with 2 old codgers arriving in a tinnie who opened up when they found I was a gerry as well, and passed on some Hinze night info, they had taken 3 saratoga but nothing else.
So still a virgin but had some foreplay now, and raring to go on the real thing, with or without protection :lol:
