Couple more. 
Hot Bite Continued
Couldnt sleep well last night wondering if the fishing was going to be as good as yesterday. The conditions were a lot different with a strong sou' wester blowing and the swell cosiderably smaller.
I paddled out threw out the 3kg dumbell an started casting with nervous anticipation. A dozen or so casts and nothing, the anchor wasnt holding as fast today, so I went for a bit of a paddle to locate the secret hole I lucked onto yesterday. Everything had changed I couldnt seem to find it and the wind was making it hard to troll.
I positioned myself on the red zone boundry by dropping the dumbell under a big rock(it finally held), and casting away and into the secret spot away and downwind.
A lot of casts and a couple of repositionings and not a touch, when just as my hopes were dwindling, I hooked this beauty. He took a while to land with a couple of runs away from the yak.
My next cast got a touch so I stopped windind, gave up some slack, bit of a tug, smooth lift of the rod, and ........ nothing. I wound in the swivel. It had failed below the swivel at the leader knot
My fav lure. I managed to get 1 more off ebay, if anyone knows where to get the same one PM me.
I rigged up a sx 60 and made another round of casts, with not even a slight touch. The wind was getting stronger and it was getting cold and unpleasant so that was that. The hot bite had moved on
This flatty was about 58cm, at what size should I be returning them when they are females :?:
The conditions look like getting worse, wind and swell wise over the next couple of days, I'll have to come up with a different tactic
I paddled out threw out the 3kg dumbell an started casting with nervous anticipation. A dozen or so casts and nothing, the anchor wasnt holding as fast today, so I went for a bit of a paddle to locate the secret hole I lucked onto yesterday. Everything had changed I couldnt seem to find it and the wind was making it hard to troll.
I positioned myself on the red zone boundry by dropping the dumbell under a big rock(it finally held), and casting away and into the secret spot away and downwind.
A lot of casts and a couple of repositionings and not a touch, when just as my hopes were dwindling, I hooked this beauty. He took a while to land with a couple of runs away from the yak.
My next cast got a touch so I stopped windind, gave up some slack, bit of a tug, smooth lift of the rod, and ........ nothing. I wound in the swivel. It had failed below the swivel at the leader knot
My fav lure. I managed to get 1 more off ebay, if anyone knows where to get the same one PM me.
I rigged up a sx 60 and made another round of casts, with not even a slight touch. The wind was getting stronger and it was getting cold and unpleasant so that was that. The hot bite had moved on
This flatty was about 58cm, at what size should I be returning them when they are females :?:
The conditions look like getting worse, wind and swell wise over the next couple of days, I'll have to come up with a different tactic
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Thats a relief Dave. I managed to score one more on ebay - Rum City Lures and tackle, but he only had one left. The green one in the 4cm I had once, but only for a couple of casts. The price is a bit expensive, but not as much as say the sx's, and they are a quality lure. ( Worked for me). The 5cm ones a bit heavier than the equivilent in the sx so it casts a bit further on the heavier mono.
The 5cm ones a bit heavier than the equivilent in the sx so it casts a bit further on the heavier mono.
Geez Breambo, ya slayin em I picked up the exact same Rapala from anaconda Melb about 4 months ago, they should do mail order (and from memory it was out of their 2nds $10 buck bin). :wink:
I picked up the exact same Rapala from anaconda Melb about 4 months ago, they should do mail order (and from memory it was out of their 2nds $10 buck bin). :wink:
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