Occy, HobieFisherman, MangoX, Simond11 & son Alex, JT and I hit LCR this morning. It was still cool at 8:30 (my car had ice on the roof), but sunny and minimal breeze.
We headed upstream, most just trolling hbs, but some also having the occasional flick. I had Alex on board and headed up to a spot where I've done ok chucking rubber. Reached the spot without any fish troubling the hbs so anchored up and swapped to sps - 3" bass minnows in pumpkinseed and bloodworm. On my second cast I pulled in a leisurely lizard. Would have been about 40 cm (it got away while I was trying to organise Alex to take a photo - would have been released anyhow). Kept trying for no further return so followed the other guys upstream.
Caught up to Simon, who held up a beautiful tailor - about 2kg (see pic). We had a bit of a break and stretch and Simon got a pic of his fish on the brag mat. We then headed further upstream. Anchored up near a hole and flicked sps for nothing. Resumed the journey upstream.
Around this time Occy headed back downstream as he had a plane to catch. Sent a short message later to say he had caught a 45cm lizard near the lauch site.
Decided to try a little drift and flick alongside some mangroves. Alex pulled in his first fish on sps - a 33cm lizard. Pushed on to catch up with the others. JT was returning with reports of choppers under the bridge. We caught up to Simon at the bridge who at the same report. Alex lost a tail but that was all we saw. Up past the bridge we tried flicking around some more mangroves. Alex pulled in a 44cm lizard (see pic) again on the pumpkinseed bass minnow.
Time to return so swapped the sps for different hbs. The scorpions hadn't been touched on the way up so went for a R2S baby vibe and an SX40. We got a double hookup on choppers near the end, otherwise nothing.
Great company and a good day's fishing in very pleasant conditions.
We headed upstream, most just trolling hbs, but some also having the occasional flick. I had Alex on board and headed up to a spot where I've done ok chucking rubber. Reached the spot without any fish troubling the hbs so anchored up and swapped to sps - 3" bass minnows in pumpkinseed and bloodworm. On my second cast I pulled in a leisurely lizard. Would have been about 40 cm (it got away while I was trying to organise Alex to take a photo - would have been released anyhow). Kept trying for no further return so followed the other guys upstream.
Caught up to Simon, who held up a beautiful tailor - about 2kg (see pic). We had a bit of a break and stretch and Simon got a pic of his fish on the brag mat. We then headed further upstream. Anchored up near a hole and flicked sps for nothing. Resumed the journey upstream.
Around this time Occy headed back downstream as he had a plane to catch. Sent a short message later to say he had caught a 45cm lizard near the lauch site.
Decided to try a little drift and flick alongside some mangroves. Alex pulled in his first fish on sps - a 33cm lizard. Pushed on to catch up with the others. JT was returning with reports of choppers under the bridge. We caught up to Simon at the bridge who at the same report. Alex lost a tail but that was all we saw. Up past the bridge we tried flicking around some more mangroves. Alex pulled in a 44cm lizard (see pic) again on the pumpkinseed bass minnow.
Time to return so swapped the sps for different hbs. The scorpions hadn't been touched on the way up so went for a R2S baby vibe and an SX40. We got a double hookup on choppers near the end, otherwise nothing.
Great company and a good day's fishing in very pleasant conditions.
