[Dillo]

4.30am start saw me meet a mate going through Singleton and on to Newcastle. We intended to fish near Stockton Bridge after flattie however nwind a little keen so took softer option and headed to Newcastle Harbour area and launched yaks.

We headed to the wharf area where the wind was still a nuisance pushing the yaks into the wharf. The tide was full otherwise we may have been able to utilise it and go under the wharf.

AnywayI hooked up on a solid bream only to lose him at the side. New Yak still a virgin. Several minutes later managed to hook up again and made no mistakes this time bringing a 27cm bream on board :lol: . Will eat in the morning. I was using chicken fillet breast cubes coated in parmesan cheese which the bream seem to like but get off the hook rather easily. I forgot to dip them in olive oil which sets up a nice burley trail. Don't know what elst it attracts but hopefully not nasties!

We fished for another couple of hours, lost bait but no more fish. Tried plastics for first time and hopefully will get the hang of them. thoroughly enjoyed the paddle and was more than happy with the prowler.

Now to catch some bass on the fly.

 

[Polar]

Great report Flyrod - sorry to hear that you could'nt fish near the bridge - is launching from horseshoe beach near nobbys still a option

 

[paffoh]

Oooohhh Chicken fillets eh?

Heard that its ripper on the Bream, Congratulations on your first fish!

great report mate, well done...

 

[Dodge]

I was using chicken fillet breast cubes coated in parmesan cheese which the bream seem to like but get off the hook rather easily.

Good to see you blooded the yak mate.

Try chicken thigh meat fillets its closer grained and a lot tougher for the fish to remove than breast meat :wink:

 

[Peril]

Congrats on blooding the yak

 

[Salty Dog]

Good report flyrod. Bloody gourmet bream, huh. Do they they insist on freshly grated parmigiana regiano or will your regular pre-grated parmesan in a tube do? :wink: :lol:

 

[PoddyMullet]

Congrats on the yak take flyrod, a bream to start the account is a nice opener SaltyDog's got my confusion covered though, and I'm not quite sure how to go about tying a fly representing a chicken parma with salad and chips... :!: On second thoughts, if Sp's are getting called "nuclear chikcen" and "pink lemonade" then the humble parma, salad and chips fly pattern should be a piece of cake (not literally...that's a different Woman's Weekly pattern all together). Nice bream anyways, always good to see what's working for others :wink:

 

[justcrusin]

Gday Flyrod,
Nice work on the first fish,
If you after more info on sp's BCF (i think there one just opened in Newwy) has a squidgy pack for$29 a squidgy part 1 and 2 dvd a tackle box some jig heads and squidgies all up priced it individually at around $60.

Cheers dave