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Hi Guys,
I went out again, this time determined to break the fish drought (4 trips for no fish :evil: ). Well I put in under Roseville bridge and set out and SX40 on one rod and an SX48 on the other. I trolled upstream through the national park on the far side for absolutely nothing except for a branch :evil: . No fish were showing at all in the mangroves, which I thought was a bit weird for such a warm day and weter temp of 16 degrees :? . Decided to give up on the mangroves and troll in the middle and I soon found out where the fish were. All the fish were in deep water (5 metres+) right in the middle.
I carried on trolling upstream and got a double hook up just as I went under the power cables way upstream after seeing huge amounts on the sounder. Two small chopper Tailor obliged as my first yak fish
. They were unhooked quickly and I was soon reset and turned around for another pass at them. Same thing happened again, sounder went nuts and 5 seconds later another double hook up . Again, unhooked and went at them again and got another one this time. All of them as you can see in the pics are pretty small at between 10 and 15 cm's, but there must have been thousands of the the way the sounder was going off.
Carried on up stream with the sounder continuing to go nuts with clouds of fish every where, but most were too deep for the SX's . Picked up another few Tailor on the way and a small Trevally as I got up to where the split in the river is. Turned around at the split and started to make my back back to Roseville. Picked up another couple of small Tailor on the way back down, then about 1km up from the bridge I picked up a small Bream and about 30 seconds after its release a 30cm Flatty for good measure.
Anyways, a great afternoon out with small fish playing the game properly..........and I'm no longer a yak virgin :wink: . Just gotta get those legal fish on the end of the line :twisted: 8) 8) :twisted: .
Cheers.......Nick
PS Those SX40's and 48's ROCK
I went out again, this time determined to break the fish drought (4 trips for no fish :evil: ). Well I put in under Roseville bridge and set out and SX40 on one rod and an SX48 on the other. I trolled upstream through the national park on the far side for absolutely nothing except for a branch :evil: . No fish were showing at all in the mangroves, which I thought was a bit weird for such a warm day and weter temp of 16 degrees :? . Decided to give up on the mangroves and troll in the middle and I soon found out where the fish were. All the fish were in deep water (5 metres+) right in the middle.
I carried on trolling upstream and got a double hook up just as I went under the power cables way upstream after seeing huge amounts on the sounder. Two small chopper Tailor obliged as my first yak fish
. They were unhooked quickly and I was soon reset and turned around for another pass at them. Same thing happened again, sounder went nuts and 5 seconds later another double hook up . Again, unhooked and went at them again and got another one this time. All of them as you can see in the pics are pretty small at between 10 and 15 cm's, but there must have been thousands of the the way the sounder was going off.Carried on up stream with the sounder continuing to go nuts with clouds of fish every where, but most were too deep for the SX's
. Picked up another few Tailor on the way and a small Trevally as I got up to where the split in the river is. Turned around at the split and started to make my back back to Roseville. Picked up another couple of small Tailor on the way back down, then about 1km up from the bridge I picked up a small Bream and about 30 seconds after its release a 30cm Flatty for good measure.Anyways, a great afternoon out with small fish playing the game properly..........and I'm no longer a yak virgin
:wink: . Just gotta get those legal fish on the end of the line :twisted: 8) 8) :twisted: .Cheers.......Nick
PS Those SX40's and 48's ROCK
