marty_z
10-02-2008, 07:52 AM
Headed out to the northern Gold Coast early Saturday morning in the hope of finding red fish. Was reasonable confident after a couple of hot days in a row and light winds forecast. I concentrated on rock walls at the bottom of the tide and found the water was still very discoloured, although out of the main flow the water was a bit cleaner.
The sounder showed very little action on the bottom, but I noticed a bit of surface activity so started throwing around a popper. A few casts in and I hook up to a good fish - after a short fight a solid Bream comes aboard. I continue with the popper and slow down my retrieve to target Bream (with a 65mm popper ;D ). Manage to land a few more quickly - all solid fish around the 30cm mark.
Decide to move on to a new spot and after a couple of casts the popper is smashed and the rod loads up. A second later, the popper comes free and I quickly duck to one side as it sails past my ears. Two more casts later in the same spot, the exact same thing happens again. I continue working the same area and finally the popper disappears and line is stripped off the reel. The fish runs down the side of the rock wall and heads towards the pylons so I gun the electric out to the middle of the canal. The fish has a few more runs before I start to get some line back. My first look at the fish gets the pulse racing and I finally get the net under the fish and into the boat. A quick check on the lie detector and it measures 52cm. Couple of happy snaps and the fish disappears into the dirty water with a few tail beats.
I fish till mid morning but the action slows down. I do not get a single hit on hardbodies or plastics fished below the surface - admittedly I was throwing large lures.
Marty
The sounder showed very little action on the bottom, but I noticed a bit of surface activity so started throwing around a popper. A few casts in and I hook up to a good fish - after a short fight a solid Bream comes aboard. I continue with the popper and slow down my retrieve to target Bream (with a 65mm popper ;D ). Manage to land a few more quickly - all solid fish around the 30cm mark.
Decide to move on to a new spot and after a couple of casts the popper is smashed and the rod loads up. A second later, the popper comes free and I quickly duck to one side as it sails past my ears. Two more casts later in the same spot, the exact same thing happens again. I continue working the same area and finally the popper disappears and line is stripped off the reel. The fish runs down the side of the rock wall and heads towards the pylons so I gun the electric out to the middle of the canal. The fish has a few more runs before I start to get some line back. My first look at the fish gets the pulse racing and I finally get the net under the fish and into the boat. A quick check on the lie detector and it measures 52cm. Couple of happy snaps and the fish disappears into the dirty water with a few tail beats.
I fish till mid morning but the action slows down. I do not get a single hit on hardbodies or plastics fished below the surface - admittedly I was throwing large lures.
Marty