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CodSquad
11-09-2008, 02:44 PM
Had a great morning on Wed, headed out from Donnybrook flicking along the weedy banks towards Toorbul nice falling tide.

Managed a flattie @ 52cm and was stoked, quickly followed by another 50cm model.

One of those big turtles scared the bejesus out of me repeatedly by popping up and taking a big gasp right behind me. Think he got a laugh out of it. Plenty of baitfish jumping and a dugong too.

Heard lots of surface "slurping" going on over the flats on the falling tide. Having read from you guys about surface luring bream, thought I'd give it a shot. Flicked a small popper out, some quick winds, lots of pauses and...voila! My first ever bream on popper, a nice 26cm fella, then another @ 23cm. Woohoo! :D Both released on the promise we meet again.

Another flattie to round out the morning. A 54cm fatboy, almost a PB. Damage done on 5cm Atomic Fat Grubs, variety of colours.

A big thanks to all who post here for giving me the info to go out and try new things. ;D Its easy to have a crack then give up when it don't work, but if you stick with it and land a few, it gives you the confidence to keep going and not look back.

Cheers,

K.

bermo82
11-09-2008, 04:09 PM
good work mate,

Has the snot weed moved on from the area? I was there a fortnight ago and every cast the jig would be covered in it! It gave me the sheeaats!

Bermo!

Vic1
11-09-2008, 04:47 PM
Interesting you mentioned the flattie was fat. I fished Buckley's Hole last weekend for 3 x 45cm flatties.....all were as fat as Ive ever seen them in this size.....must be well fed around that area

Jimbo00
11-09-2008, 05:10 PM
Maybe they were all full of roe!

Creek Vermin
11-09-2008, 05:24 PM
On ya coddy. Headin up there with some mates for the weekend hunting a few crabs and headaches. Might slip up a creek or two to chase a fish. How dirty was the water?

CodSquad
11-09-2008, 05:47 PM
The snot weed is still around, not nearly as bad as I've seen it. The crab pots actually came up the same colour as I put them down, so it can't be too bad!!

The water quality was still actually really clear, found quite a few flatties being spooked by the boat in the shallows .... big puff of sand as I drifted past.

chief
11-09-2008, 05:56 PM
Nice report mate and well done on the lizards.You'd have to be wrapped with the bream on the poppers.Cheers