Kendall249
01-10-2008, 01:40 PM
Needed to get out yesterday arvo, haven't had the chance to get out for awhile, so considering how the weather has warmed so I decided head down for a quick fish. I went down to a spot where I can easily get bait, albeit with a bit of risk ripping the net. The creek I fish runs off Ross river.
Getting down there just on dark I managed to get about 15 mullet baits in a few casts, ranging from 7 - 20 cm. Within the first 20 minutes of fishing I caught two small jacks about 25cm, didn't worry about measuring them, quickly returning them to the water. Things slowed over the next hour with only some small unconvincing hits, though one resulted in the loss of my largest bait. The following 15 mins I got another two jacks this time both just legal, after a quick photo I released both of them. One of these fish was taken on my second largest bait of around 18cm, this showing how even smallish fish don't mind decent sized baits.
After this it went quiet again, making me ponder about the affect returning fish may have on the other feeding fish, particularly in relation to jacks. After a while I got another hit, no a big hit, though as I went for the rod it stopped. So I picked up the rod noting that there was still weight of the bait there. Waiting a moment there was a few small taps, pickers I though attacking the now dead bait. The picks turned into a small run, I struck and ended up hooking the fish that was definately bigger than the pickers I thought it was. After a quick struggle I landed a 41cm jack.
I decided to keep this fish and call it a night, 5 jacks for the evening satisfied the itch, for a short while anyhow. Since moving back to Townsville I'm continually surprised how consistenly some of creeks close to town fish. This particularly spot seems to produce every trip during the favourable times of year. The numbers of jacks in the creek also suggests that the system is relatively healthy.
Getting down there just on dark I managed to get about 15 mullet baits in a few casts, ranging from 7 - 20 cm. Within the first 20 minutes of fishing I caught two small jacks about 25cm, didn't worry about measuring them, quickly returning them to the water. Things slowed over the next hour with only some small unconvincing hits, though one resulted in the loss of my largest bait. The following 15 mins I got another two jacks this time both just legal, after a quick photo I released both of them. One of these fish was taken on my second largest bait of around 18cm, this showing how even smallish fish don't mind decent sized baits.
After this it went quiet again, making me ponder about the affect returning fish may have on the other feeding fish, particularly in relation to jacks. After a while I got another hit, no a big hit, though as I went for the rod it stopped. So I picked up the rod noting that there was still weight of the bait there. Waiting a moment there was a few small taps, pickers I though attacking the now dead bait. The picks turned into a small run, I struck and ended up hooking the fish that was definately bigger than the pickers I thought it was. After a quick struggle I landed a 41cm jack.
I decided to keep this fish and call it a night, 5 jacks for the evening satisfied the itch, for a short while anyhow. Since moving back to Townsville I'm continually surprised how consistenly some of creeks close to town fish. This particularly spot seems to produce every trip during the favourable times of year. The numbers of jacks in the creek also suggests that the system is relatively healthy.