charleville
11-05-2006, 09:21 AM
Maybe Paul Burt is right. #:-/
You may know of Paul Burt as the fishing reporter on regional TV but also because of the promotional DVDs that he has done for Alvey and others.
Watching his Alvey DVD is a scream. #;D #He has his young son helping him - poor kid. #;D #It is in the guise of taking the kid fishing but the DVD is full of “quick mate – bring that over here. #C’mon, quick, quick, quick!” #The poor kid is obviously enjoying the fishing/filming outing and can probably fish extremely well but receives orders all through the piece and he is treated like an absolute beginner out on his first outing and primed with obviously set scripting to say. # #Of course, the other scream is just how at every occasion that they cast out the Alvey, they catch a fish to die for. Perfectly natural. Hahaha! #;D ;D ;D
But what always takes my attention is how fast Paul Burt winds in his line when he hooks something. #:-? He winds like a man possessed. #It is like he is desperate for a leak but has to get this fish in before he can. #;D
By comparison, I tend to wind in the line in a fairly orderly way, reasoning that I don’t want to pull the hook out of the fish’s mouth with too energetic a pull and what the heck, what is the hurry anyway? #I wanna be fishin’ not harvesting. #:D
But Paul is obviously a much more experienced and skilful fisherman than I shall ever be so perhaps I should emulate his style more.
For instance, as it is currently leading up to a full moon in May, I thought that it might be time to break out the bream gear and with some choice mullet gut and prawns, plus some left-over pillies and squid, I set off at 5pm to fish through the 8pm high tide in the shallows at Mud Island last night. # :)
And it was a corker of a night; lots of big bites in the early part of the evening; but every one took me into snags where I was eventually broken off. # :'(
When I eventually decided to apply the Paul Burt style of winding, the action had subsided but I did manage to get in a few, most of which were fat but undersized squire taking the mullet gut baits. #::)
So I have now learnt that when the fish strikes around snags, I need to lift and wind like buggery. # ;)
Surprisingly though, I caught negligible bream last night. #:-[ #Just one barely over the legal limit and hardly worth bringing home. #:-? #Lots of small squire, plus the odd catfish and eel, and oh yes some tailor as seen below, caught on my unattended el cheapo Chinese made bait-runner with a pillie on unweighted ganged hooks hanging out the back of the boat. #:) :)
The smallest tailor in the picture is just legal and usually I let these little ones go but he was foul hooked in the belly and I did not rate his chances of survival as much so he will become breakfast. There are a few tailor around the Bay at the moment. The squire was 37cm.
So once again, a modest catch but a feed all the same. # :) :) :)
The bay last night was stunning. #:) Absolutely flat seas until 10.15pm when a 10 knot southerly started to create some gentle wave action. #Quite a few boats around Mud last night. #A handful on the Grazier but not many stayed past the high tide. #I gave it away when the southerly started as I had enjoyed the best of the night by then. #:)
The biggest bites on the night though were from the mossies. #Millions of them! # >:( #;D ;D ;D
You may know of Paul Burt as the fishing reporter on regional TV but also because of the promotional DVDs that he has done for Alvey and others.
Watching his Alvey DVD is a scream. #;D #He has his young son helping him - poor kid. #;D #It is in the guise of taking the kid fishing but the DVD is full of “quick mate – bring that over here. #C’mon, quick, quick, quick!” #The poor kid is obviously enjoying the fishing/filming outing and can probably fish extremely well but receives orders all through the piece and he is treated like an absolute beginner out on his first outing and primed with obviously set scripting to say. # #Of course, the other scream is just how at every occasion that they cast out the Alvey, they catch a fish to die for. Perfectly natural. Hahaha! #;D ;D ;D
But what always takes my attention is how fast Paul Burt winds in his line when he hooks something. #:-? He winds like a man possessed. #It is like he is desperate for a leak but has to get this fish in before he can. #;D
By comparison, I tend to wind in the line in a fairly orderly way, reasoning that I don’t want to pull the hook out of the fish’s mouth with too energetic a pull and what the heck, what is the hurry anyway? #I wanna be fishin’ not harvesting. #:D
But Paul is obviously a much more experienced and skilful fisherman than I shall ever be so perhaps I should emulate his style more.
For instance, as it is currently leading up to a full moon in May, I thought that it might be time to break out the bream gear and with some choice mullet gut and prawns, plus some left-over pillies and squid, I set off at 5pm to fish through the 8pm high tide in the shallows at Mud Island last night. # :)
And it was a corker of a night; lots of big bites in the early part of the evening; but every one took me into snags where I was eventually broken off. # :'(
When I eventually decided to apply the Paul Burt style of winding, the action had subsided but I did manage to get in a few, most of which were fat but undersized squire taking the mullet gut baits. #::)
So I have now learnt that when the fish strikes around snags, I need to lift and wind like buggery. # ;)
Surprisingly though, I caught negligible bream last night. #:-[ #Just one barely over the legal limit and hardly worth bringing home. #:-? #Lots of small squire, plus the odd catfish and eel, and oh yes some tailor as seen below, caught on my unattended el cheapo Chinese made bait-runner with a pillie on unweighted ganged hooks hanging out the back of the boat. #:) :)
The smallest tailor in the picture is just legal and usually I let these little ones go but he was foul hooked in the belly and I did not rate his chances of survival as much so he will become breakfast. There are a few tailor around the Bay at the moment. The squire was 37cm.
So once again, a modest catch but a feed all the same. # :) :) :)
The bay last night was stunning. #:) Absolutely flat seas until 10.15pm when a 10 knot southerly started to create some gentle wave action. #Quite a few boats around Mud last night. #A handful on the Grazier but not many stayed past the high tide. #I gave it away when the southerly started as I had enjoyed the best of the night by then. #:)
The biggest bites on the night though were from the mossies. #Millions of them! # >:( #;D ;D ;D