Captian_Zero
07-05-2006, 04:55 PM
Hi
After spending yesterday afternoon re-organising my fishing tackle so everything is easier to find and rigging up my rods and loading the car last night so all I had to do was grab the bait out of the fridge and go, I was hopeful of success this morning.
Bait was some fresh prawns from the seafood shop at Carindale that I got for $12/kg, which cheaper then the frozen bait and better quality, although some of them were quite large so I used them in sections.
Just before dawn I was set up on the bank on the Esplanade. After an hour and a half of a few good bites but no hook-ups, I decided to relocate to the rock wall near the boat harbour. First cast and as the bait hit the water there was a shower of bait fish. Better dash back to the car, a few metres away and grab the other rod to throw some lures around and see if there were any bigger fish around the bait school. As I shut the boot of the car I could see the rod tip bouncing around so I hurried back, picked it up, leant back and there was a bit of weight there The result was a nice 43cm flattie. I should have started the day here!!
I baited up again, rested the rod against my bucket, as I had two baited rods and only one rodholder and rigged up a small metal lure on my third rod. I was walking up and down the rock wall throwing the lure at any surface activity I saw when I looked over to where my other rod should have been resting against the bucket. It was slowly disappearing into the drink. I charged in after it, and managed to grab it in water just over knee deep. After a short tussle, I landed my PB bream of 31cm. It certainly had some pulling power. It was only then I realised in my haste to grab the rod I had gone into the water with the mobile phone and digital camera in my shorts pockets. A quick check and everything was okay.
I landed another three undersize bream before packing up.
The preparation definitely paid off but the major lesson I learnt is I am a better fisherman when an inanimate object is holding the rod for me!!
Regards
Chris
After spending yesterday afternoon re-organising my fishing tackle so everything is easier to find and rigging up my rods and loading the car last night so all I had to do was grab the bait out of the fridge and go, I was hopeful of success this morning.
Bait was some fresh prawns from the seafood shop at Carindale that I got for $12/kg, which cheaper then the frozen bait and better quality, although some of them were quite large so I used them in sections.
Just before dawn I was set up on the bank on the Esplanade. After an hour and a half of a few good bites but no hook-ups, I decided to relocate to the rock wall near the boat harbour. First cast and as the bait hit the water there was a shower of bait fish. Better dash back to the car, a few metres away and grab the other rod to throw some lures around and see if there were any bigger fish around the bait school. As I shut the boot of the car I could see the rod tip bouncing around so I hurried back, picked it up, leant back and there was a bit of weight there The result was a nice 43cm flattie. I should have started the day here!!
I baited up again, rested the rod against my bucket, as I had two baited rods and only one rodholder and rigged up a small metal lure on my third rod. I was walking up and down the rock wall throwing the lure at any surface activity I saw when I looked over to where my other rod should have been resting against the bucket. It was slowly disappearing into the drink. I charged in after it, and managed to grab it in water just over knee deep. After a short tussle, I landed my PB bream of 31cm. It certainly had some pulling power. It was only then I realised in my haste to grab the rod I had gone into the water with the mobile phone and digital camera in my shorts pockets. A quick check and everything was okay.
I landed another three undersize bream before packing up.
The preparation definitely paid off but the major lesson I learnt is I am a better fisherman when an inanimate object is holding the rod for me!!
Regards
Chris