bugman
10-06-2005, 04:23 AM
Hello all.
I've been waiting for some photos - took the SLR instead of the digi - so I apologise for the late report.
I spent 6 days (Sat May 28 to Thurs June 2) on Straddie with the ABC ex-Hacks and Has-Beens Tailor Preservation Society.
We once again lived up to our name of preserving tailor stocks for future generations. 8kgs of IQF pillies went to the island and 7.7 kg came back. The just weren't there day or night on main beach or at the pin. Whole gar couldn't even turn things in my favour. All the live reports from the beach suggested the same thing - even from the pros who hadn't netted a school of tailor in weeks.
Armed with this information we targeted bream in a very leisurely fashion. Our plan was find a nice hole on main beach and set up a temporary camp for the day. It included full cooking equipment (we even cooked a whole corned beef with roast vegies and white sauce for lunch one day) - food is important after all.
Fishing would take the form of 15 mins with rod in hand and an hour or so of sitting in a chair with beer in hand watching the rod holder on the beach. Had a ball and caught some bloody great fish. Every session brought between 10 and 20 bream in the esky. During the early days we couldn't catch a bream under 30cms with the biggest going about 38. All were very solid sea bream. The size gradually decreased as the week progressed but good number of keepers kept coming.
The odd flathead, tarwine and whiting helped round out the daily catch.
Did try to chase the jew at the Pin on a couple of early morning occasions but the bream pickers cleaned out my worm ball and made a mess of my mullet slabs.
Overall a fantastic trip with Straddie proving once again its fishing potential even when you're not trying.
To give you a tip about the expertise level of the fellas I travel with - one afternoon session when the bream came on we put 16 all over 30 in the esky in an hour. I landed 15 with the other 7 blokes getting 1 between them - go figure.
Bugman
A typical brace
I've been waiting for some photos - took the SLR instead of the digi - so I apologise for the late report.
I spent 6 days (Sat May 28 to Thurs June 2) on Straddie with the ABC ex-Hacks and Has-Beens Tailor Preservation Society.
We once again lived up to our name of preserving tailor stocks for future generations. 8kgs of IQF pillies went to the island and 7.7 kg came back. The just weren't there day or night on main beach or at the pin. Whole gar couldn't even turn things in my favour. All the live reports from the beach suggested the same thing - even from the pros who hadn't netted a school of tailor in weeks.
Armed with this information we targeted bream in a very leisurely fashion. Our plan was find a nice hole on main beach and set up a temporary camp for the day. It included full cooking equipment (we even cooked a whole corned beef with roast vegies and white sauce for lunch one day) - food is important after all.
Fishing would take the form of 15 mins with rod in hand and an hour or so of sitting in a chair with beer in hand watching the rod holder on the beach. Had a ball and caught some bloody great fish. Every session brought between 10 and 20 bream in the esky. During the early days we couldn't catch a bream under 30cms with the biggest going about 38. All were very solid sea bream. The size gradually decreased as the week progressed but good number of keepers kept coming.
The odd flathead, tarwine and whiting helped round out the daily catch.
Did try to chase the jew at the Pin on a couple of early morning occasions but the bream pickers cleaned out my worm ball and made a mess of my mullet slabs.
Overall a fantastic trip with Straddie proving once again its fishing potential even when you're not trying.
To give you a tip about the expertise level of the fellas I travel with - one afternoon session when the bream came on we put 16 all over 30 in the esky in an hour. I landed 15 with the other 7 blokes getting 1 between them - go figure.
Bugman
A typical brace