Chrisso
10-07-2004, 04:37 PM
G'day all,
My brother and I fished the established Canal near Bongaree on the southern side of the Bribie Bridge to the mainland. :) We started fihing at about 11:45 am and fished till 2:00 pm for our first session. We went back to my aunty Margie's (Smith) for lunch. Our seccond session continued from about 2:40 pm till 5:00 pm. The first session saw all of the action when the tide was at its lowest and the fish were concentrated. :) It began with myself having no real luck flicking my squidgey fish sp around the bridge over the canal, an so I moved to the mouth of the canal looking for some action. The tide appeared to be commin gin and so there was a bit of turbulent water, triggering me to have a flick. ;) A couple of casts later while working the rocky/sandy bank, I landed a small Pike (I think they are also called snook, yellow tail, etc ??? - bait in my eyes or little cudas ;D ). Then my brother while fishing under the bridge with other white plastics nailed another one. We both thought, this is a bit of fun. :) After about ten mins of further flicking I resorted to working myself back along the canal, under the bridge and around a bend. ??? Around the bend, the water appeared pretty stagnant, and a few casts got hammered. :) What's that, probably another pike? A few more casts, and I landed another of the pike. For about the next five minutes I continued to flick the sp off the bottom with big, long jerky flicks. :o And during the time I got hit about five times per cast and hooked up each cast. The action continued as I fine tune the action. The action slowed for a few periods, but I got a couple of pike here and there, in between chating to some little fishos, wanting to know what I was using. ;) I then began to be aware of not allowing a large Eggret bird to eat the baitfish. ;) It was very keen on the catch, and eventually I realised it was pretty hungry, or greedy, and so I fed I one, about 10 seconds fresh off the water. ;) My brother informed me that there were a school of big tailor (50cm+)cruizing up and down the canal on his side. :o But they will remain for a day when I'm able to target them, with the right gear ::). Ended up helping the young fishos, as the action died down to a crawl, with only a few fish every twenty minutes or so, being caught. I ended up teaching them the technique I used. ;D A good day all in all. ;D But just shows what can happen when you drop in on that local canal with a few sp's. ;D By the way, I caught about ten or so of the thirteen fish between us, and only changed the plastic once, when I was finished. ;) You can bet the sp was a bit tatty. ;D It was a good time and the conditions were favourable, with bright sunlight and millpool conditions most of the time. :)
The biggest fish went 38cm and they should make good bait. :) They were my brothers first fish on plastics and he caught the biggest fish. ::) :)
Was hoping to hook up with some bream of flathead in the canal, but I can't conplain. ;)
Chris :) [smiley=2thumbsup.gif]
My brother and I fished the established Canal near Bongaree on the southern side of the Bribie Bridge to the mainland. :) We started fihing at about 11:45 am and fished till 2:00 pm for our first session. We went back to my aunty Margie's (Smith) for lunch. Our seccond session continued from about 2:40 pm till 5:00 pm. The first session saw all of the action when the tide was at its lowest and the fish were concentrated. :) It began with myself having no real luck flicking my squidgey fish sp around the bridge over the canal, an so I moved to the mouth of the canal looking for some action. The tide appeared to be commin gin and so there was a bit of turbulent water, triggering me to have a flick. ;) A couple of casts later while working the rocky/sandy bank, I landed a small Pike (I think they are also called snook, yellow tail, etc ??? - bait in my eyes or little cudas ;D ). Then my brother while fishing under the bridge with other white plastics nailed another one. We both thought, this is a bit of fun. :) After about ten mins of further flicking I resorted to working myself back along the canal, under the bridge and around a bend. ??? Around the bend, the water appeared pretty stagnant, and a few casts got hammered. :) What's that, probably another pike? A few more casts, and I landed another of the pike. For about the next five minutes I continued to flick the sp off the bottom with big, long jerky flicks. :o And during the time I got hit about five times per cast and hooked up each cast. The action continued as I fine tune the action. The action slowed for a few periods, but I got a couple of pike here and there, in between chating to some little fishos, wanting to know what I was using. ;) I then began to be aware of not allowing a large Eggret bird to eat the baitfish. ;) It was very keen on the catch, and eventually I realised it was pretty hungry, or greedy, and so I fed I one, about 10 seconds fresh off the water. ;) My brother informed me that there were a school of big tailor (50cm+)cruizing up and down the canal on his side. :o But they will remain for a day when I'm able to target them, with the right gear ::). Ended up helping the young fishos, as the action died down to a crawl, with only a few fish every twenty minutes or so, being caught. I ended up teaching them the technique I used. ;D A good day all in all. ;D But just shows what can happen when you drop in on that local canal with a few sp's. ;D By the way, I caught about ten or so of the thirteen fish between us, and only changed the plastic once, when I was finished. ;) You can bet the sp was a bit tatty. ;D It was a good time and the conditions were favourable, with bright sunlight and millpool conditions most of the time. :)
The biggest fish went 38cm and they should make good bait. :) They were my brothers first fish on plastics and he caught the biggest fish. ::) :)
Was hoping to hook up with some bream of flathead in the canal, but I can't conplain. ;)
Chris :) [smiley=2thumbsup.gif]