The Jinx

[NAGG]

Hi Ausfishers
With a recent good run of bream in my local radioactive waste dump ..... I thought it was now time to break my mate DCs run of doughnuts....... After several trips together Dc has failed to manage a legal fish .... but worst still his bad luck affects me
So a quick chat yesterday ...... saw us with a small window this afternoon for a fish together.
Surely armed to the teeth with all the recently successful plastics & lures ........ I was going to succeed in getting DC a decent bream.
I was on the water around an hour before DC was due to meet me .... which gave me the chance to have a quick flick in known fish holding areas!....... well after around 45 mins ......... nada I push a little further than I intended to go & after casting towards a favorite rock ledge with a Squidgy lobby (Dusk) .... I get a little bump & then smash !!!! ....... straight under the rock ledge..... GONE! ......... but at least I got back the opened up jig head ....... A quick change of jig head ...... & another cast & I'm hammered again ....... line is peeling off the Stella ... but this time the fish is up high .....which gives me the opportunity to back the drag off ..... & ease the fish! ..... & lovely 36cm bream is soon landedAttachment 29636 .
The phone rings ....... "I'm at the jetty! " ...... So quick run back to a little local jetty & DCs on board
at this point of time ....... I remind DC of his "JINX" status .... & that since I have already landed a good fish ...... If we fail .....well!!! ...... DC becomes "THE JINX"
We move up the creek quickly as we have a rapidly falling tide ........ the water was uninspiring though at 15.1 Deg , radioactivity was down below 1 Million Curie , reasonably clear + devoid of the usual bait activity & the plagues of Flatones ........ not happy Jan!
As we are starting to loose the light ..... I suggest after picking out my 4th wind knot on the Stella that we only fish a couple of rock walls down near the viaduct! ............ Just as I do the "here fishy fishy whistle" ....... I'm on ... a few stand & deliver head shakes has me thinking a better Croc ...... Then a couple of surface runs , Phew! nice breambo Attachment 29637 ... DC does the honours & takes the pics ..... I'm relieved!
The next 15 mins prove uneventful ..... with only a couple of short takes on the lobby! + 3 more wind knots on the Stella DC made a change to a Rebel wee craw ... with no luck
I give the Stella the flick & fish a switchblade on the Certate T Curve combo ( my favorite) ..... nothing still
Its dark & chilling down fast ...... & with DC having a considerable run home , he calls it quits.
So after the good byes ...... I have a quick flick into some deeper water after changing over to a lobby ......... Two casts .... BANG! ... with a purposeful run to & fro , I know I've got a good un ......... Yep landed & measured .... 37cm
Well it was only a short session ..... but with 3 better than average bream landed ..... I crack a Carlton Cold & slowly motor back to the ramp ........ half way back & the beer finished ....... I see something strange in the water ..... a light & then several more "Strange .... as I look at the empty beer bottle" ALIENS!!!! .... & I move closer .... its then that I realise that they a little candles - WTF !Attachment 29643 & photo taken .... I continue the 1km back to the ramp!
So I quickly pull the boat out ...... make the long 5km drive home & decontaminate the boat.

Cheers

Nagg

Ps .... I forgot to mention DC is also my most important Client ( & mate) ...... We have also an upcoming trip to the Wisemans Ferry area next month for a weekend away to have a crack at some bream & maybe an EP & or Bass
To overcome the "JINX" ...... I'm having a recon trip up there this weekend!!!! ..... Its a new area for me .. so who knows
Hopefully I'll have something to report!

[Breambuster33]

again an awesome session and report from you nagg.
i would just love to fish this creek.
anyway nice mate

[alleycat]

Well done nagg, got to love the big bream, i gave them a try this morning in southport and tipplers channel using a placcy i have not tried before, i found the berkley 2.5 cm t-tail minnow in chocolate pearl real dynomite , must have landed 15 in 90 mnutes this morning, bream were hanging at the edge of the drop offs along southport channel, ie the first one on right east of jacobs well, the bream were not real big but nearly everycast got hit, great fun and all released..

[NAGG]

again an awesome session and report from you nagg.
i would just love to fish this creek.
anyway nice mate

You need lead lined jocks !

Thanks for the kind words

Cheers

Chris

[NAGG]

Well done nagg, got to love the big bream, i gave them a try this morning in southport and tipplers channel using a placcy i have not tried before, i found the berkley 2.5 cm t-tail minnow in chocolate pearl real dynomite , must have landed 15 in 90 mnutes this morning, bream were hanging at the edge of the drop offs along southport channel, ie the first one on right east of jacobs well, the bream were not real big but nearly everycast got hit, great fun and all released..

Thanks AC ........ I'm fishing very shallow water ( usually 1-1.5M) ...... with the deepest at 3 M .......... I guess the Southport channel would be much deeper with a big tidal flow .......... so those drop offs are gold!

Cheers

Chris

[Pistol_P]

mmm....maybe the jinx is leaving a bread crumb trail of lit up candles to sabotage your spot....

Good report again mate....Nice Bream too.

Pete

[NAGG]

mmm....maybe the jinx is leaving a bread crumb trail of lit up candles to sabotage your spot....

Good report again mate....Nice Bream too.

Pete

Pete ..... Maybe the "JINX" was exorcising the waters ! Not real smart , the water could catch fire with all that jet fuel floating on top

Chris

[nuggstar]

is the line roller on ya stella working, sounds stuffed to me by the sound of it with all them wind nots you are getting. hope ya mate gets his mojo back soon ok mate. top read again nagg ya did well, 37's pull bloody hard hehe on ya mate

[NAGG]

is the line roller on ya stella working, sounds stuffed to me by the sound of it with all them wind nots you are getting. hope ya mate gets his mojo back soon ok mate. top read again nagg ya did well, 37's pull bloody hard hehe on ya mate

Hi Nugg

I dont think there is a problem with the line roller ..... but I'll check
I just think its a poor design that doesn't lay the line well ........ when you cast , it will pull a coil of line out from under the line that has been laid over the top! ........ you'll see a a loop that comes off the spool ... up to the first guide & back down to the spool ( the line is doubled) ...... This problem existed from the start ...... I've tried around 10 types of braid ( 4-8lb) + 4lb FC / 3 different rods ...... Its got me beat
Yeh ..... I've gotto help DC get that kicker fish ........ Maybe in 3 weeks time
35-37cm jobs are pretty common in this stretch of water ........ they go really well! ..... But its the ones that I haven't stopped that I want ! ........ I've seen a couple of 40s ( got 1 to the boat) ...... but I reckon there are some evil 45s + in there! ........ you know the ones ( chew up jig heads ..... eat SX48s whole)

Time will tell

Chris

[nuggstar]

no worrys mate. is the reel the new model stella or a older one. you will get them 40's mate i can feel it in my bones. so you like the sx48's iv never got a chance to try them on bream but i will be getting one soon, have you tryed the cultive mira shads, i got a few on mine but the ecos pull a lot more fish for me. keep up the good work mate, cant wait for the next read.

[NAGG]

no worrys mate. is the reel the new model stella or a older one. you will get them 40's mate i can feel it in my bones. so you like the sx48's iv never got a chance to try them on bream but i will be getting one soon, have you tryed the cultive mira shads, i got a few on mine but the ecos pull a lot more fish for me. keep up the good work mate, cant wait for the next read.

The Stella is the JDM "SR 2000" 2006/07
I hope you're right about the 40s ...... I've got a couple of 41s & a 43 ........ but not in this stretch of water! & with it being virtually unfished , its a matter of time!
Yeh lost a couple of SX48s to fish + some miras ( I caught my first bream in this section of water on a Mira (green)Attachment 29651 ......... but atm I'm getting smashed on most things - placcys & HBs
We will see what happens up the Hawkesbury this weekend

Chris

[tailorboi99]

That creek looks awesome! Good fish too

Cheers Tom

[nuggstar]

good luck at hawkesbury chris

[Pistol_P]

Hi Nugg

I dont think there is a problem with the line roller ..... but I'll check
I just think its a poor design that doesn't lay the line well ........ when you cast , it will pull a coil of line out from under the line that has been laid over the top! ........ you'll see a a loop that comes off the spool ... up to the first guide & back down to the spool ( the line is doubled) ...... This problem existed from the start ...... I've tried around 10 types of braid ( 4-8lb) + 4lb FC / 3 different rods ...... Its got me beat
Yeh ..... I've gotto help DC get that kicker fish ........ Maybe in 3 weeks time
35-37cm jobs are pretty common in this stretch of water ........ they go really well! ..... But its the ones that I haven't stopped that I want ! ........ I've seen a couple of 40s ( got 1 to the boat) ...... but I reckon there are some evil 45s + in there! ........ you know the ones ( chew up jig heads ..... eat SX48s whole)

Time will tell

Chris

Nagg,

Fireline remains the most user friendly Braid on the market I believe,
Being flat it lays on the reel much better and I never get wind knots with it ever.
I have tried the true braids like Daiwa Sensor,Nitlon etc.....But in the light stuff it is frustrating with wind knots....Back to fireline...no problems.

Pete

[nuggstar]

thats all i use for my breaming, 3lb fireline crystal. it has not let me down, only when i had a crack in my top eyelet did it snap but apart from that the stuff is great and i verry realy get wind knots on my sol