After over a year of talking about it I finally bought myself a hobie outback last weekend. After a false start last Sunday and some discussion with those in the know I finally got her on the water today for her first outing.
Got to Kawana well before sunrise and went through all the rigmarole to get her ready, eventually putting her in the canals not long after the sun had popped over the horizon. After adjusting all sorts of bits and bobs finally got stuck into some fishing around the kawana marina and on my second cast had a small bream smack my plastic, only for him to drop off about 3 foot from the kayak. I dropped the plastic right in front of his nose before he bolted and he took it again, less than a foot from the kayak, but this time only by the very tip of the tail...smartarse!
This continued on for the rest of the day, with numerous hits from Bream that only wanted to play with the tails of the shrimp and wouldn't touch a powerbait or turtleback worm. Nuggstar joined me for a short while and managed a few smaller fish before heading off to try another spot.
I had another rod rigged with a switchblade that I threw a few casts with, but I wasn't a fan of the splash it was making when it hit the water, so I left that out the back while I was moving around and cast with the plastics. I did manage a great hit on the switchblade as it was trolled, but didn't have my act together with what goes where in the yak yet and by the time I had my hand on the rod it was all over.
Luckily, a few pike and moses perch saved me from a complete duck on my first trip, but it was good to get out and play with the new toy.
Joel
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Originally Posted by jim_bream
