Tweed Sess

[matt fraser]

With great conditions predicted, I headed south to the Tweed to do a little lure testing along with prefishing for the upcoming Tweed Bream comp.

I left my run a little late and by the time I launched at 6.30am the kennedy Dve ramp carpark was already full - plenty of boaties making the most of the conditions. I headed straight out to the bar and it was looking very safe so I ducked out to Cooks for a look. Its such a nice bonus with the new boat (Blue Fin Trooper) being able to duck offshore in good conditions.

Anyway, I found some encouraging signs on the sounder and dropped down a 7" jerkshad. A few drops later I came up with a solid bite which resulted in a nice 55cm snapper, follow closely by a smaller brother. As the sun rose the bite stopped, so after another hour or so I decided to go back looking for bream.

Inside the river, the water was crystal clear, I tried all the usual spots for very little action apart from a tailor, and a kingie that took a blade and gave me heaps on light gear for about five minutes, I finally got him near the boat (with mate following) they were about 50 -60cm before the 4lb leader popped.

I tried a few more spots in the lower reaches with little luck apart from two more rat flathead. So I worked my way upstream all the way to Tumbulgum, where the water was fairly dirty and there were heaps of logs in the water. I caught a few undersized bream along the edges in various spots on the way up and back. But after about four hours of breaming I was yet to land a legal bream. This finally changed at a spot on the way back downstream where I pulled four legals and two trevs in about 20 minutes - all on a MF40 (new 40mm soft vibe).

I was running short on time, so I left them biting to try a couple more spots back near the mouth. The water was much dirtier now, and looked better, but I couldn't put another legal bream in the boat, just more flathead and another tailor.

Great day, despite the lack of decent bream, very nice to bag two nice snaps for a feed. Gotta love the close reefs off the Tweed and having a boat that is versatile enough to fish in and offshore. The Bream comp is going to be another tough one!

Cheers,

Matt

ps watch out for the sand pumping barge in the teranora arm past the bridge, its a 4 knot zone, apparently waterways having been booking plenty of boaties for speeding past.

[Mossy247]

Nice session brother, would of been happy with that.
nice work. great fish :-)

[the gecko]

gee you covered a bit of ground there. Congrats on the new boat matt. Show us a pic of the boat.....

[matt fraser]

Thanks Mossy,

Gecko, yeah it turned out to be a big day. Here's a pic of the Trooper. the canopy gets left at home if the family isn't coming.

I've almost fully rebuilt the inside since I got it, built in livewell, rodlocker, raised and extended front deck, moved seat positions and moved electric batteries to rear. fibreglassed any ply thats not bolted down. painted and re carpetted everything else. Still working on it, to finish off bits and pieces.

Very happy with the set up and layout now, very fishable and versatile. Caught everything from bass, to Mackeral, Tuna and snapper, bream, whiting etc. Next summer Jacks, barra and hopefully billfish might make the list.

Cheers

[tailorboi99]

Good fish mate, good luck in the Bream Comp. Nice boat aswell.

Cheers Tom

[geeb]

Excellent report - would have made a good TV session.....thanks........Geeb

[gaintsquid]

Good stuff Matt
Can't wait till the MF40's come out .