Made another trip back to Monduran this weekend after last weekends doughnut trip, that I never posted a report on, and this time we were successful! Chris and I left Brisbane around 530am on Saturday and arrived and were on the water just before midday. The plan was to hit the bays and points of South B that had the northerly blowing on them. The first bay produced nothing and the second bay provided me with a fish, a weeded edge with a couple of stumps and lantana that had a current line smacking right into it at an angle to the bank. So first fish to me, 104cm, bumping up my Pb by 1cmon 60lb leader and a hollowbelly, as well as the first barra on my new S10H and Certate Hyper Custom 4000.
By now the wind had picked up a bit, so we decided to remain tied up to the tree nearby that we had used to keep us in place while some piccys were taken of the 104. We were casting around this area for a few more minutes then BANG! I'm on again! This time I wasn't so lucky, after a few short runs, this fish was lost after my leader wore through at the knot on my perfection loop(yes it had been retied after the 1st fish) Ah well cant win them all! We hung around here for a while longer for no more action so moved on working our way up the arm.
Our electric motor had been giving us grief by cutting out and refusing to turn when under power, so with the wind blowing we decided to tie off to trees and cast around likely spots. We fished one bay for a while then had some lunch while tied up still. First cast for me after lunch and I'm on again, only to lose the fish when it managed to throw it mid-surface breach. 10 minutes later, casting back in to the same area, I hook up to a screamer that took the biggest run of the day so far, only for it too to spit the hookLeaving here our electric gave up the ghost, indicating the battery needed recharging even though it was only used for a few hours and was only a couple of weeks old. Which meant we were at the mercy of the 15-20 knot northerly to drift us into spots so we could tie off to a tree. Needless to say we gave up that caper and headed home just after sunset.
Sunday we headed back to South B and this time the electric wouldn't do anything. So we walked the bank and found a suitable bit of timber with the aim of poling ourselves around the shallow bays. This worked for a while until the northerly came up again, and then changed to a howling westerly, which made it really difficult for us to fish. We persisted until just after midday, then went looking for some shelter from the wind, finding a nice spot on the eastern side of the dam with bait, birds and warm waters of 25 degrees. The only problem was, someone forgot to tell the barra we were coming and only the local Monduran Flathead was home. By 3pm we'd had a gutful of the wind, the dead electric, and the lack of barra so we called it and headed for home.
The 104cm
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good stuff, come on simon, recon you and chris should make an appearance at the muster....
Originally Posted by BR65
