What a day!!!

[NAGG]

You've gotta love Fridays - specially with a good tide & a new outfit to try out!!!

Armed with a new Egrell S1 teamed with a Daiwa Advantage 2000 I headed off for what was to be an interesting Friday afternoon / evening on the Brissy river.
My plan was to hit the water & fish the run out tide with a runand gun approach - all lures but with only a small window before needed to pick up a mate to join me , I decided to drop the anchor and fish a productive jewie spot7 give my new egrell S1 / advantage 2000 a go . As it turned out ...... I didn't need long before I got my first hit but failed to hook up - not long after I pull the hooks on a 80cm plus jewie while dicking around on the video = before finally landing my first legal qld jewie ..... 83cm on 6lb braid - what a hell of a fight

About this time I need to up stumps & pick Gaz up ..... but that was OK ..... my sparrows had flown - gaz calls to let me know he is 15mins away - when he asks about the fishing I lead him on ----- he has no idea till I pick him up and ask him to throw a can in the live well ( come garbage bin) ....... the look was worth bottling & so deserved a beer.
Rather than going back to where I had fished .... we decided to fish another location & managed a few tailor on vibes........ including Gaz's double .
At this point of time - let me tell you about gaz ...... aside from a really good bloke , he is a very focused angler who will put in the hard yards to achieve his goal - be it jack , barra or jew - he is FOCUSED!!!! but right now it is Jew and he / we have fished many hours to get those legals - but gaz goes that extra yard well ... tonight he hit paydirt and landed his first and second legals (85cm & 91cm) ...... we both kept a fish for the table & released the 91cm jewie. Gaz got his on his own technique ...... so out of respect - no info available
Anyhow the night didn't end there - we lost the anchor & then had a flat battery ( 2 souners / GPS & live well will do that to you) ..... had to leccy it back to the ramp before getting a tow for the last km .

nyhoos ....... Gaz you are a champ & it was great to see those 2 fish hit the deck after your effort.

I reckon it is starting to come together

Chris

[jesse148]

Good to see your efforts are paying off nagg, well done!

[danryan75]

leccy back to ramp wth a flat battery? great fish either way boys.

[Jarrah Jack]

Thats great fishing Nagg. Seeing that you mention the egrell. I've been thinking of matching one up with my curado 200 for barra. From the report it must have done the job ok....

[NAGG]

Thats great fishing Nagg. Seeing that you mention the egrell. I've been thinking of matching one up with my curado 200 for barra. From the report it must have done the job ok....

Ta JJ
Yeh ..... it did well but it was like taking a pocket knife to a gun fight - but I do like to fish that way ..... you win some & loose some but its usually unforgettable.
Egrells have a big fan base up here that is for sure

Chris

[Stroadman]

You da man Firestarter!

[bennykenny]

well done Chris, it will be surprising how easy they will come now. 6lb, mate your nuts!!!!!!!!!!

[NAGG]

well done Chris, it will be surprising how easy they will come now. 6lb, mate your nuts!!!!!!!!!!

Thanks BK ...... I do like a fishing challenge (6lb) !
We can only hope that the results improve ..... but know all too well that lure fishing presents its own challenges - It was nice to see 3 legals landed + another lost boat side.

Chris

[NAGG]

Managed to go up a knotch this morning ...... with my new PB @ 90cm + an 87cm - both were caught on the little Egrell S1 / Advantage 2000 / 6lb Nanofil combo ...... fishing soft plastics

Chris

[sleepygreg]

Well done Chris....amazing what happens once you break the duck.

[Jarrah Jack]

Very happy for you Chris..Well done especially on spiderweb.

[NAGG]

Well done Chris....amazing what happens once you break the duck.

Nothing like getting that monkey off your back ! ........ It's been fun working things out and a great distraction during the cooler months

Chris