Monduran and The Big A - A Beginners Report

[SeekingBarradise]

Well done Br65 a great trip straight up.

Your fishing instincts did well and put you in the right areas as 2 different boats of lucky anglers up the boyne way crossed paths with the perfect 10m strike zone and landed fish at will - the boys next to us on the last night caught 20 after we told them we sounded fish up that way.


The previous 5 days they only had one fish so right place right time for them - what made it even worse was that they said " no skill needed as plastics were hit on the drop and we could cast anything and it got hit"

lucky buggers ha (good on them) we cast our arms off up there for no fish up there in the day but didn't go back in the night because we thought abt was on sunday ha- we had better luck in the bottom arm of the dam.

We have found it hard to stop fish with even heavier line at Monduran as timber is everywhere - even 89 + 93cm models pull like hell near timber + ran us around trees for a great fight.

How far away from timber was that hook straightening fish you got on to at monduran?

[TIM-DONSELAAR]

Nice barra there Brian...Well Done [smiley=thumbsup.gif] [smiley=thumbsup.gif]

Hope you can better your PB soon

cheers tim

[Big_Ren]

Loved the report Brian, great pics, and as others have said, the barra bug has no cure....more trips will ease the itch but they have to be regular

Cheers
Paul

[chicken]

Top read and congrats on the fish.

[BR65]

Cheers all, the itch has been scratched, but not for long.
Hard to keep that rod tip down Seajay, know what you mean about high sticking, but getting em out of the timber and heading towards the boat is first thought, worry about the rest as it comes, maybe a new look at technique is required.

Seekingbarradise, mate the bugger that smashed me up was in about two foot of water right on banks edge at the base of a scabby looking tree root dangling into the water, just something you cast at for practice while you wait for the kota to edge you onto the next snag.
Funny place the Boyne, spoke to a couple of the ABT boys on Tues morn and they definately wernt going up the Boyne again, talk was all about slick rigs over the weed beds at nite?
Who knows, guess thats why its called fishin, not catchin.

Thats what its all about for me, dropping the cast into the guts of the snag, worry about getting the fish out after, tried to explain it to non fishos and just get that look of "what tha?"
Didnt say thanks to those who responded to my queries prior to the week end, but THANKS to those who helped out via this forum when ever Ive asked a question. The learning curve steepens!!
Saw Brett from Stillwater up the back on Sunday morn, but he had his head down bum up with a couple of paying customers, so I didnt want to intrude
Bring on the metery!!
cheers
Brian

[BR65]

Hey Awoonga,
if I calculated the costs of rods, reels, lures, braid, camping/accommadation, SIP fees, lost OT from work, travel costs, boat costs, tucker, planning, man hours spent unproductively casting, bribeing the pay mistress with shiny baubles to keep her quiet, funding the lawn mower dude etc etc etc I think Id just curl up in a liitle ball and refuse to talk to any one.
Bugger, that itch is back!!