Caloundra - Sunday Night - A Couple of Bream!

[Great_White]

Desperate for a fish, after a couple of unsuccessful Bay attempts and conditions this weekend forecast as being too blowy for the Bay, I headed up to Caloundra as I had a 3 day weekend owing.

I went for a fish Saturday for a couple of hours before high tide, and managed to pick up 4 keeper bream. Equating to 1 fish per hour!

Decided not to go out Saturday night as it was raining and blowing a gale with white caps in the passage. (and the footy was on!)

So saved myself for a Sunday fish! Headed out for a throw late morning and got my ar$e kicked by my Father Inlaw - 4 to 0 - still with that average of 1 per hour! Came in for a couple of hours and after dinner headed out again - as we were in a tie-break situation with the score being - 4 all!

Headed out at around 7pm, first stop and first cast for COS (father in law) bang!!! a bream, nothing flash but a keeper! Two more bites in quick succession but no fish! I thought to myself "This looks promising! Should be a good night"

However - no more bites in that spot! I must have put the kiss of death on us!

The wind was getting up and it was raining so we headed to a more sheltered position. We had every possibly bait known to man including hardie heads, yabbies, chicken gut and chicken fillet and the secret roe doe! We were in about 3 metres of water and 1 hour from the turn of the tide, and over bends COS's rod - it looked like a good one and he landed a nice 30cm bream.

And I am 2 down for the night! Shortly after my rod shows signs of activity, and I bag my first for the night breaking my drought of the past 24 hours! Shortly after another, but again nothing too big at 25cm. I had just finished saying to COS, I would be happy with a fish like yours, when the sound that you long to hear, zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz, went off! Shortly after a 37cm bream was mine! I had no sooner landed this one when my other rod went off - resulting in a 27cm bream. I thought to myself - "We're on!" it happened again - I cursed us! no more fish in that spot!

Conditions had worsened - wind and rain coming sideways - I knew that I should've invested in those side clears! Even with our rain gear on - it was far from pleasant! Tried a couple more spots with no results, then went to my "never fails to catch a fish - normally vermin" spot (50m from the ramp) and 1st cast - a legal grunter.

Here is a photo of the couple of better ones, had to do more kilometers than the Leyland Brothers to get a small feed of fish, but it beats being at work!

Final score - me 11 COS 6

Hope others did better than me!

Peter

[Smailesy]

37cm bream nice catch mate

[theoldlegend]

Good report Peter, and good bream too!

I'd say you're outfishing Janine by heaps!!


TOL

[Herm]

TOL!!!! You stirrer!

The reason that he is beating me, ATM, would be because "somebody" has to stay home and look after the kids! At 2 and 4 they can't yet look after themselves!!!

Just giving him a head start! If we spend the same amount of time on the water, I do normally outfish him!!!!!

Janine

[theoldlegend]

Me? A stirrer?

Why Janine, you disappoint me!!

I was simply going on the posts put up thus far by the both of you and it would appear that Peter is going the better, that's all! I mean, one can't dispute the facts??

Take care

TOL

[T1]

Nice Pete! Like you said, it beats 3 days of working! I'd take the fishing option anyday!

Take Care T

[longtail]

nice catch peter

always good to outfish the father inlaw i know mine rubs it in every time he does better than me >

must catch up on the bay sometime


cheers
Jason.

[Cheech]

37 is a great bream. well done.

Janine, I am with you. Without all the facts,,, I would back a female to do better. They seem to have a better feel and don't try to strike into next week.

Cheech

[ibbo]

Nice report and fish great white

Sounds like the side clears would've done the trick

Nothing worse than getting rained on

Cheers

IBBO

[Great_White]

Thanks guys, my first post on an actual catch it's probably only tiddlers to you seasoned experts

I am just honing my skills and getting in practise for my assault on some bay squire & like Sylvester the cat I will pounce on my prey and devour them and reach my bag limit.

Nah........................... I think I just follow Charleville out to his secret night spot with some fish heads and pic up some of his throw backs ; LOL

Herm, my darling, as I can best recall the invite was extended out to you for a night fish and I am sure your mum was happy to put the girls to bed. Wind & rain plus the cold of a night fish really sort out the men from the girls

TOL you tell her it's facts not stirring

Thanks Smailesy

It sure does T1, can curses transfer over the internet I have been reading a lot of your posts

Jason it is great to beat the father in-law & can't wait to catch up you have been very helpful to both of us

Cheech you of all people I would have thought would stick with me, Oh well

Thanks all Peter

[Great_White]

Yes ibbo, side clears are now on the top of my list equal with a second / dual battery system.

Thanks Peter.

[T1]

Hi Pete

Not sure about the curse over the net, and given the success we had before this wind got up, i would say the curse is dead - although may have to reconsider after todays shananagans!

I agree with CHEECH, the only time i took my wife (as she's too pregnant to go now), she outfished me 3-0 in the 1.5 hours we were out...

Take Care T