There are a couple of us who are mad fishermen so here is a spot where you can put your fishing catch pics. I had a great night fishing off the beach last night. Nice when you brave the cold but get handsomely rewarded with fish.

A few fish from the last few months ..... I haven't been out as often as I'd like - what with the lockdown & the wind playing havoc a lot of the time too. Still having fun tho! @FLClover I even got into some blackfish (the stripey ones), that I turned into Smoked Fish Pasta! (Tho the ones in the pic were the ones that got out of my keeper bag! LOL)The Squid soft plastic is a WINNER on bream up here!! ;)

Well done! The bream look very sedate in the pics compared to the way they flick spines out and have the hook barb swirling around everywhere. I lost my washer last night. It must have gotten hooked on the anchor and went to the bottom of the sea. The wind is in the North again and the ocean is quite calm this morning. No energy to get out there atm though. Last nights raging East wind seas were enough to cure my yak excursion needs for a while. I emptied about two buckets of water from the inside of the yak. No wonder it was so heavy towing lol.

A few pics from the last few day's fishing - a nice 42cm bream!! Yeehaa!I was busted off on that lure later in the day :( But not before it caught a nice flattieand another one today - it went 55cm (and I lost another 4 lures to big fish! :( )

awesome pics @arpie Whats the little lure you are using. Is it a little "2 Deadly" by Killalure xox

hahaha - it is expensive tho, @Brenda5 ! I haven't lost 4 lures in the one day in ages! Then I started using ones I didn't mind losing - and didn't lose any! Go figure! LOLYep, loving the reverse pedals - now, as soon as I toss one into 'gnarly territory' - I immediately put it into reverse so I can back out, hopefully skull dragging the fish as well!! But the big bream that 'did me' - turned around & went backwards, so I was facing the wrong way to do anything & he just took line til he found a big oyster outcrop & busted me off. The line was shredded! :( Your yak has the reversing pedals, I am thinking? Can't wait for you to 'blood it'!! Maybe come down here for some tips?? ;) Thanks @kitkatb - it is a really neat little lure called a Damiki Umpa Popper. Same lure (different colour) in the bream & flattie pics above the new ones, as well!https://masterangler.com.au/products/damiki-umpa-popper-40mm?fbclid=IwAR0RlxIxe4yBvN9525oA_XtjwQgJju5548pHT90z-vVQ0nFXHceJpzLQkj4I've got a bunch more on order, as they are my current 'go to' topwater lure for big bream! But always in 'suicide territory' - where the biggies hang out! I am often fishing in just 2ft of water - and the boats can't get in there, which suits me fine!Sometimes I put Assist Hooks on the rear - but so often the fish grab the centre hook ..... that particular lure, before it was busted off, started with 2 x trebles on it, with 6 barbs ...... when it was knocked off, there was only 1 barb on each treble .... and STILL catching!I like the 'semi clear ones' as they look more like shrimp skipping across the water - Crystal & ghost Smog! They are half the size of a normal popper & I think that is why they work so well as they are about the correct size for school prawns (our lake is full of them!) Sometimes I retrieve them flat out & then stop & wait for the 'take' .... other times, a more subtle 'bloop bloop' retrieve with lots of pauses. I just love the visuals of fish hitting on top water.All good fun! We had the bream for dinner last night & have the bottom flattie for another fish dinner in a day or so.

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arpie
Member
3 years ago
The weather in recent weeks has been a bit rough & wet & windy but have managed to get out fishing now & then - there are some GOOD FISH in the system just now - and I've been busted off by a couple of them!!

Today was great fun with some top bream landed.

Some of the better fish .... all put back to grow bigger!! (I've gone off eating fish just now!)

All good fun
FLClover
Member
3 years ago
@arpie Wow!! 😲😃👌🏻
Julez1958
Member
3 years ago
Fabulous @arpie
Especially the flathead!
👏👏👏
arpie
Member
3 years ago
I've been getting out a bit more now the tourists have left town ..... and been getting into some fish too!

Flatties, Bream & the odd nice whiting ...... I dropped a WHOPPER flattie last week (it would have easily been in the 90cm range!) but it got off before I could net it. It was HUGE! (I only wanted to get its picture!!) Then I hooked her little sister on the weekend - it only went 68cm, but the size of the head was much larger than I would have expected it to measure larger!!

All fish were put back to grow bigger!!
arpie
Member
3 years ago
I've got a spare kayak, @Brenda5 for when you come down ;) A Hobie & all! xx
Brenda5
Member
3 years ago
Always enjoy your pics @arpie
Cath62
Member
3 years ago
Great catch there @arpie 🐟
Julez1958
Member
3 years ago
Great pics @arpie !
arpie
Member
3 years ago
The fishing results has been a bit sketchy this year - and the weather has been atrocious with big winds & lots of rain (it is still raining & windy as I type!) so I've not got out very often. :( Fishing the lake, is my 'safe spot' ..... communing with nature, catching fish & putting them back - is all good fun.

I hit the lake at the end of last week & went to a spot where I have done well in the past, (but not caught a thing there in the most recent outings) ..... so I was really happy when I hooked a good fish not long after launching my kayak - it went 38cm but pulled like a freight train and was the biggest on the day!

I was using a 'popper' that skitters across the water, looking like a skipping prawn and the bream find them irresistible! .... A couple of the fish even towed my kayak in a circle!!

Can't wait to get out again - but family arrives tomorrow ... then all the idiot boaters usually arrive on Boxing Day .... so I'll be trying to find a nice secluded spot (like this one) for my next outing, away from the madding crowd!

I hope you get out on the water & catch a feed now & then, too ;)

Have a safe & happy Xmas & New year xx
FLClover
Member
4 years ago
@arpie 👌🏻👌🏻😁😁