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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57 Replies

Locksley
Member
5 years ago
Thats incredible fishing ladies. My Dad would be envious. I would fall out of a kyack for sure. Have not seen a flathead that big ever. Impressive.
arpie
Member
5 years ago
LOVE IT @iserbrown!! Stealing that one!!
@Brenda5
iserbrown
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5 years ago
arpie
Member
5 years ago
Haha ... we are even ... Ive taken people out and none of us have caught! LOL. Too much pressure, I reckon!!

Let me know when you get here! ;)
Blossom1961
Member
5 years ago
@arpie Might be a good idea to stop posting these. Hubby has decided he wants to go fishing with you on our next holidays. Problem is, no one catches fish when he is with them, even in certainty spots.
arpie
Member
5 years ago
Well, I’ve just smashed my Flattie PB by more that 10cm ...... still not the magical 1m mark, but getting closer! 92cm!

It towed me round in my kayak for 10mins and I could hear the leader/line ‘pinging’ as it rubbed against its teeth every time it changed direction!

A small bream lure, Damiki Disco 38DR ... catching a THUMPER Flattie! @Brenda5
Brenda5
Member
6 years ago
Its a wonder it diidnt pull you clean out of your yak. Be careful wont you? <3
jennyss
Member
6 years ago
Wow! Lizard king
iserbrown
Member
6 years ago
Great effort!
arpie
Member
6 years ago
I've been a tad quiet on the fishing front - from Oct on, we get big winds that make the lake quite dangerous for kayaks, so not getting out as often!

However - the other day, I snuck out for a few hours & hooked a beautie! A whopper flattie that measured 80cm!! It gave me a good workout as it towed me round & had blistering runs with the reel screaming!

I was very pleased to get it to the kayak! Then released to grow bigger! It was landed on the smallest of lures - that is one of my favourite bream & flattie lures!

It was a CROC!

A Pontoon 21 Crackjack lure!!

Wider than my kayak

Off she went.

I must have landed well over 10 flatties that day, but this one was the clear 'winner'!!