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Haha he has always had the bug..... now we just fish from the same side of the boat now Thanks dude Pete

Still a great effort! and man i wish i had a boat like guys I always thought the mf40 were a little too heavy i might have to look and see if they have lighter ones Pete

Hey guys Me and the old man entered the Riverstone Remorial fishin open this weekend which is just a basic heaviest of species comp held over 3 days, it only cost 20 bucks to have a chance of winning lucky door prize which was a ally craft 4.35 reel mate 30hp yamma ect ect Friday....... Fished by myself friday arvo around kernell for nothing much but good sized trevs (35-40cm) and 1 flattie that was around 45cm, but the worst thing was.......... i lost my almost famous home made blade when a fish ran me around my prop with its last dash for freedom but lucky i had already drawn it up ready to get laser cut Saturday........ Played golf Sunday....... It was a really slow start, i didnt even get a hit in the first hour even after a few different locations. I convinced my old man to let me teach him how to use plastics and vibes and after 2hrs and only landing one under sized flattie i thought he would never try the lures again! Finally decided to move wide of towra and boy didnt things change! within 15 min he landed his first ever fish on a plastic and didnt stop at that he landed around 4 trevs in a row and i was net boy for around half an hour but i didnt mind because He now "has the bug" And then after a great little fight he lands this a 38cm bream the bastard and now he's telling me what to do!!! Not wanting to let him have all the braging rights i finally landed a winning fish that got me the heaviest whiting that was a little over 500g gutted and gilled (comp rules)and went a tad over 40cm I got this little neat trophy and only won by a couple of grams I also won a am/fm gme marine radio, braided line and a silstar 2-4kg spin stick which i gave to the old man who is over the moon and cant wait to get out again Now he has no excuse not to come out and there is no need for stinkin bait! Thanks guys Pete

plastics... deffently Gulp 3inch minow in peppered prawn and watermellon pearl blades... my home made one's and ecogears, damiki's in the larger size in deep water not into the hard bodys as of yet

i might come down and say hi too pete

Cheers guys Well they are made from 304 stainless steel and in 3 pieces welded so yeah i can weld pretty thin crap , i was thinking of using lead for the weight part and it would of been alot easyer to make and to get it looking all 3D but after looking at some fisheries articles i thought the more Eco friendly the better. With the 304 it still has real good corrosion resistance but its still not marine grade 316 so if you loose one it will break down after a while. Hodgey/Iceman..... Yeah for sure ill send a few down in a couple of weeks when i get them sorted, they will look alot better when they have been laser cut as i did that one by hand with a 5 inch grinder and linisher so the lines will be alot smoother and more life like. i bought some powder paint so it will hopefully look semi professional anyways guys another poor quality pic from me

Thanks for all the kind words guys! I actually didnt know weather to keep using it or not as it was the only one of that style that i made, if i had lost it i would of been so pissed lol but im glad i stuck to it. i would of been happy with just a hit considering the conditions. once i have got them sorted out ill give a couple to you guys to test for your self's We have a laser cutter at work so i could have 50 bodys cut in no time just got to find all the snaps and rings and hooks at a good price. Iceman.... Im still not sure on weight as of yet but ill find out soon. but they are alot lighter than the damiki's in the same sort of length Thanks again guys Pete

great work guys! i would deffently call them better than just "pan sized" flatties Pete

Hey guys Went out to botany both saturday and sunday arvo's for a couple of hours each time just to try some new areas and kill some time Saturday was really slow fished wide off the the last of the groins for not too much action, i did land a few trevs and 1 keeper bream on the last cast but other than pickers and another bust off on a popper there was no love at all and the wind was so annoying!all fish were released that day so sorry no pics Sunday almost didnt happen and when we arrived at the boat ramp i reluctantly launched as it was windy as hell. Finally made our way past captian cook bridge but the wind swell made it difficult to keep dry so we just driffted in between dolls point and the bridge. Spent about an hour chucking different colour plastics for one keeper bream for my mate (and his fisrt on lures) For the life of me i couldnt catch a thing so i decided to test out a vibe i have been making at work and things all changed fisrt cast and a small bream hits the lure so a quick pic and back in, then 2 nice sized bream in a row! Not a bad way to see if it works and i didnt even get the chance to paint the lure the usual colours that has worked for me in the past in botany. got into a couple more smaller bream and a nice whiting that i dropped at the boat then a found a few squid which was a welcomed supprise Caught one more keeper bream then called it quits cause the constant chop finally got to my mate Not a bad result for my new invention and after loosing so much brand name ones it should work out alot cheaper for now on Its i think 42mm and very light the fish range from 28-31cm First on the new lure End result Thanks for reading guys

Bad luck not gettin any keepers mate but its always good trying a few places and atleast landing a few fish. I seem to get all my decent flatties on stuff ment for bream around that area lol its always the way Pete

Hey mate i was using the squidgy 2gram 1/0 jig heads They are good for anything from say 2-7m of water maybe a little light for the deeper stuff but it seems to get more hits for myself, i only started using them in the deeper water because i couldnt for the life of me find the 3gram 1/0 jigs so just give it a little more time to drop and you will be fine thanks again guys for the kind words Pete

Haha it was a pretty slow day compaired to a few weeks ago! Yeah im 100% sure one of the fish who took the poppers was a bream it actually breached and i could see how tall the body was and tail but the others i was not too sure of Still great fun cheers Pete

Went out again with the apprentice from work again who after the first time i took him out has not left me alone for nearly 2 weeks buggin me to take him out again! Started off first at kernell to start with and within half an hour i had a trifector of bream 32cm whiting 39cm and a flattie 52cm Went to Towra to try a few poppers and the apprentice started to complain about there being no fish in such shallow water 3-4ft i told him to be patient and after a few min he landed a 50cm flattie of his own (not in pic) , i started using poppers and after a little getting used to i got 3 hits for 3 lost poppers but the site of a 35cm bream commin half the way out of the water to hit the lure was worth it i was only using 5lb leader and didnt have anything stronger on me and i didnt want to loose my new pencils in the same fashion so i stuck to the plastics again Ended up taking 3 bream 2 flatties and one whiting home for the old bloke from work who i bought the boat from and another old bloke from work who was suppose to come out with me but had family things to do Ended up releasing about 10 other bream that were legal and alot of smaller fish mostley on 3 inch gulps in any colour i chucked at them Oh thanks to Roberta and Mako for the top water tips and ill make sure next time im out ill deffently bring some heavyer leader Thanks guys Pete

You should try walkin out past the weeds and move around i would even suggest just spending a whole arvo walkin around the dam to find "fishy" spots Maybe even look on online shop for an old kayak or somethin to get you into more places trust me it will be worth it

I'm not an expert on fresh water fishing and have only caught a few bass with plastics but you cant go past something that is natural looking, berkley do have a wide range so try see what type of bait fish are in the system and mimic them in colour, also try different retrieve as sometimes fish will take a really aggressively presented lure and other times they like something a bit more slower which would suit a paddle tail type plastic. Oh and go as light as possible in jig head thats something i have only just lernt but it has improved my catch rate by heaps Good luck pete

HAHA ill have to chuck some your way i think too when i go into full production

Great report mate i have been following your reports for a little while and its actually helped me out with trying new places and stuff so cheers I really want to try some top water fishing around the bay i just never get around to it always too bizzy in other places Cheers Pete

Hey guys Fished botany with a young apprentice from work on friday arvo to teach him how to use lures and just general tipps, he's been on my back for ages to take him out especially since my good luck recently and well i didnt disappoint him! I have been trying to make a conscious effort to try a new area every time i fish the bay so we started off smack bang right in the middle and set up a real nice drift. I say to the young bloke "whats the bet i get a fish with the first cast!" well befor we had time to come up with a deal i get a solid hit and land a nice flattie Within the next half an hour i managed another 3 fish into the keeper tank when all of the sudden the wind changed from a slight nor-east-er to strong westerly storm so we moved over to kurnell to ride it out. Fished the groins for a little while then when the weather calmed down headed to the sticks and were straight back into it I was trying out a blade i made at work which landed us the biggest bream of the day then 5 cast later i get a big hit and its all gone! Anyways after a bit of teaching and a few lost flatties on the surface being too keen to get the fish in Robbie the apprentice got his first keeper with a nice flattie Anyways took home 8 fish to feed his and my family and released prob about half of that to fight another day Sunday arvo I was bored again and called a good mate chicken (Pete) to see if he was keen for a fish, with family things to do and a rod that flew out of the boat on the m5 (rack raider bream rod) whoops!! we only had just over two hours to fish. After telling chicken about the first fish on the first cast story i was on again with the first cast! it had decent weight but the hooks pulled so it was not to be Next cast then i was on again! and that was the theme for the short time we were out We normally dont take alot of fish home especially if we cant eat them fresh but we decided to give a few away to some of the old blokes from work and they were more than pleased Anyways here is the pic Thanks for reading my long post hopefully ill be able to post a report soon on somewhere other than botany Oh most fish were caught on berkley 3inch minnows in a variety of colours but got a few on blades and other brand plastics

Yeah lets hope so Im takin an apprentice from work out Friday arvo to try teach him how to use plastics so hopefully we will be able to get a feed for his parents. thanks for all the feed back guys Pete

Hey guys Headed out to botany sunday arvo with a small break in the weather and after spending all weekend inside i had to get out! The wind for the most part was blowing a gale but i still did alright considering the conditions, Tried the sticks first nothin much happening there other than a few just off legal baby snapper (29-28cm) which might be a good sign in months to come. Worked my way over to the groins and instantly found fish caught about 5 trevally in a row (kept 2 for a bloke at work) and once i got away from them i actually had a hard time landing a few bream. They were very picky and were only taking the sp's on the down which is new to me as i have only been targeting them/bein able to catch with lures for a couple of months and every other time the fish have been super aggressive. I ended up landing around 5 legal bream kept 2 for the table and lost one decent sized one as well as my go to lure at the moment (zx30) on a bodge self netting job Amongst all of this i also landed my pb whiting on a lure! i have caught a few of the beach at south west rocks with beach worms that were into the 50cm club but it was a welcomed surprised to see it surface Most fish were taken on 3 inch Gulps best colour by far was peppered prawn Sorry for the crappy pics it was with my phone again Pete

thanks for the kind words guys hopefully i can get into some more bream this weekend and hopefully some whiting while were at it

Hey guys ive been a long time reader first time poster Headded out to botany last sunday to see what i could find, originally i was planing to enter the southern bream comp but after breaking a spring on my trailor and issues with trying to get my boat assessed for insurance purposes i didnt have enough time to get everything sorted. Decided to go out and fish a couple of new areas to me to see how i would of gone in the tough conditions and mannaged this..... (sorry for the poor quality) She or he went 43 to the tip and was landed using a zx30 5lb leader and 4lb fire line around the weed patches just down from kernell, also landed a few decent trevs a couple of small flatties and a few more legal bream but all fish were returned to fight another day. Its a new pb for me and not bad considering i have only been lure fishing for around 5 months or so so im happy with my progress bumped into Iceman and Neil kelly (my uncle) who won the comp and boy did they do well in such bad conditions, i thought i was goin well untill i seen some of there catch Not a bad day out after all will be posting more reports soon Pete