Fishlessmick

G'day appoooh, I have to agree with Jocool and give Allen "sheerwater rods " a call. Allen made me up a luderick rod a few months ago on a st croix blank and it is the sweetest luderick stik i have used. so give allen a call you wont be disappointed. cheers Mick

G'day Lizard, no mate its not flat rock creek/dam ,its a small dam/lagoon on the central coast. Im not even sure i know where flat rock creek/dam is, its not on the central coast is it? Oh and thanks to all for the kind words . cheers Mick

Gee thanks guys, it certainly is pleasing when you see the shots from your trip turn out well. ps Tyrone, will pm you soon not sure i can help you with the EP,but we will have a sesh on the Bass. cheers Mick

Thanks Byron & Brent, Byron wish i could take credit for the shots, but i just aim and shoot. The camera is an Olympus C770 (4.0 megapixel. 10x optical zoom) and as you can see, it takes pretty good shots. cheers Mick

G'day all, Just a quick report from a bass session this morning.The location is a local lagoon which has very thick reed and lily beds, so can only be fished by kayak/canoe. Apon reaching the goon we were greeted by a heavy mist blanketing the water and a slight chill in the air,at 1008hp the barometer was a touch low but its still better than being at work.The main reasion for the trip was to give the new Pixy outfit a run,so anything else would be a bonus.The fishing was slow and i had to work hard and was rewarded with four very fit bass to 350mm. Ps the Pixy is just magic. A couple off shots of the goon and some off the Bass cheers Mick

I guess i can narrow it down to 3 1: Custom Shearwater "luderick" stik 2: Heartland Z Seagake with Team Daiwa Z 2000cu 3: Daiwa Ltd Ed Pixi 6'6" with Pixy reel cheers Mick

Thanks Macman, ive had one on back order for ages might have to look o/s. Ive got one of allen's "sheerwater" custom rods just screeming for a decent reel to do it justice. cheers Mick

Gday macman, Nice fish i used to fish that area many years ago with my ex father inlaw. Mate did you get the Aventa here in aus or did you get it o/s ? Ive been waiting for about six months for them to come into the country and was just about to buy from the states. What did you pay for it, i was told $300 here in oz but could get it for about $230 O/S. Send me a pm if you dont want to post $$$ cheers Mick

I think its only open saturday afternoon until spring then it will be open sat aft and sunday . cheers Mick

Yes Vic is still alive, Hi tide interviewed Starlo last week and he mentioned he still catches up with vic. cheers Mick

Here's some info about the DVD taken from another site. Hope thats ok Ken ? ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dear Fellow “***********” With the permission of *******, I wish to announce that today Dean Hayes, Shannon Kitchener (the Editor) and myself – sent off to be produced the first DVD in the “Bethune on Bass” series. Shot over the last three years on the Hawkesbury River, it deals with and illustrates in depth, techniques that are applicable on all tidal water streams. Titled “Tidal Water Action”, it features Shoreline Casting – Soft Plastic techniques – Deep Water and Surface Fly Fishing – finding and exploiting Estuary Perch – and some rarely if ever seen footage on fishing Swamp Drains. It reaches a climax, as we hunt in the half light and dark of evening, the amazing (as Dean calls them) “Pelagic Bass”. Therein, our friend Henry the Heron helps us, as the bass throw caution to the winds as they drive the prawns to the surface in a feeding frenzy. Tidal Water Action runs for approximately one hour forty minutes and concludes with a comprehensive “Tackle Tips” section. It is to be released at the Sydney Tackle and 4WD show at Homebush on the 24th, 25th and 26th of June. Retailing for $34-95, “Tidal Water Action” is being distributed to all Tackle Stores by Australian Fishing Network (AFN). Kind Regards and Tight Lines John Bethune ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- cheers Mick

Mate its up on the central coast just south of bateau bay. weve been getting into the pigs but at times cant get to them through the trevally but its all good. cheers Mick

Although the fishing was a touch slow, mornings like this make up for it cheers Mick

G'day Jethro, No not at all- go for it,ill be doing the same. I have a few more where you can see the boat rego more clearley,but will hold on to them until i see what sort of reply i/we get. cheers Mick

Close enough Jethro, the pros are netting the shoreline of the lake at Killarney vale down the end of my street looking towards long jetty . Your both right in that this area is like a nursery, when its high tide they set the net and wait for the tide to drop before clearing their nets. The amount off bycatch (sp) you see get thrown to the birds is shocking.As jethro said i dont know why the pros are still allowed to plunder the lake like this . cheers Mick

Where are these pro's rapeing another angle off to work now, will answer tomorrow cheers Mick

Finally, now i can submit some reports with (pic's) and all it took was a new puter. cheers Mick

Fingers crossed

With Squidgies under the blue fox brand staying with shimano,but the squidgy braid being a rapala product - i wonder if starlo or bushy will have to start using freetime gear Mick

G'day Allen, yeah the action is good, it loades up niceley and has plenty left in the butt . I was not not quite sure what to expect, but after a couple off sessions i think it suits my style niceley. It was eyes closed fingers crossed before the leader popped on the pylon,but so far so good. thanks again Mick

So far so good Allen, while chasing luderick with live shrimp i landed a 46cm EP and got totally smoked by another,still got brused knuckles from from the centerpin . cheers Mick

We sometimes go over there in owr lunch break for a quick fish . If only we can work out how to stop our plastics from melting when they hit the water . cheers Mick

It looks like the cooks river near the Qantas jet base,Qantas drive cheers Mick

G'day all, Im with Pogo - mine is an "Ultimate casting rods" Jigflicker 6' 6" with a dogbone cork grip purchaced from harboard tackle supply over 15 years ago. matched with the right reel and line its able to flick unweighted live shrimp for bream and Ep's. cheers Mick

Thanks for the reply's guys, I draged the net up the bank then cut it in half Yeah it would be nice to bump into the owner of the net cheers Mick