Bream Mad

I got a few last friday but the water temp has dropped a lot and they were pretty difficult to temp and all small the bass only move when it is spawning time and only the bigger ones. when the water temp drops they become inactive and almost impossable to catch cheers Kael

Ahh Bass the first of many more i hope , good work i have found lately with all the rain ond lower overnight temps the bass are getting a bit quiet. still available though on surface lures just harder to temp. surface lure freaks like myself usually have three main types of surface lures Paddlers (jitterbug, buggi pop ect) Poppers (any large popper 50+cm) Pencils (sammy, NW pencil ect) Bass will take all three but often one style will realy get a reaction, last thursday it was the black jitterbug Love those feisty Bass BM

i have a rigge shallow in brown trout colours that would be awesome good work again

Wow Trout and Bass in one day is a very good effort loverly Browns and Bronzes were you on the fish river ? cheers kael

Wow that is a serious Bass great pic of a magnificent native Bass and on the surface lure that must of been a real heart stopper keep up the good reports cheers Kael

don't stress the second fish was caught at crosslands near my home the first was a definite fig tree from the flats under the bridge northern side i was just a bit lazy with my typing and did not mention i changed spots when those bastard rowers crowded the flats man they have got the whole river but insist on taking the short cut lazy buggers cheers kael

it was the NW pencil seems like it has a better hookup rate on bream than the sammy, also slightly smaller you are right the second one was taken in a secret location

wow that is a serious review thanks for that greg! i am pretty sure bass hard and TD sensor are identical so i would like to give them a go interesting you only use crystal fireline, i had a spool of 2lb stuff as used it this morning for outstanding casting distance and overall perfomance, so much better than the normal 4lb fireline which felt very rough. cheers kael

Hi Raiders, Itchin to break in my new pro tactic with a fish i hit fig tree at dawn on the big high tide. When the sun came up the hits started to come and the ever trusty camion was again getting hammered by much bigger bream After a couple of screaming drags and hook pulls i settle down to work the flat and bang the reel screams and i am loosing line very fast the pro tactic handles the stubiness of a typical big bream and after a pretty long battle i cradle this stonker and break in the new stick in style at 36cm and solid a very good bream then it just goes nuts and i switch to the lucky craft pencil which is monstered every cast after loosing two more very good bream at the end of long fights the hooks finally stay in this one who fights like a demon for his size just under 30cm great session and i am stoked with the pro tactic cheers Kael

the twin power has been upgraded in japan already and is available over the web do you have the new sustains or old ones?

Hi Raiders I having been looking at getting a better spinning reel and the two main ones on the radar are the new Daiwa Luvias 1003 and the Shimano Twinpower 1000PGS (JDM). Shimano is about $40 bucks cheaper that the Daiwa and 25gram heavier (both are under 200 grams ) I think generally both are excellent reels but having never used either would like you opinion on which is better value. i am particually concerned about smoothness, casting and drag performance and durability. i find that my daiwa laguna seems to let water in very easily and effects performance. Cheers BM

Wow very nice brown mate top fish how about a full report hey. 16 trout is awesome Kael

Hi Raiders, like most of you i have been using 4 or 6lb fireline for most of my SP and HB work on liteweight spin reels. i agree fireline is good value, but it seems pretty rough and VERY variable in breaking strains. I want the best braid for my new outfit and never having tried any other brands was wondering your thoughts cheers BM

thanks guys for the reply as the cut down my budget (or maybe she doesn't know yet ) i only less than $300 to spend. i picked up plenty of rods and came to the conclusion that i wanted titaniam SIC's (not recoils) a fast blank and nice contoured cork grip. when i picked up the 6'10" berkley protactic i new this was the one, a bit a haggling and she was mine for $280 just gave it a few casts and my god ! its no miller by for half the price it is a SWEET stick!! so light and sensitive, casts a mile due to the nice little tip, worth every penny i recon be warned i have seen the same rod at another shop for $350 which is too much Cheers BM

Thanks pete thats what fishings is all about mastering new techniques sometimes you just have to have the confidence to give them a real good go on this trip i did not bring a SP therefore there was no tempation when the hits were not coming BM

Hi Raiders, Went for a dawn session yesterday on the low tide armed only with my trusty flikstik and a pocket full of hard bodies Under the street light the baitfish huddled but the predators we absent, no joy with the new LC pencil As the sun came up so did the wind but this is generally good for skinny water fishing. Over the shallow flats the baby min50 was getting hits and finally the (lightly set) drag starts a singing and we have our first bream at about 26cm he catches the light nicely I change to a camion SR which casts suprisingly far and can be SLOW rolled and twitched and the breambos are climbing all over it a few more smaller bream and a little whiting and the drag realy starts to sing as the camion is smashed at 34cm a quality bream that fought long and hard soon I have got to go to work but on the way i stop of for a final flick a few casts in the camion is hammered at my feet by a mega flatty i lose a lot of these fish from being bitten off and after a very spirited fight with plenty of powerful runs i beach this old girl just as she bites though the leader well maybe not mega but 55cm is decent for any lizard Cheers BM

Hi Raiders, looking at titanium guides on my latest flick stick and wainting to know how good they are as far as i can work out your choice is either recoils(REC) or titanium framed SIC (Fuji) (note most SIC's sold have steel frames) Currently only 'off the shelf rods' with these guides are the T Curve Flight (Recoils) $400 and the Berkley pro tactic (TSic) $250 seems like the pro tactic is a good buy if the blank is good A bream buster with recoils is about $600 your thoughts BM

Thanks for that mate always good to get detailed techniques Do you always use poppers or have you tried 'dogs' such as PX45 or Towadi's, sammy's ect in my experience these are very effective BM

Hi Raiders, I have a Heddon Torpedoe but never had much luck on it even on bass compared to say a popper or walker. Just got a bevy prop 55 off ebay and interested to see if any raiders use these style of topwater lure with any success? Retreive tips would be good as well BM

You use a nail knot which is pretty easy to tie with the aid of a ball point pen ink tube. Basically here is a link http://www.animatedknots.com/nailknot/index.php BM

Wow certainly looks sexy (the rod that is) I might have a look at fishfinder Cheers bm

You got a pic? did you have many options as far as guides, grips, blanks go? what about custom engraving BM

Hi Raiders, I think it is time to buy a decent stick in the $300-500 range. I want a 7' (2-4kg) one peice. a bit of a do all to throw both HB's and SP's mainly landbased. Options so far are BB finesse ($500) TD Zero 7701MLXFS(half the price of the BB, and i have a procaster Z that i love) Maybe something from loomis as well? opions would be appreciated as i have never owned a custom stick i would like lightness for HB's more so, i currently are running a raider bream finesse which is great for SP's but a bit to heavy for HB's BM

No just checked them out on the web, they certainly look the goods, were can i get one? Went back this arvo and again the sammy just brained them on a very fast retrieve (for bream) and also smaller trebles #10 but alas the old 'jammed leader knot in guides on the cast trick' and sammy was sacrificed to the lure gods RIP sweet sammy

I assume you are talking about another lake that is stocked with alantic salmon? No salmon in TCD Sound like a fun ride though BM