Bream Mad

Welcome to the addiction that is Aussie Bass! well done on the first of many more to come. Not sure where you are from but you might be able to find a few more closer than you imagined pic was 30min from Sydney CBD cheers kl

Great Groper mate well done! I could only imagine the power they must put on! I caught a 50cm pig on an FSU 4 wrap and i was blown away by the power. Surely a groper would be a pig x 3 kl

Wow that sounds like very good condition (very fat). I actually was quite suprised at the condition of this fish had very thich shoulders and heeps of stamina. It is a pity folks take such fish, surely if you are looking for a feed the 30-35cm stocked rainbows are your best bet for the smoker. kl

Hear, Hear I have a SA cleaning pad that I use with soaky warm water. Then treat the line with conditioner. makes a huge difference

why don't you just online shop them from Japan? I get a lot of my lures genrally for about $15-20AUD. Another good trout lure is the ecogear mx48 (in brown or rainbow trout colour of course) Remember trout in Aus don't get big by eating insects, they will always snack on a little trout

Easy as i mostly target bream and bass here they are 1. Lucky Craft NW Pencil is suji shrimp 2. Smith Camion sr in brown trout 3. 2" powerbait grub in pumpkinseed 4. Bassday Kangoku Vib 5. TT Switch blade From top to bottom you can't miss! cheers kl

Wow! awesome Jewy mate, well done on the hard yards for sweet sucess Kael

Wow 6lb from the Cox's what length to they get too? Always thought the Cox's would proper from some good flows, have you fished it for spawners?

in the water it looked very pretty! have not seen one in the flesh for ages and it sure had good condition for a river fish

Hi Raiders, Seems like ages since I have posted a report (sorry) so here goes. Had a very rare weekend off so decided to hit my beloved central west targeting trout for the first time with a spin rod. Figured my bream and bass skills would be too much for those wiley trout. Good news is the drought has well and truly broken and what a site was Lyell, full to the brim! Made my way to my fav stretch of the fish and was greated by semi flood brown water Flicked some lures but it was soon clear I would not have any luck in this torrent. Gave Lyell a shot but too many V8 ski boats and howling wind. I really thought of heading home and going breaming but I had one more river to try. The good old Cox's was my last stop and while it too was dirty and flowing at least there was some slower sections to have a flick. Out of the dirty water had a follow from a rainbow and this gave me hope as I made my way upstream. I was targeting back eddy's and snags with a mx48 and pretty soon in a nondescript pocket the lure was inhailed by a monster brown The fight was on as the buck brown rolled over the leader but thankfully stayed out the raging current. Every time I got him close he would surge away, eventually I just grabbed him as the fight was going on too long. I dumped him on the grass and took these pics, a beautiful wild Brown Trout 51cm and 1.6kg, not bad Kael

good work, i still can't get over how hard a pig can pull just a little bit south of you we got some nice drummer 45cm. we were using pealed prawns from coles (cheaper than bait) did you use berley?

Wow awesome return I have also found big numbers of ep's over winter which is a pretty good sign very nice jew well done mate kl

Wow never given trout a go on the spinning gear but it seem like i should ASAP those pics and trout were just well beautiful great work KL

I have owned two of these and for the money they are unbeatable agree with slinky, go for greased carbo washers in all your reals and you won,t go back. just email dawn at http://www.smoothdrag.com/ and she will post them too you. Also use cals grease on the drags washers it is like butter soo smooth!! kl

Without question the LC Network Pencil! I like the clear with grey stripes! They work on Bream, Bass anything sub surface can't go past my little smith camion SR

Great fishing grant! it looks soo nice and warm I had my first bass of the season on the weekend at the water was 12deg down here keep up the good work KL

Awesome!!! probably won't get a bigger one all year well done on a wild cracker Kael

Wow most of us can only dream of catching five bream from 34 to 39cm in a lifetime and you guys do it in a day!! wow \ kl

Wow you have such quality flatty's down in turros great report wonderful crocs kael

Nice fish and good average size as well did you get then on surface lures? are we talking the nepean? bm

It is a nice outfit, in fact it is my favourite and it was built for exactly this purpose. The blank is an ATC IC601 (2-5kg XFast, High Modulus Graphite). Components include Fuji ACS seat and Titanium Framed SIC guides. Flor grade cork rings and gunmetal and gold windings. Which matches perfectly my Daiwa Alphas Type R. The whole combo weighs just 260grams and will cast lures down to 4grams beautifully. I am still getting the hang of baitcasting and birdnests are common with the magforce switched off (which is the way I like to pitch lures), but overall it is simply a joy to use. Cheers bm

Great stuff again mate well done on just beautiful reds!! they look great in that late arvo light who says you can't catch quality reds off sydney, seems like you have got is sussed! cheers kael

congratulations Roberta your first fly trout is always one you will remember nice size too at 44cm trout realy are funny fish, they have an almost mistical ability to vanish. one second they are feasting on a hatch next minute the 1foot pool is barren or all life sometimes it realy is amazing to catch one because you start believing there are no fish well done again kael

yeh they are on the chew tee up a session before xmas we might get some more nice pics kael

Well done mate on a grand! good to see you are diversifing your fishing targets as well. sounds like the contender is getting lots of use well done again kael