Hodgey

What a great report! CONGRATULATIONS to the young ladies on two very nice fish The future of our sport looks certain to be in good hands! Hodgey

That's a great feed of fish, mate! Haven't seen decent bream like that in my neck of the woods for a long time Hodgey

Great fish fellas ... well done!!!! Hodgey

Top report Steve. A little bit of fun and doing your bit for the environment as well! Hodgey

What a brilliant session! Great scenery, aggressive fish and upgrading your PB twice in the one day ... awesome, BM!!!!! Hodgey

Plastic = Slider grub in Motor Oil Spinner = Betts Spinner with plastic mentioned above Hard body (deep) = Jackall hard body (shallow) = SX40 Hodgey

Hope your fishing mate's health improves soon, Roberta. Kind Regards Hodgey

Magnificent photos mate!!! Hodgey

Spot on! In the end, 'fishing' was the winner on the day

And non-fishing folk wonder why we do it .... have a look at the backdrop for Stewie's trip! Bloody beautiful scenery Nice bass, guys. Those little spinner blades work a treat, don't they? Well done! Hodgey

Congrats on your 1st Bass, Marty! Hope there is more to come. You're obviously looking in the right places ... nice little snag in the background! Cheers Hodgey

Great report Dave, and congrats to all on the PB's!!!! Weather permitting, I intend chasing the EP's and Flatties with Dene this weekend. Have seen a few great fish in the shallows but the water is still a little cold making them reluctant at the moment. Hodgey

Nice sentiments, PJ. Unfortunately, I think a lot of Raiders can relate to your poem and know of a 'favourite' spot of theirs that is in similar condition. Hodgey

Gee there is some great lizards moving at the moment. That's a couple of beauties there Ceph. Top effort mate, and bonus points for your 'unorthadox methods' regarding the cast and retrieve of your Stella Hodgey

3" Atomic Prong in Pumkinseed/1/4 oz Nitro jighead 70mm Squidgy Wriggler in 24 Carrot/ 1/4 oz Squidgy jighead Slider grub in MotorOil/3/8 0z Nitro jighead Thank you all for the response/interest in the report!

G'Day all, There has been no shortage of Flathead around in Tuross Lake, as long as you are prepared to put in a lot of work to catch them on lures. Saturday's tide was pretty ordinary but the weather was magic, so my fishing mate Dene and myself headed out for our traditional Saturday Soft Plastic sojourn. We threw lures hell, west and crooked for three hours without success, and then our luck changed. I changed lure color, and moments later landed a small flatty (36cm - released), followed by a 40cm and a 42cm. The fish were very savage in their attack of the plastics. No warning ... just a sudden reversal of the retrieve and a screaming reel. Dene managed a couple of fish of similar size as well, and the session was proving to be very entertaining. I was into a better fish of approx 50cm but dropped him at the boat through carelessness on my own behalf Redemption was swift, however, as the next two fish in the hour were 61cm and 62cm Sunday's weather was very cold, with the same ordinary tide, but we tried our luck for 2 hours in the afternoon anyway An hour and a half later, whilst lamenting our optimistic attitudes, Dene's little SOL is screaming, and we thought we had finally nailed an exceptional Winter Flatty. Surprisingly, it only went 61cm, but I still consider these really good fish for Winter. Just imagine the size we should encounter in the warmer months!!! Hodgey

Some great fish there, Cobber. Well done!

Some great scenery and some fat bass. Ahhhh, utopia! Great report mate!

G'Day all I'm trying to find an animated example of tying a double unit knot for my father. We have the single uni on this site, for tying terminal tackle, but I am looking for the double so he can learn a simple knot for joining braid to mono/fluro. Any ideas where I can find an example, please? Frustrating trying to explain over the phone! Hodgey

4000th member 3rd Birthday This is the site where it ALL happens, folks!! Alisdair

Great Breambo, mate ... Well Done!

G'day all Just a quick report for Sunday. Went down to the local estuary to toss some lures around in pursuit of Flathead. Manages to snag a couple of small flatties and a very small bream until I managed to cast into a likely looking snag and *snap* fluro leader is gone. Wander back to the car and realise I have left my spare spool of Vanish at home on the freezer!! I have nothing to use for a leader! Now things were pretty hectec when I left home that arvo. The kids were in fine form and the 'handbrake' was washin 'n' ironin so... I drove to the nearest boat ramp and scavenged through the grass. Bingo! A small birdsnest of somewhat dubious mono. Beggars can't be choosers, so I cut off a length that looks in reasonable shape, and proceed to resume fishing. 5 minutes later (as a boat is bearing down upon my little ramp), a 42cm flathead is wriggling on the sand at my feet. My leader broke as I grasped the fish, and I took this as a sign to cut my losses and head home. Somedays everything just goes your way, huh

12 months = Great fishing reports and photos A ton of gear bought and sold A shed load of information and laughs THE CONSOLIDATION OF A REAL FISHIN' FAMILY CONGRATS TO ALL CONCERNED!Roll on the next 12! Hodgey

Strewth! That's a beut GT! What a great batch of fish! Any one of those would have me grinnin' like a Cheshire Cat. Congrats on some great fish, mate! Hodgey

Thanks all Donna, Christie did her famous 'bream dance' in her loungeroom last night when I passed on your congrats Hodgey