iamthecowgodmoo

I've noticed a few people getting bream and whiting on surface lures lately. Going to get out tomorrow morning in the lake and give it a crack (tides don't look great). Looks like you had a cracker of a session. Hopefully more to come for you!

Bread dough on a size 12 hook, no sinker. Roll the dough on the hook in a fashion so it looks like a little maggot. Sight casting and keeping the bait towards the surface helps, otherwise you will end up with undersized bream feeding off the bottom. This way they can get it in their small mouths without just "sucking" on the bait. Works well for mullet from 70mm and bigger. For smaller ones I find the clear traps work better than the netted style. Just put some bread in, set it on the bottom, berely with a little bread and wait 20min or so.

I would like E.T's show if it wasn't for all of the in-show ads. I'm a fan of Robson Green's show. More for the show, the locations and seeing the rare species rather than the fishing tips though. Best of all, he's not backed by a fishing shop, so he's not trying to sell all their gear.

Great catch and a nice Yak. That thing could get you into some nice spots.

Great effort. Especially when you chase bream on surface lures. I've only had some follows, and occasional strikes myself using the clear poppers and walkers, but no hook-ups.

So here goes my first report... Went over to Narrabeen for a mid arvo flick to see if there was much around (near the cricket field). As I expected, every little nook was packed with holiday makers looking for a feed. Found a nice little quiet spot which was free and rigged up a couple of rods. 3-5kg Pflueger/2500 Aird/ 8lb mono for the SP and a 2kg Aird rod/1000 Sedona/ 6lb mono for throwing the live worms. Looked around at the others and they weren't getting a bite, which didn't look too promising, but I threaded my first worm on anyway. Cast out onto a patch of sand I spotted and within 5serc of it hitting the bottom...tap..tap...tap..BAM! nice little whiting going 23cm, so back it went to grow a little bigger. Threaded another worm on, back out it went, it wasn't on the bottom for more than 10sec before I landed another around the same size. A few more were landed in quick succession including a couple of bream. By this stage I everybody else along the stretch I was on was wasn't getting so much as a bite and I could see them secretly hating me. I had ran out of worms and didn't bring the yabbie pump, so I put on a Squidgy fish in the white/red colour for a flick, but there were no flatties willing to come to the party. Used a clear 50mm popper on the smaller set-up and had a few follows from whiting and a couple of swipes from below from a few inquisitive bream, but unfortunately no hookups. Nothing legal to take home, so all were released to grow a little bigger. Forgot the camera this time, so no pics. Will remember next time......(tomorrow!). Tight lines all... Scott.