Bennyg78

Really depends on what you want to achieve. If you want to improve your skill set as a lure fisherman, then don't take the bait rod as you'll always fall back to the safety of soaking a bait. If you go out with no other option but to learn and adapt with lure, you'll make mistakes and be frustrated but you'll learn and grow knowledge and skills.

I have been fishing the bream tournaments in the winter and there is success to be had. I have a post coming but have been a bit lazy putting it together. Speaking specifically on bream, once you find success on one type of lure fishing you'll find others. As @dirvin21 has said you need to slow it down and I find you might need to fish deeper which sometimes can be a challenge land based.

Nice one Mr. Derek! looks like a nice couple of catches

Contrary to popular belief fish feed all year round, I don't go on a fasting diet in Winter either! Usually you will find fish like bream holding deeper in Winter time, as the water temp is more consistent in the deeper waters. You can still catch them, but they might be stacked up on deeper vertical structure or drop offs. Keep trying and once you crack the pattern for that day you'll get a few bream doing the same thing

The creeper is a great grub lure, if you can get it to sink next to a pole they are very good at getting a good bream bite.

Think Ill stick to the experts word on it at this point until more literature comes out

Well done @Niall! Plenty of good fish around those bridges, I have had a fair amount of success throwing the muss lure around there. Good patience there not to try and wind that kingfish in quick!

Hey @linewetter This podcast talks about free rigging in Moreton Bay for bream fishing. There might be some relevant info for you here

Well done @linewetter! Great report!! You are improving with your curiosity in every report! The water was definitely foul I was kayak fishing up on the central coast and gosh it was filthy!

hey @Aussiefisherman I find a few differences in using the sugapen vs the bent minnow. The sugapen and similar such lures cast alot better and further, they really excel as a searching lure as you can work them over longer distances and an array of distances. They only work along the surface The bent minnow, doesn't cast as well add some cross or head wind and it catches a lot of that wind. The big advantage of the bent minnow and other similar lures is they also work sub surface which can have advantage over other topwater lures. They both catch fish very well

Great post @DerekD Its often the little things that add up to making a difference on when it matters. Your uni knot line preservation method has been one I have worked on a lot. When you're fishing a tournament you really want to preserve as much leader length as possible when changing lures, so a technique such as the one you have taught me is really good for this otherwise you might have to tie on a new leader during the tournament time which is lost fishing time. I have also found that the FG knot works at light leaders as well, for example on the weekend I had 4lb leader tied to 6lb braid.

@Bealeyma which hobie model did you get? some have a space already made for the transducer. These are made to prefit Lowrance transducers. You can buy a berleypro visor to reduce glare or use the icecream tub. If you're looking to pay someone yeah a kayak dealer would be the best option

Hi mate, monster mover is award to the person who has the biggest weight differential between day 1 and day 2. Typically this usually happens to someone who donuts on day 1 and catches a good bag of fish on day 2

Mate it is an awesome fishing classroom and you certainly learn a thing or two about planning and preparation if nothing else

Nice session Mr.Derek!I think we need to work on getting out for a session soon!