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Great report - sounds like you had an absolute blast and the action was non-stop! Well done and clearly a good choice to go with Bob the Bass Master

Congrats on such a mixed bag and in particular catching a mulloway on a lure!

I reckon you caught more bass than the South Africans scored in the cricket - well done mate

I never thought of targeted them with burley and bread flies like mullet - I’ll give it a crack thanks for the tip mate

I feel a bit embarrassed posting about catching a fish as small as a whiting on fly on this forum with some many pics of massive fish on fly! But for me, whiting are my fish of a thousand casts on fly. They're really tough. I chased whiting for 20 years on lures and ended up doing okay with surface lures over the summer months - the lures I found were most consistent were pencil poppers that throw spray forward, my personal favourite was the Zip Baits Skinny Pop Jnr. The fly I've tied that throws spray forward in a way closest to the Skinny Pop a disco shrimp style surface fly with a small sequin disk at the front to act as a cup. I've modelled the fly on a design from Brett Winn who operate BWC flies in Tuggerah. He has some videos of how to tie them. I've tied a variety of colours from black to white and use the darker ones when the water is dirty, lighter when clear. The big challenge for me in targeting whiting is getting really long casts in over the flats, because I've found whiting like fast retrieves and that brings my fly back to the rod pretty quick, particularly when casting from my canoe! Just wondering if anyone on the forum has done well on whiting with flies and if they have any learnings to share? I managed to capture the strike of the whiting in the pic on my Go Pro which is quite interesting - you'll see I give the fly half a dozen strips, then pause, and when I start again the whiting inhales it. At first I thought is was a bream. Cheers Jason

Beautiful looking fish - looks like a big slab of chrome. Sounds like the aerial show would have been awesome! Well done mate!

Salmon on light gear from a kayak are a lot of fun and a decent challenge - I'm assuming your drag got a work out? Well done, great looking fish.

Great haul there @Pickles I might have to take a bunch of bananas out on my canoe tomorrow and see what happens...

Nice fish and way to end the year! All the best for 2023 and many more to come...

Thanks @Bluebenbombi’ve heard great things about this forum and I’m happy to be on board!

Hi all, A few weeks ago I went for a paddle up a river on NSW's East Coast chasing bass with surface flies. I hadn't fished the river before but was pleasantly surprised by a healthy population of bass in the mood to play 👍 I took my camera along to capture the scenery and surface strikes... Tight lines for 2023! Cheers Jason