mrmoshe Posted November 17, 2006 Share Posted November 17, 2006 Went to Narra Lake for a quick LB session at 1pm today looking for more big flatties. No flatties wanted to play, but the bream were certainly on the chew. Managed 5 , all around the 30cm mark on fresh whitebait. All were released except one, which the ever present pelican who seems to always show up when I'm there, chased one of the released bream like a jet fighter on afterburners and scooped it up, swallowing it in one big gulp. At least I tried to give it it's freedom. Aint' nature wonderful! Good to see the bream back though as they've been few & far between lately. Pete. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest rzep Posted November 17, 2006 Share Posted November 17, 2006 Bad luck on the flatty front but it is good to hear that the bream are back on the bite. Well done on a good afternoon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
orangeguy Posted November 17, 2006 Share Posted November 17, 2006 Went to Narra Lake for a quick LB session at 1pm today looking for more big flatties. No flatties wanted to play, but the bream were certainly on the chew. Managed 5 , all around the 30cm mark on fresh whitebait. All were released except one, which the ever present pelican who seems to always show up when I'm there, chased one of the released bream like a jet fighter on afterburners and scooped it up, swallowing it in one big gulp. At least I tried to give it it's freedom. Aint' nature wonderful! Good to see the bream back though as they've been few & far between lately. Pete. Hey Pete, Do you mind telling me how you rig your whitebait? Mine keeps coming off the hook when I cast as they seem very mushy. Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrmoshe Posted November 17, 2006 Author Share Posted November 17, 2006 Hey Pete, Do you mind telling me how you rig your whitebait? Mine keeps coming off the hook when I cast as they seem very mushy. Thanks. Gang hooks (3) today. I have been using singles but had the same trouble. Gangs sure did the trick nicely. Pete. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
orangeguy Posted November 17, 2006 Share Posted November 17, 2006 Gang hooks (3) today. I have been using singles but had the same trouble. Gangs sure did the trick nicely. Pete. What size hook do you use? By the way, how big are your whitebait? I think the ones I buy are terribly undersized (around 5cm?) and would not fit on a 3 gang hook setup. Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrmoshe Posted November 17, 2006 Author Share Posted November 17, 2006 What size hook do you use? By the way, how big are your whitebait? I think the ones I buy are terribly undersized (around 5cm?) and would not fit on a 3 gang hook setup. Thanks. I was using size 2/0 yesterday, but I usually tailor my hooks to the size of the baits. Whitebait are usually about 7cm long, some smaller, but they fit a 3 gang rig nicely. You can readily get gangs in most sizes, so a selection in your tackle box is always a good idea and use whatever suits the bait. Incidently, in the whitebait I purchased yesterday, there were mixed in, quite a few bluebaits which the bream went for. I have never seen bluebaits in NSW before and wonder if the bait was sourced from Victoria where I normally see bluebaits. They were all the same size as the whitebaits but seemed to work well. Hope this helps. Cheers, Pete Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crazydave Posted November 18, 2006 Share Posted November 18, 2006 The whitebait are a pretty gun bait for big flatties i reckon, in narra lake at any rate. My PB for there is about the same as yours and from the same area i think (back half of the lake), and the big ones have all come on whitebait (although some fairly large, live poddy mullets i have sent out have been bitten in half quite a few times, im guessing by monster lizzards). they seem to hit the whitebait pretty hard rather than sitting on it, which i would guess is why ganging them works effectivley and as long as you can get the bait out there somehow they will generally hook themselves pretty easily (in my experiance anyway). they have pretty ordinatry vision so your bait preso isnt that important im my opinion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zen801 Posted November 18, 2006 Share Posted November 18, 2006 Hey Pete, Those monster flatties are out there. We did OK today and had similar experience with a pelican and a terminaly hooked pinkie. Pelican made fast work of him. Also i agree on whitebait being a top gun bait for flatties. I sometimes use a gang rig when drifting and a whitebait performs very well in this manner. Speak to you soon about a mid week flattie session in mid Harbour. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrmoshe Posted November 18, 2006 Author Share Posted November 18, 2006 Hey Pete, Those monster flatties are out there. We did OK today and had similar experience with a pelican and a terminaly hooked pinkie. Pelican made fast work of him. Also i agree on whitebait being a top gun bait for flatties. I sometimes use a gang rig when drifting and a whitebait performs very well in this manner. Speak to you soon about a mid week flattie session in mid Harbour. Thanks Zenman..Yeah...looking forward to MH and perhaps a kingy or two. Those pesky pelicans sure have it down pat and quick as a wink snaffling anything within 3 metres of where they are. Was going to Narra again today for another sesh. but just drove past and too many weekend warriors down there today for my liking. Mid week and it's deserted, just how I like it. Pete. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
orangeguy Posted November 19, 2006 Share Posted November 19, 2006 Ok, im going to give some whitebait on gangs a go some time next week at narra. See if i can get any of those monster flatties! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrmoshe Posted November 19, 2006 Author Share Posted November 19, 2006 Good luck to you Orangeguy...they are certainly in there. Hope you get hold of one or two of those old mummas. Cheers, Pete Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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