Bream Mad Posted December 3, 2006 Share Posted December 3, 2006 Hi Raiders, After watching AFC round 1 I could not resist having a crack at my own Hawkesbury Bream. After finally getting my young daughter and off to sleep I snuck down to crosslands for a flats session. On the way 'punter' brought up his ton and i was feeling good rigging up a Watermelon BM on a 1/32 jig. When i reached the water i found the tide was still running out at 4pm, talk about slow!!. Anyway there were still many boils and baitfish so i waded out and cast into the deepest part along the weed edges. The hits came thick and fast but mostly from the small baitfish, then a series of 6" flatties engulfed my 3" BM (gotta love flatties for their guts), after releasing 4 i changed to a 2" gulp minnow p/seed and soon had my first bream for the session at 27cm He was released Then as time was running out a good flatty nailed my BM and went hard in the shallow water tearing off drag, eventually she settled down for a few pics, and i sent for on her way. She measured 55cm . All in all a top little session so close to home Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mottyman Posted December 3, 2006 Share Posted December 3, 2006 That's a great session. Don't ya just love fishing the flats?? Good one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richie Posted December 4, 2006 Share Posted December 4, 2006 Nice healthy-looking fish! It's funny, but I've never thought of trying Crosslands - even though I'm pretty close as well. Might get the fly gear out there one afternoon/evening. Richie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geoffh Posted December 6, 2006 Share Posted December 6, 2006 Nice fish. We've tried Crosslands a few times but without much success. Obviously we didn't try hard enough. Actually we were up the Hawkesbury end of Berowra on the weekend but went home empty handed. Generally, though, I like that stretch of water. Geoff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bream Mad Posted December 7, 2006 Author Share Posted December 7, 2006 Nice fish. We've tried Crosslands a few times but without much success. Obviously we didn't try hard enough. Actually we were up the Hawkesbury end of Berowra on the weekend but went home empty handed. Generally, though, I like that stretch of water. Geoff It took me a while to find a decent spot, I have probably walked upstream and downstream 3km searching for likely water. I find that the muddy flats with structure (weed, rocks)fish the best and on a a falling tide. There are also a few rock platforms i like to fish that are quite deep and hold a few suprises. I look forward to exploring more once the Yak is purchased. BM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Narralakes Posted December 7, 2006 Share Posted December 7, 2006 Thats a great result, flats fishing is tops. I watched the AFC as well, those guys are good and its good to know that even some of the top guys miss out on fish occassionally. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Penguin Posted December 7, 2006 Share Posted December 7, 2006 Nice little report,and a nice Flatty too penguin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CR@ZY OS@M@ Posted December 20, 2006 Share Posted December 20, 2006 nice catch there mate Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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