Little_Flatty Posted September 9, 2007 Share Posted September 9, 2007 Went down to Iron Cove for a spin this morning to see if I could get myself a bream or two. Noticed something was smashing bait schools in a little bay, so walked over for a closer look. After about ten minutes of unsuccessfully trying to cast my lure into the boil (the things were moving too fast!) I hooked up to something rather spirited and landed this: Haven't seen sambos this far up the river before! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KingsRule Posted September 9, 2007 Share Posted September 9, 2007 Nice fish What kinda gear were you using?, looks light as! Rob Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seagoon Posted September 9, 2007 Share Posted September 9, 2007 It even behaved nicely for the photo! Would have been great fun on that rod :-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vic_Tvrdak Posted September 9, 2007 Share Posted September 9, 2007 Nice fish, with light rod for the bream not for the sambos. Vic-victor Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gretsch Posted September 9, 2007 Share Posted September 9, 2007 Maybe it isn't a Sambo.. might be the green scaled mullet!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ElwoodBlues Posted September 10, 2007 Share Posted September 10, 2007 That would have been a great fight and thats 1 nice looking sambo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dazzassj6 Posted September 10, 2007 Share Posted September 10, 2007 excellent! what lure were you using? thats so mad, the water looks really shallow. Yeh its strange now, trevallies, jewies, kingies and now salmon are up this far in Iron cove! wow! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luringbream Posted September 10, 2007 Share Posted September 10, 2007 Top catch mate! Ive caught salmon as far upstream as cape cabarita wharf as well as parrotfish and i once caught a giant herring (tropical water species). Sometimes that river really makes you wonder.. DAN Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nargse1 Posted September 10, 2007 Share Posted September 10, 2007 nice one Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Little_Flatty Posted September 10, 2007 Author Share Posted September 10, 2007 Hi guys, Wasn't fishing *that* light...3lb crystal fireline (seriously doubt it breaks at 3lb...give it 6 at least?) and 6lb leader... Having said that though I do like my little 1000 sized twinpower (it even gets used nearly as much as my baitcasters!) as the smaller reels more comfortable to fish with IMHO and I've never been spooled or busted off in my life so I'm quite happy to tempt fate until I start catching fish that are big enough for that kind of business! I was using a 3inch bass minnow...greenish hue similar to watermelon but a bit darker...name escapes me! Cheers Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skunga Posted September 10, 2007 Share Posted September 10, 2007 Good work Mike, Great to hear reports out of Iron Cove.. Surprising catch! I run the bay every day and would never have considered sambo's being there. Thats fishing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
micksfishn Posted September 11, 2007 Share Posted September 11, 2007 top capture mike well done and id class 3pd as pretty light line man good to see big fish getting landed on the light gear Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drkcld Posted September 14, 2007 Share Posted September 14, 2007 good catch never knew the water was so fresh at iron only caught flatties,breams,whitings at iron cove did fight something really strong on the iron cove wharf with my 6lb fireline last time but i lost it >< felt like a kingie but maybe because i was using light tackle Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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