My 1st Fish On A Lure!

[yakfishing]

I was planning a little evening session on the Port Hacking flats today. I was determined this weekend to finally give squidgies a good go and catch something on them. I’ve been a bait man my whole life and have never caught anything on a lure before but really because I havnt put in enough time for them to pay off. I got off work a little early at 4:00 went home quick to grab my gear and I look at the traffic which was horrendous and I hear some menacing booms and light rain starting. So I got a little put off and decided to flick the squidgy round for a bit locally in Nth Sydney, at least to get a bit of practice. The waters not far from my place so I walked down. I go down there a lot and Ive seen where theres a sandbar in brighter light with my polaroid sunnies . 1st cast goes in that vicinity and whatdya know...… Bang. In comes a nice 41 cm flatty Not bad for all of 20 seconds fishing. It started hammering down soon after that so I got out of there.

I had my camera in an esky and I thought surely no water can get in there, but when I got home I looked in and it was in 1cm of water. It wasnt on so does anyone know if I let it dry out good before turning it on, will it be ok? Its a slight mood dampener, but I'm absolutely stoked with my catch. Time for a

[robeebee]

congrats on your first fish on plastics

you will maybe never use bait again

I don't

[jewgaffer]

Nice work Tristan. Nice to chat with you over the phone the other day.

When Santa brings my grandson's Christmas presents he'll be able to try out a few of the latest recommendations. These soft plastics are improving all the time. I wouldn't go fishing without a bait supply though.

Cheers

jewgaffer

Edited December 9, 2007 by jewgaffer

[Niko]

Great work mate.....The first one on plastic is always good.....pretty soon you'll start notching up particular species.

In regard to bait the only bait I tend to use is stuff I catch myself suing lures...does that count....must be why I can catch more fish than I used to.

[yakfishing]

Thanks guys.

Yeah likewise Byron.

Heres a pic of him

[arpie]

Well done, Yakfishing!! The first of many, I bet. Those sps are terrific on flatties. Nice photo too.

Re your camera - mine got dunked with me when I was broadsided in my hobie SPORT in May - I just took the batteries out & opened everywhere & let it dry out .... surprisingly, it appears to have recovered well!! (Much to my surprise!) It is now Keith's camera!~!

However, I hAve since invested in a Pentax Optio w30 - the waterproof one for about $350 - now I don't have to worry about it getting wet at all!!!

Cheerio

Roberta

[hottyscotty]

congrats...my first ever fish on sp was a flattie and exactly same lure except i had to rig it myself

as for the camera if it got soaked in salt water, you'll need to open it and wiped it down otherwise contacts will corrode over time

[yakfishing]

Just caught another couple down there one going 45cm. A medium retrieve - stop - flick flick - stop and over again seems to be working. The last one grabbed the lure right in front of me. I watched him swim up and gulp the thing down! Good old polaroid sunnies