Smitty Posted May 5, 2008 Share Posted May 5, 2008 Hi Raiders, Thought I'de give the Blackfish a lash in the Georges yesterday, and I wasn't disappointed. Started at the boardwalk at Lambeth reserve, and although I didn't get a lot of downs I still managed four fish to 30cm in just over an hour. Things then went a bit quiet (nearing the bottom of the tide) so I headed downstream to give another possie a go. The next spot started producing from the moment the first bait drifted down into the strike zone, and another eight fish were landed before it was time to pull up stumps. What a top afteroon, the weather was beautiful and the fishing was great. Landed about a dozen fish all up (best went 36cm) and invited three home for dinner tonight. Here are a couple of pics of the arvo. Beautiful spot to spend a few hours. A couple of friends I invited to dinner. Cheers, Smitty... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
james7 Posted May 5, 2008 Share Posted May 5, 2008 (edited) Sounds like you had a great session Smitty and a few nice fish too. It looks like a beautiful spot alright. Great photos. Is that your mate "Rod" on the rock? And his friend "Annette"? I'm not a blackfisherman and was wondering if you just used weed as bait? Cheers Peter Edited May 5, 2008 by peterS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smitty Posted May 5, 2008 Author Share Posted May 5, 2008 Hahaha, very good Rod was doin all the hard work, Annette was just hangin around! Yes Peter , just weed for bait. Smitty. Well done Smitty. Any Bream fishos on the walkway? CHEERS ESKY. There was one bloke there when I first arrived, said he'd been there since before sunup, he was fishing for Jew but had no luck. There were also a couple of blokes heading that way when I was leaving. Chris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Penguin Posted May 5, 2008 Share Posted May 5, 2008 Well done on catching a few and bringing home a feed as well penguin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spirit_fall88 Posted May 5, 2008 Share Posted May 5, 2008 hi nice catch, just wondering which way is down stream and upstream? do you call chipping norton upstream or down from where you were fishing at Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jed38 Posted May 5, 2008 Share Posted May 5, 2008 Smitty, I fished the boardwalk on 2 afternoons last week catching the bottom of the tide, and failed to land even one fish. Had weed from 3 different locations and maybe only scored a couple of half heated downs. On Friday arvo, a couple not 20m's from the end of the boardwalk landed a half dozen in under an hour.Let me tell you that was very frustrating. Good luck to you anyway, I'm going to try and get back there some time this week. Quick question, was the weed local??? Cheers Jed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luderick -angler Posted May 5, 2008 Share Posted May 5, 2008 Well done Jed looks like the Georges will fire again this year, now i recognise that rock from anywhere hows round the corner fishing? 36cm a good fish for the river too well done! Sawa coule over here up in Napier the other week that went well in excess of 60cm no one chase em cuase they think they are a stink fish Kiwis don't know a good feed when its swimming at them thoughthey do get kings that make ours look like yakkas on a regualr basis! Keep at it Jed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roffo Posted May 5, 2008 Share Posted May 5, 2008 Hey Smitty, Great stuff mate, I can't wait to give it a go... Cheers Roffo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aussie big bob Posted May 5, 2008 Share Posted May 5, 2008 Smitty You can't ask for more great day out and a good feed aswell There is no other thing better than a day one the water and a fresh feed to boot. What better way to spend the day.And you must admit the fresh feed is the bouns for your effort. Cheers bob Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smitty Posted May 5, 2008 Author Share Posted May 5, 2008 hi nice catch, just wondering which way is down stream and upstream? do you call chipping norton upstream or down from where you were fishing at Chippo is upstream from where I was fishing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smitty Posted May 5, 2008 Author Share Posted May 5, 2008 Smitty, I fished the boardwalk on 2 afternoons last week catching the bottom of the tide, and failed to land even one fish. Had weed from 3 different locations and maybe only scored a couple of half heated downs. On Friday arvo, a couple not 20m's from the end of the boardwalk landed a half dozen in under an hour.Let me tell you that was very frustrating. Good luck to you anyway, I'm going to try and get back there some time this week. Quick question, was the weed local??? Cheers Jed. Jed, The keepers from the boardwalk came from the end near the channel marker, only very small fish at the other end. The weed is from an upstream tributary of the Geoges but I wouldn't call it local by any stretch of the imagination! It's the same weed Stewy and Dan used with great success last weekend, and its been in the fridge for about two weeks now. Cheers, Chris... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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