arpie Posted January 4, 2009 Share Posted January 4, 2009 Hi all With Keith doing a club triathlon over at the Keys, I threw the yak onto the ute & got him to drop me off around the corner (away from the swimmers ) for the duration. I got more fish there today than ever before ....... a yakking buddy usually regularly fishes well there, but he has been 'off, injured' for some months now........ the fish are not missing him at all!!! The sun was fairly high, so I started throwing poppers & pencils around ...... and shortly caught my first fish of the day, a nice fat 30cm bream on popper! I moved away from that spot & kept chucking the popper around & 2nd 'bloop' saw this one come on board! He took me under structure & tried to hide under the yak too, but I coaxed him out & into the net. He wasn't very fat, but was long! His 'fight' was actually quite lethargic & he just sat on my lap quite happily, unlike the first one, which was thrashing around like a demented being! After a few pics, I put him in the water, expecting the big splash & GORN ..... but he just lay there! Ooops I swam him for a while & then put him in the net, over the side whilst he discovered his balance again & pretty soon, he was ready to swim off strongly! Got another nice 30cm bream shortly after (not as fat as the first one tho) & all were released to grow bigger! I went over to the shallows & cast the poppers & pencils above the weed bed (in about 1ft of water!) and got lots of hits - caught about 5 non legals and a couple of long toms. It really was fun! A couple of yakking buddies will be here later this week, so look forward to hitting the lake with them Cheerio Roberta Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hodgey Posted January 4, 2009 Share Posted January 4, 2009 Good onya Roberta! Keep terrorising the shallows with poppers and pencils ... the little blighters will be holding there for weeks to come. What pencils are you using? Cheers Ian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
high_speed_metal Posted January 5, 2009 Share Posted January 5, 2009 Great report Roberta!!! im still struggling to catch a nice bream of late!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dreamtime Posted January 5, 2009 Share Posted January 5, 2009 Nice session Roberta, I think maybe the lethargy could be attributed to the fish knowing you were going to release him. Possibly you have caught him before. Happy New Year to you also. Cheers Carl Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slinkymalinky Posted January 5, 2009 Share Posted January 5, 2009 Nice work Roberta. You're certainly having some surface fun. Great way to kick of the new fishing year. Cheers, Slinky Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jewgaffer Posted January 5, 2009 Share Posted January 5, 2009 Well done Roberta The way you've been fishing lately I'll have to save a well done Roberta link on my desktop. I reckon I'll reach three thousand posts by the end of summer Cheers jewgaffer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arpie Posted January 5, 2009 Author Share Posted January 5, 2009 hehehe thanks guys ....What pencils are you using..... Sammys! they seem to be 'multi species' winners! So funny - I got them when down south at Tuross & hadn't caught anything on them till just the last 2-3 weeks! Maybe your fish are on the move north, Hodgey!! Roberta Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christos Posted January 5, 2009 Share Posted January 5, 2009 Well done on the catch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
werris Posted January 5, 2009 Share Posted January 5, 2009 I've got to get some little poppers and give them a go for bream and whiting...looks like awesome fun Roberta! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dean Posted January 5, 2009 Share Posted January 5, 2009 Great report Roberta Catching bream on poppers is a great way to spend a few hours, bigger fish really love those Sammys. Cheers, Dean Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Iceman Posted January 5, 2009 Share Posted January 5, 2009 Good on you Roberta We had no surface action at all down in the basin except for choppers Still caught plenty but nothing worth pics Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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