sadamson Posted April 23, 2009 Share Posted April 23, 2009 (edited) One of the advantages of doing shift work is you can fish on some of Sydney’s best water ways without the busy boat ramps and you can have the pick of fishing spots. Stewy and I work for different companies but our shift roster rotation are the same at the moment so I have been lucky enough to be out with Stewy the last couple of weeks .In which he has passed on to me a small part of the wealth of knowledge he has on lure fishing. Its great coming home and not smelling like rotten prawns. Today we were on the Georges River at 6.00am and today target was a George’s river Jew fish. We fished hard for a couple of hours with Soft Plastics the river is still dirty from all the rain. Sadly the jewies were not about. We changed to the Bream gear Stewy got a couple of small ones which were released. Then Stewy cast a 4inch pumpkin seed turtle back worm it hit the water and was smashed after a battle of some minutes a huge Flathead came to the surface it was netted and measured it went 74cm on 4lb braid and it was a PB for swordy on SPs. Photos were taken and decided to release the fish to fight another day. I ended up with 3 Bream on SPs kept 1 and Stewy picked up 2 more flathead and dropped a good size one at the boat. The day belonged to Stewy with his PB flathead and I had another great day learning about lure fishing. Edited April 23, 2009 by Reggie the Rabbit Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ray R Posted April 23, 2009 Share Posted April 23, 2009 A great day out for you 2 blokes, congrats Stewy on the flattie looked liked a great fight to get her into the boat . Nice pics too.. Cheers.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted April 23, 2009 Share Posted April 23, 2009 Another great day out Stephen and you are definately coming of age with the bream on plastics and no wind knots today which is always a challenge. Thanks for the top net work too as it would have been a drama by myself When I asked you "If you wanted to keep the big girl or throw her back" you didnt hesitate and said we will get plenty more !!! and we did Cheers Stewy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zephi Posted April 23, 2009 Share Posted April 23, 2009 Today looked like a perfect day to be out on the water. Great to see all those healthy looking flatties and bream already being caught in the Georges. I was reluctant to go today since the water would still be quite murky and dirty, but I guess I'm wrong, there's a lot of action happening already. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glennmreid Posted April 23, 2009 Share Posted April 23, 2009 Caught some cracker flatties Stewy. Well down on getting your pb. Good to see the recent rain hasn't put the fish off the bite. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arpie Posted April 23, 2009 Share Posted April 23, 2009 Congrats on your PB flattie, Stewy! Nice birthday pressie, tho a day or so late! Nice to see the sun out again!! CHeerio Roberta Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jahajo Posted April 23, 2009 Share Posted April 23, 2009 Nice work stewy on the pb flattie Would have been a nice day out there also Cheers hazza Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hodgey Posted April 23, 2009 Share Posted April 23, 2009 Congrats on the PB Stewy! Sounds like you are enjoying the opportunities to fish together Stephen, and your luck/technique is improving. Excellent stuff mate. Well done to you both on another successful day on the water. Cheers Hodgey Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A.dawg Posted April 23, 2009 Share Posted April 23, 2009 Heaps of monsters there Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tide'n'knots Posted April 23, 2009 Share Posted April 23, 2009 well done on catching a cracker lizard stewy!! Nice birthday pressie!Reggie must be loving being out on the water with you at the moment! Pete. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jewhunter Posted April 23, 2009 Share Posted April 23, 2009 Well done fellas! Sounds like a top day on the water. Nice croc Stewy. How different do the two of those big girls look?! One light & the 74 cm dark & motley. Beautiful!! Nice report Reggie. Cheers, Grant. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roffo Posted April 23, 2009 Share Posted April 23, 2009 They are great fish Stewy, well done. Cheers Roffo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Iceman Posted April 23, 2009 Share Posted April 23, 2009 Congrats on the PB SP flattie Stewy Did you try the spot where we sometimes get EPs just near there? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted April 23, 2009 Share Posted April 23, 2009 Congrats on the PB SP flattie Stewy Did you try the spot where we sometimes get EPs just near there? Just around the bend Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jenno64 Posted April 23, 2009 Share Posted April 23, 2009 Top stuff Stewy...a PB flatty is always a good day! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robeebee Posted April 23, 2009 Share Posted April 23, 2009 then Stewy cast a 4inch pumpkin seed turtle back worm I'll have to try one of those one day great fish mate Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kirks Posted April 23, 2009 Share Posted April 23, 2009 Hey Stewy Excellent flattie there mate, an excellent size fish and on such low line class. Bit sweat coming down when you first had a look, haha Cheers Steve Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted April 23, 2009 Share Posted April 23, 2009 Hey Stewy Excellent flattie there mate, an excellent size fish and on such low line class. Bit sweat coming down when you first had a look, haha Cheers Steve Steve ,the only sweat that I had that morning was from wearing my thermal gear when the sun started to warm up I was very happy to get my new PB and thats always a buzz for me these days. Even though it was on 4lb braid you can still put a lot of hurt on if you have a decent leader and I didnt use a lot of drag on this fish as I have found that with finger pressure on the spool I have a lot more feel with fish that do a few big lunges right near the boat,seems to work Cheers Stewy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard1 Posted April 23, 2009 Share Posted April 23, 2009 Great stuff guys, i have heard great things about the pumpkin seed and this seals the deal, I'll get some today! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fisherman5 Posted April 24, 2009 Share Posted April 24, 2009 well done stewy shes a cracker Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
squid hunter Posted April 24, 2009 Share Posted April 24, 2009 cracker crocs there fellas yea we had no success in the georges that night for jews either regards Squid Hunter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thephantomjew Posted April 24, 2009 Share Posted April 24, 2009 G'day, Great crocs, Swordfisherman. I've had little luck in the bay recently. Keep it up. TPJ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slinkymalinky Posted April 24, 2009 Share Posted April 24, 2009 Congrats on the great day out boys and particularly on your PB Stewy. If that's not a top 50th Birthday present I don't know what is. She must be related to me... she's almost as wide as she is long Cheers, Slinky Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fran1mat Posted April 25, 2009 Share Posted April 25, 2009 Well done, what a great looking fish. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnno Posted April 25, 2009 Share Posted April 25, 2009 super fish boys Well done Stewy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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