First Yak Outing Of The Decade

[arpie]

Hi all

Up bright & early, 6am this morning to take advantage of the high morning tide (and beat a lot of the boaties, too! ) The tide was running very fast & I tossed some pencils around the flats of the Breck Channel to a few hits & even got a flattie that launched itself into the air in an effort to get the lure!!

Mid 40s flattie

Initially I thought it was a long tom & I yanked it back to the yak, not wanting to lose my lure (I had already lost a brand new NW52 on its first cast to a long tom or pike this morning! ) Now I know how Tristan felt when he lost his, first cast! So was surprised when I caught this flattie on the cheaper Hawk 'sammy lookalike'! I'll be using it more now!

I headed to the Paddock & fished the flats & shallows there & got into a school of bream, many small ones but a few legal ones, too.

nice breambos

Once again, I had a 'big' fish on & it got off! Once again, perhaps it was a whiting as I then hooked this beautie on a gulp shrimp, which gave me a good fight!! I kept the whiting & flattie for a fish meal, as Sails & his family coming up today.

Fat whiting

I cast to the same area & immediately tightened onto what I thought would be another nice whiting .... WRONG!!!

The dreaded Stick Fish!

High tide in the lake was supposed to be late morning & so I was surprised when it was still running in strongly at 12pm!! I had to ring Keith & delay my 'pick up' as I would be fighting against the current all the way back to base!

I bumped into another yak fisho, Phil, who is keen to try the rivers next week sometime!! No worries - I look forward to it, already!!!

I hope you managed to wet a line on this, the first day of the next decade ........ hope you caught some, too!

Cheerio for now

Roberta

[Matt]

Great way to kick the decade off Roberta Going to go for the trifecta of trifectas tomorrow?

Cheers

Windy

[jenno64]

Go Roberta!!! Only you could get the trifecta on the first day of 2010! I hit the rocks this arvo to a sneaky spot that is only fishable about 2 days a year. Had a ball catching little pigs and bream. Took home 3 fish from about 30. Non stop action on nippers! Yakking wil be soon! Happy new year!

[Ray R]

Congrats Roberta, nice fish and a thumper twig first for the year and many more to come..

[diver1]

awesome stuff!! im hoping to get out and into them tomorrow.

[mpreston55]

That is one great looking whiting Roberta . Congratulations on getting the trifecta - hope it's the start of a great 2010.

Howard

[slinkymalinky]

Another nice session to start the year, Roberta. I think that must be the Forster "Grand Slam'... Bream, Flatty and Whiting on lure in one session. Nice fish all.

Cheers, Slinky

[yakfishing]

Nice work Roberta! Happy new year, you're already off to a great start! You just made me think of it, I got my fist fish of the decade this morning. A 31cm blacky followed by a 33cm. Will put up a report if I get time, but that's what I said about the last few sessions. I'm holidaying in feb sometime, I'm over this work crap!

[arpie]

Hi Tristan

It's been a bit quiet ever since tho! I'm blaming all the holiday makers!

You'll deserve your holiday, come Feb! If you make it up this way, give me a yahoo.

Well done on the blackies. I haven't tried for them in ages!! Been trying to practise the bream thing! Very trying!!

Cheerio

Roberta