Quiet Day On The Water

[arpie]

Hi all

I headed out in the yak from The Keys yesterday to catch the last of the out tide & was getting heaps of surface hits with sammys, but they just couldn't find the hooks! Some of the takes were quite fierce & splashy, but no hookups! It was still fun tho.

I could see some really lively topwater action - with the fish hooning around just mms below the surface & it came to the yak just as I was removing the lure from the water & made a last minute lunge at the lure, but missed it!

FInally, as I was pedalling away with the lure behind me 'jigging it quickly on the surface' I had a good hookup! Hmmm this is no bream, I thought! Serious head shakes & taking line - it took a couple of minutes to get it to the yak & as I was just about to net it, the big tailor spat the hook! :ranting2: Seriously annoyed!!!

Ah well, just as well I hadn't planned on fish for dinner! I just 'played around' after that & was surprised when I heard my name called out! I turned around but couldn't make out who it was & didn't recognise the boat - until it got closer & realised it was Max Frost (Forster Fishing Carnival Organiser)& his son Dan 'Bubba' Frost!! They were in Dan's 'old' boat which was cunningly disguised as a mobile stereo!! Since upgrading to his Skeeter, the tinny was up for sale.

Even tho I didn't land any fish, I still had fun out on the water.

Cheerio

Roberta

[Jewhunter]

Shame about the missed hookups' Roberta.

Sounds like you found plenty of fish though. I bet that big tailor put a bend in the rod!

Good to see Bubba & Max having a fish. I bet Bubba was having skeeter withdrawels!

Were they catching any fish?

Cheers,

Grant.

[arpie]

Hi Grant - Bubba said he had caught some nice bream (put back) and kept a couple of whiting for dinner!!

Just back from another outing - for ZIP again!!! I've lost my mojo!! Everyone has been saying the same thing this weekend, tho! I had a couple of hits & was hooked up momentarily ..... not sure what to ...... but it was still a nice day on the water! In the main lake, sao had the last of the out tide & start of the in ...... not my favourite conditions!!

I think Max was having Skeeter withdrawals!! I tried to get him out in the yak & he said it just wasn't fast enough!!!

A bit more drizzle again today - nothing too bad tho!

Cheerio

Roberta

I am meeting up with fellow Fishraider Rich tomorrow, to take him out in one of my kayaks & hopefully get him into some fish with the topwater lures/sammy, or at the very least, show him how I use one! Will go to The Keys, purely because I was getting lots of hits there yesterday, with less today in the main lake. Fingers crossed!!!

Roberta

Edited April 5, 2010 by Roberta

[tide'n'knots]

bad luck about missing a couple especially the tailor roberta.

oh well thats fishing!

pete

[Daniel Frost]

Great to catch up with you Roberta , and yes I think dad was having Skeeter withdrawals, it was great to get on the water in Forster again and get some fish , we got ours on poppers .

Will let you know when im coming up next time , it was just a last minute rush to get up there and drop my tinne off to put it up for sale , and yes those 4 massive speakers do give me extra speed , i don't care what anyone says

Bubba