Pumicestone Passage 9/5

[Ken A]

Finally got a short break in the weather this afternoon I left home & it was raining & blowing but during the 2 minute drive & 5 minute wade to the spot the wind died away to 5 knots & the rain stopped. It was an omen

First cast my Ecogear SX-40 got smacked by a nice Bream as soon as I commenced retrieving & it turned out to be a nice fish of 35cm. Over the next hour I managed another 6 Bream all between 28 & 32cm. I was pretty happy with that result & decided to move down the channel to an area where the current is stronger & its a bit shallower.

It turned out to be a good move as i took fish on each of my first 5 casts The best was around the 35cm mark. The wind started picking up again making casting difficult but it didn't affect the fish at all I changed to an orange SX-48 & I took another 9 fish between 26 & 32cm.

Finished up with a total of 21 Bream in 2.5 hours. All taken on SX-40's & 48's with one exception taken on a Bennet Merlin. For mine the SX-40 is King

I kept 4 fish for the table & released the rest.

It was bloody great to get a decent session in after the crappy conditions here lately

[Guest Jocool]

Good going Ken. Is this the turn-around? Does it keep getting better now? Or is it still yoo early to say?

[Lightweight]

Nice effort, must be just rewards for sitting out for so many weeks enduring that crap-ass weather you have had...

And i bet the Bream will taste even better this time around.

LW

[Ken A]

They will be around for a few months now so be ready to be bored with my "pre brekky" sessions & "pre beer" sessions I'm actually drinking a Muldoons while I type so that was "pre beer" session

[Guest Jocool]

so be ready to be bored with my "pre brekky" sessions & "pre beer" sessions   

46773[/snapback]

Would you like me to remind you WHY we all subscribe to Fishraider Ken????

We all need a fishing fix. Regardless of how we get it!

[knapers]

Lucky Bastard Ken ... Well done mate, nice feed as well

[Narralakes]

Good going Ken, persistency pays off again, thats a hot fishing session.

[Sputnik]

Agree with you about the SX40s, Ken - you've got to love their consistency.

Have you tried any of the new colours yet? If you have, are there any new favourites?

[Sputnik]

Where'd you get the new colours? I only just heard about them and I want them! 

46880[/snapback]

I tell you, the lad's got too much tackle...

Swoff, weren't those the new colours that you picked up about 3 gross of the other day?

[Ken A]

Sputnik I haven't been able to get the new colours yet my local shop only has the usual ones. I take fish on all the available colours but when the fish are picky here the 306 seems to do a bit better than the others.

I tried several other types of HB's yesterday seeing there was plenty of Bream about & got a few small fish & a few bumps. As soon as I went back to an SX-40 or 48 I started nailing them. I put it down to the action more than the colours myself. I used 5 colours yesterday ( gold,orange, clear,green,yellow) & all took fish with no particular colour ahead of the rest.

I think the SX-40 is head & shoulders above other HB's for Bream & over the next few weeks I'm going to continue fishing other brands as well & see what results I get. Last year the SX-40 outfished all other by 3 to 1 on average & the only thing that came close to it was the trusty jointed Rapala minnow (50mm) which unfortunately aren't available here anymore. After the Eco's & the Rapala came all the popular "hot" bream lures which all took fish.

If there is a better Bream lure than an SX-40 I would like to hear about it

[Sputnik]

Have you managed to give a run to any of the Juro Pygmies yet, Ken? They're supposed to be a dead ringer for the SX40 - but at a much lower price.

I haven't fished with them yet, so just wondered what they were like.

[Ken A]

I haven't seem them around at all.

I'm a dyed in the wool Ecogear man & where I fish I rarely lose a lure so price isn't a problem.

I went around this morning before brekky & got 2 nice fish before the current stopped running & checked out a couple interesting looking areas a bit further down which I think will hold some fish also. Come on 1.00pm & the runout tide