Breambucket Posted January 6, 2011 Share Posted January 6, 2011 (edited) Hey guys here is a couple of quick reports from over the holidays Well i didnt fish as much as i would of liked to being boatless for a few weeks and sorting out the new boat was a pain in the ass but i did manage a few good days Fished st georges basin with my uncle in his skeeter just after new years with my aim to get some bream on hard bodys and surface, first stop and we could see fish hitting the surface and our hopes were high. my uncle quickly landed 3 decent bream but i could only get followers that would shy away or miss the hooks at the last moment after many lure changes i decided to try a squidgy grub rigged on a weedless worm hook and almost instantly had success. Using 1lb fireline and 3lb leader which i intended to use for normal plastic fishing, i was abit worried about getting busted off but i kept on persisting and hooked up to a great fish that took plenty of line, after a few nervous moments around the electric motor finally i landed my first top water bream and not a bad size too soon after the the surface action died and we headed out a little deeper, it was slow going to start and after a few changes in location we hit a nice patch of fish mostly bream and reddies. I landed around 6 reddies between 34-36cm and pulled hooks on one that would of been over 40cm and landed 7 or 8 bream between 30-39cm all solid fish in great condition Today.... Hit the bay with my old man this morning and it was off to a promising start 3rd cast my old man lands his pb flattie really fat and full of rowe that went 74cm on 4lb gear Alot of missed hits later i hooked up to a really nice whiting around the 40cm mark and while fumbling to get the net it pulled hooks on me For me this was the theme of the day gettin busted off another 3 time's by good fish but my old man landed a heap of nice bream and trevs and all i could manage to get into the boat were some under sized flatties.. Oh well thats fishing i guess and its good cause it means the old man will be keen to go out soon again All fish were released on both days Thanks guys Pete Edited November 14, 2011 by Breambucket Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Iceman Posted January 6, 2011 Share Posted January 6, 2011 Congrats on first surface bream Got a few bream and whiting on surface down there as well in my boat around the islands Seems like they only wanted small surface lures the one I used was a scumdog in hooch Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adams apple Posted January 6, 2011 Share Posted January 6, 2011 nice work mate, some good fish from the basin. did you hit jervis bay at all ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Breambucket Posted January 8, 2011 Author Share Posted January 8, 2011 Congrats on first surface bream Got a few bream and whiting on surface down there as well in my boat around the islands Seems like they only wanted small surface lures the one I used was a scumdog in hooch Good work mate neil said you were using them and another type too after i went out with him he bought a few for himself too pete Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Iceman Posted January 8, 2011 Share Posted January 8, 2011 Good work mate neil said you were using them and another type too after i went out with him he bought a few for himself too pete Yeah the other one was a slightly bigger jaz zappa 55 clear green back which I lost last week to a bream in Port Hacking Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arpie Posted January 8, 2011 Share Posted January 8, 2011 Well done on your topwater First bream! That first one is always a real buzz!! ..... as are all the rest!! No doubt we'll be reading about some more soon! Roberta Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Breambucket Posted January 8, 2011 Author Share Posted January 8, 2011 Yeah the other one was a slightly bigger jaz zappa 55 clear green back which I lost last week to a bream in Port Hacking i got a couple of them Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul.kenny Posted January 9, 2011 Share Posted January 9, 2011 Hi Pete - nice bream there mate . I am yet to see any surface action in Woolooware Bay but the last trip in the Georges produced some nice fish with both my Zappa and a popper. I haven't been out for a week due to work and preparing the gear for a trip to Glenbawn Dam to chase some bass (Barra trip to Monduran cancelled due to flooding ). PS have you picked up your new boat yet? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pmak Posted January 10, 2011 Share Posted January 10, 2011 Pete, Great to see your topwater success. Those reddies are pretty decent too! I've just got back to the office and am catching up on all the reports. Hope you've got your boat issues sorted out. Have seem to lost my mojo and could not muster up any trevally at the usual haunts lately. Maybe the season has passed. Have been to preoccupied with crabbing lately to give topwater luring a go. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel Frost Posted January 11, 2011 Share Posted January 11, 2011 Nice bream and even better when you catch em on surface , the quality of the fish down there is amazing , a lot of solid fish in the Basin . well done Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Breambucket Posted January 11, 2011 Author Share Posted January 11, 2011 Hi Pete - nice bream there mate . I am yet to see any surface action in Woolooware Bay but the last trip in the Georges produced some nice fish with both my Zappa and a popper. I haven't been out for a week due to work and preparing the gear for a trip to Glenbawn Dam to chase some bass (Barra trip to Monduran cancelled due to flooding ). PS have you picked up your new boat yet? I cant wait to get into woolooware for some top water action! Everytime i have been in there it has been really slow so hopefully it picks up soon Yeah mate got the boat i have done the floor and about to do casting decks but my motor has developed an ignition problem so i got to get it fixed under warranty soon, i have only been out in it 3 times so i havnt been fishing any where as much as i have wanted to but hopefully it will be all sorted soon Pete Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Breambucket Posted January 11, 2011 Author Share Posted January 11, 2011 Pete, Great to see your topwater success. Those reddies are pretty decent too! I've just got back to the office and am catching up on all the reports. Hope you've got your boat issues sorted out. Have seem to lost my mojo and could not muster up any trevally at the usual haunts lately. Maybe the season has passed. Have been to preoccupied with crabbing lately to give topwater luring a go. I cant seem to get away from the trevs mate have you tried near the hot water outlet? Gettin much crabs? We will have to organise to catch up on the water soon Pete Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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