brendong Posted January 26, 2013 Share Posted January 26, 2013 Have just come back from the annual family holiday in Nambucca Heads, fantastic weather unlike the last couple of years, waking up to a view like this every day is easy to do. We have annual family finishing comp, this year my mum took it out with an 86 cm lizard which was returned to fight another day after a few pics. She now has a bigger PB than me...I'm a big plastics fan, so I did cop a bit of ribbing as it came on a nipper. Well that's not quite right, her nipper was eaten by a 30 cm flathead which was eaten by this big girl. The kids section was taken out by Jake a family friend with a 34 cm blackfish also taken on a nipper. Here are the winners and trophy's. We did fairly well throughout the 2 weeks, whiting on poppers, lizards on plastics, bream in the racks on poppers. No real big lizards other than the 86 though. We actually went a few bass trips, the first in the Nambucca river as far a we could go but it was still quite salty, so salty in fact that Coyote got a 59cm lizard on spinner bait and a little later a small Jew on spinner bait....we were absolutely stunned. I did manage one bass on a popper that trip went 32. But a massive mixed bag for an intended bass session a sure sign of the amount of salt in the reaches. Bass trip no. 2 we trekked down to Kempsey to give the Macleay a nudge. Better session this time with 14 bass most coming off the surface the best going 44 cm to Coyote. Bass trip 3 and we went up one of the other Nambucca tributaries. Though session still a little salty but I managed a 36 cm and the a 47 cm bass (my new PB). Both coming off the surface with explosive strikes fishing the silly 4lb braid and 8lb leader, how they both didn't dust me is a miracle. NW pencils doing the damage on both fish. Here are a couple of the shots of the PB. A few other notable catches were coyotes king near the break wall on 4lb, took him 30 mins to get it in and he had to call his dad who was up the river to came and drive he boat for him while he battled the fish. We had a couple estuary cod turn up which were fun on light gear and put straight back. Bream on poppers were fun in the racks. And it would seem that not even the Nambucca break wall can avoid "The Gangnam Style". So that's about it, great weather, hanging out with the family for a couple of weeks and with some good fish to be had too it was an excellent holiday. Back to the grind on Tuesday. Tight lines Raiders. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shak4g63 Posted January 26, 2013 Share Posted January 26, 2013 Sounds like you had an awesome time, mate that bass is a monster must have been fun! You have taken some Awesome pics there. We always stop at numbucca heads on the the way to Qld when we drive upto Sydney, what a beautiful place Tight lines, Shakeel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SargeRX8 Posted January 26, 2013 Share Posted January 26, 2013 Top stuff man and just to clarify that big lizard was caught on a smaller flat head??? They eat each other? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bharris Posted January 26, 2013 Share Posted January 26, 2013 nice work mate got to love bass Sent from my GT-I9100T using Tapatalk 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billseeker Posted January 26, 2013 Share Posted January 26, 2013 Hey poddy trapper sounds like u all had a great time and caught some cracking fish good to c your comp gets the whole family involved to and it's funny you say that the big flatty ate the smaller one my mate was at lake Mac through Chrissy and sent me this pic of a flathead he caught on soft plastic he was winding the little one in when he got hit again zoom in on the flatys mouth Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brendong Posted January 26, 2013 Author Share Posted January 26, 2013 Yep they definitely eat smaller fatty's, I also had a big girl follow up a small one I caught on placcy....it's awesome to watch, you are standing there watching it saying eat it, eat it.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Day's Fishin Posted January 26, 2013 Share Posted January 26, 2013 Looks like you had a great time getting amongst them. The flatty your mother caught is certainly a beauty but the 47cm bass is the catch of your holiday. ( That's only my opinion as I'm a little bias towards sport fish ) Regards Jeff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scratchie Posted January 26, 2013 Share Posted January 26, 2013 What an awesome report to read!!! It had it all and congrats to your mum for taking out the title!! Don't worry about her beating your PB, she smashes mine and probably better than most raiders!!! Well done!!! Cheers scratchie!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bassboy888 Posted January 27, 2013 Share Posted January 27, 2013 Nice work poddy! Gotta love those explosive bass strikes, I can't stop looking at the size of that bass, awesome result and congrats on the PB! Interesting by catch on the spinnerbaits too, might have to try some big cod ones down here, could be the next big thing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrsswordfisherman Posted January 27, 2013 Share Posted January 27, 2013 what a great report!!!! love the two handed bass hold heh heh I hope your Mum is a raider - that was an excellent catch by her You have a lovely family Brendon, thanks for sharing with us Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thehairynurse Posted January 27, 2013 Share Posted January 27, 2013 flatties definately eat flatties, got a mate who will fillet his smallest legal flatty when bottom bashing outside as bait for bigger flatties Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brendong Posted January 29, 2013 Author Share Posted January 29, 2013 Nice work poddy! Gotta love those explosive bass strikes, I can't stop looking at the size of that bass, awesome result and congrats on the PB! Interesting by catch on the spinnerbaits too, might have to try some big cod ones down here, could be the next big thing I'm badly missing wacking those bass now that I'm back at work. Funnily enough the river would be totally unfishable due to the sheer volume of rain. Glad I snuck in before. Still can't believe we managered a cracker flat and Jew on spinner, we don't fish them very often other than the dams for bass and Goldens. I suppose an ep would hit them too? Thanks for all the other comments, we had a great time and you just can't beat family holidays mixed in with some solid fish. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bassboy888 Posted January 29, 2013 Share Posted January 29, 2013 I'm badly missing wacking those bass now that I'm back at work. Funnily enough the river would be totally unfishable due to the sheer volume of rain. Glad I snuck in before. I suppose an ep would hit them too?. It's the same for the nepean at the moment, I am hoping it clears up by the weekend! I need my bass fix! Honestly haven't tried the spinnerbait for EPs and haven't even really thought about it, but it does give me an idea especially around some of the rock walls in the George's where I know EPs hide. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PRED-ATOR Posted January 29, 2013 Share Posted January 29, 2013 wow great report and awesome bass! you would of been over the moon. some very nice fish there, good to see you enjoyed your holiday : ) Stan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CarlRak Posted January 30, 2013 Share Posted January 30, 2013 Really nice report and some great fish. Thanks for sharing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hodgey Posted January 30, 2013 Share Posted January 30, 2013 A great report as always Brendon. Fantastic to see mum pipping the boys for the trophy! Cheers Skip Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dean Posted January 31, 2013 Share Posted January 31, 2013 WOW that's a great lizard your mum caught, it might take you a while to beat her PB. Nice bass and some interesting bycatch. Sound like you had a great time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arpie Posted February 1, 2013 Share Posted February 1, 2013 AWESOME holiday, Brendon! Congrats on your Mum's PB Flattie - HUGE Momma! And also on your magnificent PB Bass!!You chose the right dates, too, being home by Australia Day!! I think the rivers will be running high & dirty right now!! Great reports, lovely pics (LOVE that first one!) I love Nambucca - we always stop there on the way north for our 'first night out' ...... and I will spend a week there some time soon, I reckon, once my shoulder has recovered. Roberta Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eastwood1980 Posted February 1, 2013 Share Posted February 1, 2013 wow flatty eating a smaller flatty....interesting Great report guys! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brendong Posted February 1, 2013 Author Share Posted February 1, 2013 You chose the right dates, too, being home by Australia Day!! I think the rivers will be running high & dirty right now!! I love Nambucca - we always stop there on the way north for our 'first night out' ...... and I will spend a week there some time soon, I reckon, once my shoulder has recovered. Roberta Definitely choose the right dates mum and dad stayed this week too. Said the river has looked like a owl of coco pops, Thursday was the first day they saw the blue was pushing back up the river. Great spot up there...if you spend some time up there and want to target bass just PM me. Hodgey it was great to see mum take the trophy, she smiling lke a Cheshire Cat when got her hands on it. Can't wait to get back there next year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dakab444 Posted February 1, 2013 Share Posted February 1, 2013 I had an interesting experince with flathead in jervis bay. I caught a small pinky and two flathead followed it up from the bottom. One turned away about a meter under the surface but the other came right to the top. Obviously it was going to eat the small snapper. My son was with me and grabbed the net and bagged the flattie. The snapper went back as it was under size but kept the flattie at 38cm. Son gave me a hard time about being a better fisherman than me as he didnt need to use bait or. lures. Was an awesome sight to see them both follow the same fish trying to eat it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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