pmak Posted January 9, 2014 Share Posted January 9, 2014 Happy New Year fellow Raiders. Just coming out of the holiday 'haze' and very slowly getting back to normal routine now. Thought I'd put up a post of some fishing done over the Christmas/New Year break. I had my brother and his family from overseas staying with us over the Christmas holidays and managed to squeeze some fishing time amongst the shopping and sightseeing activities. I was in 'Fishing Charter' mode and had to put my 'clients' onto some fish. We only had one session at Towra/Kurnell fishing lures only. Armed with an assortment of Berkley soft plastics on heavy jigheads, we drifted over the sand and weed in the Kurnell and Towra area. Winds were strong on the day we were fishing and we were on the water on a rising tide so I was not too confident of success. After a quick lesson on the rip rip pause retrieve technique, my elder brother and his son were soon making expert casts in the direction of our drift. It took a while but he came tight on his first ever flathead which gave a good account if itself, avoiding the net with spirited bursts away from the boat each time he brought it close. It came it at 64cm and pips my PB by 1cm! It was caught on a Berkley Powerbait Ripple Shad in purple colour on a 1/8 ounce jighead in 2.8m of water. Monkey off my back! After some time and a change of locations later, his eldest son comes tight on his first ever aussie fish. It too put up a good fight and was caught on shallower water (1.8m) near the top of the tide on a 3" Berkley Power Minnow in pumpkinseed on a 1/12 ounce jighead. The wind picked up further and made conditions uncomfortable so we pulled the plug but we were all happy that everyone caught pretty decent fish. Just before leaving to return to Singapore, my nephew remarked that catching his first flathead was one of the highlights of his holiday. Feeling a little neglected, my two kids were itching for a fish so when everyone had left, we headed out to the bay again. It was a rising tide again (king tide) so we opted for bream and trevally as targets. My eldest son was first to open his account with this trevally. It put up a long fight thanks to an underdone drag! My youngest son was not to be outshone by his brother this time and trumps him with a fish that we called for a salmon by the way it fought. When a thick slab of silver was netted, it was the biggest bream I had ever seen! His new PB bream (trumps mine by 2cm) came in at 45cm. It fell victim to the 3" Berkley Power Minnow in pumpkinseed and was caught in less than 1m of water near the top of the king tide. The cloudy and windy conditions helped I think. I caught fish too - just the usual bream and trevally on both sessions but the glory belonged to my 'customers' Tight lines everyone .... pmak Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paikea Posted January 9, 2014 Share Posted January 9, 2014 Great story and pics. Thanks for sharing Cheers Paikea Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrsswordfisherman Posted January 9, 2014 Share Posted January 9, 2014 Great report Pete. I can't believe how quickly your boys are growing up! mrsswordfisherman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pmak Posted January 11, 2014 Author Share Posted January 11, 2014 Donna, They are growing quickly! They say hi and still ask about the next Botany Bay social! Sent from my SM-N9005 using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cjchen Posted January 11, 2014 Share Posted January 11, 2014 that bream is huge. rarely see one that big. was that at kurnell or towra? nice photos! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scratchie Posted January 11, 2014 Share Posted January 11, 2014 Great write up pmak! Some really nice fish to go with it! That bream is an absolute thumper! Well done Cheers scratchie!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul.kenny Posted January 17, 2014 Share Posted January 17, 2014 Great sessions pmak and well done getting your brother and nephew onto some Aussie fish via lures in tough conditions.....it is always the sign of a great fisherman to get onto fish regardless of the conditions. Like Donna I am surprised by how much your boys have grown.....they will soon be able to take the boat out themselves. cheers PK Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brendong Posted January 18, 2014 Share Posted January 18, 2014 Wow what a honker of a PB Breambo. Congrats to your young fella! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pmak Posted January 19, 2014 Author Share Posted January 19, 2014 Cjchen - we were just Towra . Scratchie & Poddy Trapper - it was the biggest bream I've seen too. Bass catcher - they do grow up quickly. I only hope they'll still want to fish with their old man when they leave the roost one day! I like when you and your son get together for your epic fishing trips. Something I hope I'll be able to do too in the future ... Sent from my Nexus 7 using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pmak Posted January 19, 2014 Author Share Posted January 19, 2014 Cjchen - we were just off Towra . Scratchie & Poddy Trapper - it was the biggest bream I've seen too. Basscatcher - they do grow up quickly. I only hope they'll still want to fish with their old man when they leave the roost one day! I like when you and your son get together for your epic fishing trips. Something I hope I'll be able to do too in the future ... � Sent from my Nexus 7 using Tapatalk Sent from my Nexus 7 using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robinsoi Posted January 21, 2014 Share Posted January 21, 2014 Great report and magnificent fish Good on you for taking the family out for a fish too! Nicely done. Ian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nbdshroom Posted January 22, 2014 Share Posted January 22, 2014 Well done and top report. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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