Georges River in the Rain

[jtp]

Hi everyone,

just thought I'd pop a post on here about my trip today in the George's. Recently purchased a kayak and this was my second trip (first time fishing in it). Got to lambeth reserve around 6-6:30am and it really started to pour. Made the decision to go anyway, since I had already offloaded the kayak. It ended up being a good day. I fished with sps mainly around the mouth to mills creek and just past salt and pan creek. Hooked onto around 8 flathead, mostly undersize; got one at 40cm and lost another good one at the kayak. Also managed to land a 33cm bream and some others which were still babies. The shrimp soft plastic did the most damage today although I managed hook ups with crabby and bloodworm. When I was using a pumkinseed mullet I also hooked onto something bigger that was pulling drag. Alas my drag was set too tight and believe it or not, the hook bent and the fish got away. Perhaps it was a jewie. I found out the jigheads I was using are quite soft and pliable. Still trying to coordinate myself so drifting and casting is comfortable, it's a shame there's no reverse peddle haha.

Also, what soft plastics does everyone find works best for whiting?

Sorry no photos, my phone got drenched in the rain and is still drying.

cheers,

Joe

[bede]

Thanks for the report mate.

i got a really nice whiting up from como bridge last year on the gulp 2" shrimp, i think molting and natural colours worked best for me.