Ocean Addiction Posted February 27, 2015 Share Posted February 27, 2015 Had a fantastic few hours fishing in Iron Cove yesterday. Launched the boat at 2pm so I could fish the last of the incoming tide. The plan was to fish surface lures in some of my favourite spots in Iron Cove. I must have been out of practice because my hook-up rate started off terrible. The first hour I only landed 4 fish from stacks of hits. Moving along I found a good patch of fish in one of the bays and kept working it for about 2 dozen landed. Most were small whiting and bream. Best whiting was 38cm and I lost a very nice bream while I was working out how to lift it into the boat. How difficult is it to get good fish photos when fishing solo??? David Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nbdshroom Posted February 27, 2015 Share Posted February 27, 2015 Well done. Pity about the dropped bream but that's a very fat whiting. It is quite difficult to get good photos when solo. I just lay them on the grass because bream especially have a tendency to flop around and either spike me or hit the hard ground if they slip out of my hand. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adamski Posted February 27, 2015 Share Posted February 27, 2015 Well done mate, love Iron Cove- there's always something hanging around down there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Iceman Posted February 27, 2015 Share Posted February 27, 2015 Love surface fishing Your trebles look like a heavy gauge go lighter like owner st11s for a better hookup rate Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluebottle18 Posted February 27, 2015 Share Posted February 27, 2015 Good to see you found some legal size fish. Great looking whiting. YUM. Iron Cove is a interesting spot to fish. Always fish there but finding them ????. Also think about using single hooks on some of your lures. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ocean Addiction Posted February 27, 2015 Author Share Posted February 27, 2015 Hi Iceman, Thanks for the tip. I was using the owner trebles (the ones in the blue pack) but found the bream were crushing them far too quickly. I think the gauge was far too light. Do you find the St11s hold up OK? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ocean Addiction Posted February 27, 2015 Author Share Posted February 27, 2015 Thanks Bluebottle. Yep, Iron Cove is my local so I fish there quite a lot from the shore but I haven't taken the boat out for quite a while. It was nice to fish it facing the other direction for once! You are definitely right that it is an interesting place to fish. So much different terrain within a fairly small area! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Iceman Posted February 27, 2015 Share Posted February 27, 2015 Hi Iceman, Thanks for the tip. I was using the owner trebles (the ones in the blue pack) but found the bream were crushing them far too quickly. I think the gauge was far too light. Do you find the St11s hold up OK? Looking at your pics they could be st36s on the lure Bream can crush a decent treble but the trade-off with using the lighter gauge is you will hook more whiting and any bream that is just nipping at the lure has a better chance of being pinned in the lips Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest stephanb79 Posted February 27, 2015 Share Posted February 27, 2015 Nice job looks like a scum dog lure ??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Iceman Posted February 27, 2015 Share Posted February 27, 2015 Nice job looks like a scum dog lure ??? Looks more like a gladiator kozami Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ocean Addiction Posted February 27, 2015 Author Share Posted February 27, 2015 Looking at your pics they could be st36s on the lure Bream can crush a decent treble but the trade-off with using the lighter gauge is you will hook more whiting and any bream that is just nipping at the lure has a better chance of being pinned in the lips Lure is a Gladiator Kozami. Fresh out of the pack with VMC hooks. It was the first time I have used this lure and I was really impressed with the action. The last few summers I have used the R2S Rover 50 almost exclusively but it was time for a change... The whiting were hitting the Kozami fairly aggressively (ie mostly three treble points in the mouth). The bream seemed aggressive but very clumsy. Most scored a single treble in the cheek after several missed swipes. Ideally I would like to hook more of them in the lips as I hate when they get a treble near the eye. It's strange but it really freaks me out. I might pop up to the tackle shop during the week for some fine gauge upgrades. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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