Woronora River 14 April

[fiveflies]

G'Day Raiders,

Headed out today in a tinny down the Woronora River from Como. Armed with some dodgy old refrozen prawns and frozen squid, the sun on my face and no wind at all it was a perfect start to the morning. Lauched just before low tide and cruised down towards Bonnet Bay. Stopped there to drift along with the current and threw some bait out the back and flicked soft plastics up on the sandbanks.

I was hoping for a few flatties having had some luck there before, but my SP skills seemed to have deserted me today. Not that they are very advanced in the first place! I was also nervous about leaving my rod with the bait on it untended as I flicked so soon reverted to two rods, both with bait. Having previously lost a rod overboard not far from here! Prawns seemed to be doing the damage with lots of bites when finally I land a small whiting. This was the first of a few but all undersize but quite aggressive.

Finally managed to land a bream but just undersize so back he went to fight another day.

Next up was a surprise as my rod loaded up and a fight that was stronger than the bream but not like a flathead. I brought the fish in and surprise, surprise its a luderick/blackfish caught on squid! I know that they sometimes eat prawns but this was a first for me. I struggle to catch them on weed in areas where they school but catching one using squid in the middle of the river was unusual. But it was a solid fish and a keeper which will be dinner tonight.

Next up were more bream with two decent sized. I kept one to go with the luderick and released the other one.

After that it slowed down with just more small whiting and an undersize snapper. So it was time to head back to the marina and head home having had an enjoyable morning and landing some keeper fish.

Usually I'm land based so getting out like this was fantastic even if the return was modest!

[Overdraft]

Did well.

Looks like a great way to spend the day.

[Fab1]

It would have been a top morning for it,good little feed there.

Isn't the berley suppose to be in the water though for if to work?

[fiveflies]

Did well.

Looks like a great way to spend the day.

It was a great day and lots to be said about the relaxing and regenerative benefits of drifting along with the current and catching fish!

It would have been a top morning for it,good little feed there.

Isn't the berley suppose to be in the water though for if to work?

Haha! The berley bag split and in my excitement the pellets fell out. I didn't mind as I'd landed a fish!!

[ambrose607]

Good work on the fish.

I caught 4 15 cm ludericks on prawn in the George's River over Easter. Surprised me, first time I ever caught one.

Ambrose 607

Edited April 14, 2015 by ambrose607

[blackfish angler]

Some fine fish well done

[papafish]

nice post mate! i was there 2 weeks ago. we went all the way towards lugano. found a good spot and burley up. ended up with 3 keeper travelly. and 4 bream. one undersize jew went back to the water and a big ass ELL!! we didn't have a net tried to pull it up and it eventually bite off the line!!

but the water seems dirty. hows the water on the day for you??