Tag117 Posted December 3, 2015 Share Posted December 3, 2015 Hey Raiders, Dad got back from a long work trip in the middle east only a few days ago and has had non stop meetings since. Today he finally got off work at a reasonable time so we decided to head down to cowan creek near bobbin head for a quick session. My dad is a huge plastics fan so plan was to target flatty and anything else that fancied a hit. Had no success for a while, decided to head to my jewie spot instead as i've got a bunch of flathead there before. First cast there, got a take, missed it. Now i'm not usually a plastics fisherman, don't mind bait, jigs, hardbodies, but never had much success on plastics, so for me this was a huge event. Motivated by my unbelievable result, i continued flicking plastics. Just after a flick, as i watched the line start to tighten as the plastic sank, it tightened a lot and really quick, i called dad, let it run for a sec, then struck. The fish then went on a run which emptied half of the 8lb line on my 2500 reel. I played him in for a while and then all of sudden, slack. Reeled in to find i'd been cut off. This was as crushing as it was exciting. My dad quickly chucked me the plastics and i rigged one on, this time with 30lb leader. I cast straight back out, and the second the bait hit the bottom, i was on, same massive run. After a 5 minute fight, i brought in my first jew on plastics measuring in at 67cm. We released the jew and were straight back out there. It went quiet for a while, then all of a sudden my dad got an insane take. He'd never caught a jew before so I was really hoping he'd get it. Unfortunately, it went straight to the right taking my dads line to the rocks. The fish then did a turn back to the middle of the river and after a long fight my dad hauled in his first jew. The jew measured 78cm, a new pb for my dad. All in all, a great night and a good break from work for my dad. I'll definitely be using plastics while i have livies out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stimo1076 Posted December 3, 2015 Share Posted December 3, 2015 That's Great Tag117, Well Done!!! Its great you got to spend time with your Dad and get onto fish at the same time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RexSenior Posted December 3, 2015 Share Posted December 3, 2015 Great Report and congrat's to dad on his first Jew! I'm yet to be converted to plastics, I know they are awesome but I'm just lazy, like the sitting and waiting! Cheers, James Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rock&Beach Posted December 4, 2015 Share Posted December 4, 2015 Well done guys great report and congratulations on the first jew on plastics. Sent from my GT-I9100 using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tag117 Posted December 4, 2015 Author Share Posted December 4, 2015 Thanks a lot for the comments guys, went out again yesterday and got into another! Cheers and tight lines. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay88 Posted December 5, 2015 Share Posted December 5, 2015 Well done dude!! Told ya so Your dad's one us beast tho ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
APEX Posted December 5, 2015 Share Posted December 5, 2015 great result mate! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
p-ziller Posted December 7, 2015 Share Posted December 7, 2015 Well done mate!!! Great results and a great looking spot! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryder Posted December 7, 2015 Share Posted December 7, 2015 (edited) Great stuff Tag. You and a couple of other young blokes on this site are smacking the Jewies lately. I have to throw more plastics. Edited December 7, 2015 by Ryder Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farvos Posted December 7, 2015 Share Posted December 7, 2015 Thats unreal mate. Very good catch Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tag117 Posted December 12, 2015 Author Share Posted December 12, 2015 Cheers guys! Went for another quick flick after i got back from a week away and managed another, id never realised how crazy they were for plastics! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
papafish Posted December 12, 2015 Share Posted December 12, 2015 mates if you dont mind me asking where about are the spots at? i been at bobbing head point but no luck there. thought it was dead lol. pm if possible cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mii11x Posted December 12, 2015 Share Posted December 12, 2015 Top effort there mate, both of you with plastics jews and your old mans pb. Even better that you got to experience it with your father Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kingie chaser Posted December 12, 2015 Share Posted December 12, 2015 Awesome stuff ? Bet is just great spending time with the old man, catching a fish is a bonus ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tag117 Posted December 13, 2015 Author Share Posted December 13, 2015 Top effort there mate, both of you with plastics jews and your old mans pb. Even better that you got to experience it with your father Awesome stuff Bet is just great spending time with the old man, catching a fish is a bonus Yeah, catching fish is good, but doing it with dad is a lot better! Cheers guys Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
big Neil Posted December 13, 2015 Share Posted December 13, 2015 A great report Tag 117. Well done to both yourself and your Dad. You get out there together as often as you can mate... you'll both remember these experiences a long time down the track. Big Neil. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cargo05 Posted December 13, 2015 Share Posted December 13, 2015 Nice Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
papafish Posted December 13, 2015 Share Posted December 13, 2015 what set up were you using champ? might try my luck one day. 15lb/20lb leader? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tag117 Posted December 14, 2015 Author Share Posted December 14, 2015 what set up were you using champ? might try my luck one day. 15lb/20lb leader? 10lb mainline, 30lb leader (all i had ), plastics were 10cm nuclear chicken minows. Theres heaps around at the moment, definitely worth it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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