Ryder Posted January 25, 2016 Share Posted January 25, 2016 G'day Raiders, Like almost every true blue Aussie, I planned to have today off, but an old client of mine, Earle, asked me to give his gardens a tidy up before his big Australia Day BBQ. He has a really nice waterfront at Longueville. I told him I had plans to go fishing with my mate Trevor. Earle said 'you can fish here, bring your mate along'. I asked Trevor and he thought it was worth a try, but he wasn't doing any work, haha. I knocked over the garden by 10 and Trevor came by to fish the runout. We went down to the jetty and sounded the area. The water was about 10 ft close in but dropped to 14 a bit further out. We got the berley going and soon we started seeing signs of life. My float just dipped below the surface, I struck and missed. Next drift same place, my float dipped, I waited then, Bang fish on. A short fight, but a good fish around 39 cm was in the net. Shortly after Trevor went one better adding a 40 cm specimen to the bag. He followed that up with a dramatic take, his float dipped and then went down like a shot, and came back towards the jetty and the fish wrapped him up tight around the jetty pylon. He free spooled it and his float came back up. He tried to pull up when his leader gave way. The fish were a bit touchy, just bouncing the float. You had to time your strike. We missed quite a few like that. We got busted off by others that were hooked in the deeper water. We figure there is a ledge or cave they run to closer in. But we managed a couple more before I had to call it. Kitten duty, my wife and I do foster care. We cleaned the fish, cleaned up the jetty after ourselves and went back up to see Earle. We gave him the fish for his BBQ, he said ' you have to come back and show me how ' The spot shows promise. The Lane Cove River is still brown/green from recent rain and it should improve. The best thing is its private, not like some of the other stinking spots around the harbour. Covered it blood gut and scales, sunbaked prawns and squid As long as we treat it with respect, and throw a few fish Earles way, (and dont get caught fishing when i should be working,) we are welcome to it. Like Johns Jetty I reported on last year which we still fish and still produces the goods. We will be back. Cheers Ryder Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yowie Posted January 25, 2016 Share Posted January 25, 2016 That's good, a sneaky spot away from the general nuisances. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DYMAN Posted January 25, 2016 Share Posted January 25, 2016 Well done, always good to have a sacred spot away from all the Riff Raff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryder Posted January 25, 2016 Author Share Posted January 25, 2016 Exactly! These are the reason for the short session. Cassie ( the amputee ) And her BFF Raven Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stapo Posted January 25, 2016 Share Posted January 25, 2016 Nice read Ryder. Caught a few blackfish today myself. Have a good Australia Day tomorrow mate. Cheers Steve. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DYMAN Posted January 25, 2016 Share Posted January 25, 2016 Exactly! These are the reason for the short session. Cassie ( the amputee ) image.jpg image.jpg And her BFF Raven image.jpg Poor thing, how did moggy loose it`s leg? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryder Posted January 25, 2016 Author Share Posted January 25, 2016 Nice read Ryder. Caught a few blackfish today myself. Have a good Australia Day tomorrow mate. Cheers Steve. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Thanks Steve Happy OZ Day Poor thing, how did moggy loose it`s leg?Mate it was probably a traumatic amp when she was very small, before we got her.She had the femur, but with no foot , she was walking on bone. Painful Had it amputated to the hip on Thursday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burger Posted January 25, 2016 Share Posted January 25, 2016 Nice looking fish Ryder, good to have a private spot for fish too! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
big Neil Posted January 25, 2016 Share Posted January 25, 2016 Great report Ryder. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest hawkesbass Posted January 25, 2016 Share Posted January 25, 2016 Thanks for the invite andrew. lovely property earle has gotten himself and a good gent too boot. he will enjoy the fresh with a cold ale tomorrow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ron Howes Posted January 25, 2016 Share Posted January 25, 2016 Top report Ryder, there seems to be some quality fish moving into the lower reaches over the last couple of days. What is your criteria for taking on new clients :- Deep waterfront with jetty or pontoon, fishing access and rights to fish with notice. Strange how these people who own these properties rarely fish. I have a mate with a property at the end of the Moons on Georges River at Lugarno with pontoon and a deep 25 foot hole that I have fish religiously for years that has always produced blackfish. My son has caught jewfish, big bream and the odd flathead there also, however the owners don't fish. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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