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 G'day Raiders,
Went for a flick the other day at Berowra, fishing exclusively with vibes and blades. 130mm 30gram vibe for the sections with the heaviest flow, 90mm 20gram for average flow and a little 4gram blade for a little bit of flats fishing. 
Managed 3 flatties at 60cm, some a touch over, 1 at 50cm and about 10 or more at under 50cm. 
Topped the day off with a 60cm jewie around the tide change with a baby at the start of the day. 
Ultimately jews were the target species, but the flatties were a very welcome by-catch. 
Let 2 of the flatties at 60cm and both jews go back to the depths and kept a couple of the 40-50cm flatties and one of the 60cm as it was hooked in the gut and the gills.
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I was fishing mostly the run out tide so when i first arrived i stopped off and had a go with the little blade and picked up two little flatties (first photo) and a tiny bream. 
I would have targeted the flats more given if it was the run in tide.
In saying that though, i pulled one of the 60's out from relatively shallow water of 2.5 meters.
No discernible holes or features apart from being just around a point in which bait would be pushed over from a nearby bay. 

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Cheers folks

Was one of my better sessions and the best way to end the uni semster.

 

3 minutes ago, ARC H said:

that would have been a great session well done mate 

is that a starlo classics rod combo in some of the photos

It's a classix 2-4kg squid rod and a Sedona 2000. 

Nice and bendy in the tip for the vibes.

 

Cheers

-Chris

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Awesome catches there and great pics! I'd been looking at soft vibes that size but was concerned they were way too heavy, but you eased my concerns there!

How were you working them, were you drifting or anchored? If drifting, were you casting ahead and hopping back to the boat, or dragging the lure behind you?

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2 hours ago, seasponge said:

Awesome catches there and great pics! I'd been looking at soft vibes that size but was concerned they were way too heavy, but you eased my concerns there!

How were you working them, were you drifting or anchored? If drifting, were you casting ahead and hopping back to the boat, or dragging the lure behind you?

I'll usually have three rods set up, each with different sized vibes. 
One with a 20g, one with a 33g and sometimes i'll use a small blade on the other or a 15g.
You can work them so many ways mate... The only reason i have multiple ready is to suit the speed of the drift and the current.
As im usually working the deeper sections of the river, ill pull up to the start of the drift and drop the vibe right at the boat, once it hits the bottom, just lift and SLOWLY drop it back down as you want to be in contact with the lure the whole time...Any ticks on the line, strike.
If the drift is too fast and my 33g won't hit the bottom for longer than 1 or 2  lifts without me having to let out more line(given im not just drifting into deeper water), ill just move spots out of the current or the wind. 
In contrast, when the drift is too slow, ill get either the 20 or 15 gram out ( i find when casting the 33g, the action just isn't quite right, you want to feel the vibration through your rod tip) and cast in front of the drift, let it hit the bottom, gentle lift up, wind the slack and let it hit the bottom again. Repeat all the way till the boat. 

Don't go past the eBay vibes mate, they work just as well as some of the name brands.
Cheers
-Chris

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