Rah Posted December 30, 2017 Share Posted December 30, 2017 Took mum for a quick kayak fish this morning to get her, her first bass. It rained most of the drive to berry, but mum knows me well and knew I'd go regardless and was ready and waiting when I arrived. On the water about 6.15 with a light sprinkle of rain. Started mum off with an elcheapo surface lure that didn't sit on the surface very well so a quick switch to a popper that produced a few hits but not hook up. I was using a new basscarda 2, the hard body ones that looks pretty dam close to a black Prince cicada. They are prolific down there at the moment and deafening. Whilst giving mum all the good spots to cast I was putting in random ones behind us and got a solid hit on the 3rd cast and a decent fish on board. Switched mum to a different cicada like lure and some more hits followed for her but no hook up so switched so a soft shell cicada in a dark colour and a couple of casts later she was onto her first bass!!! Cheers from both of us while it pulled her into the bushes and she can't paddle back out one handed so chucks the rod under her chin to get out. A quick self release while I was pissing myself laughing. Shortly after I landed another solid bass that went 37cm And then another for mum about 17cm. After that there was a canoe with 2 blokes making a bit of noise coming up towards us and might have spooked the fish down that end of the creek as I only landed 1 more smallish one and that was it for the morning. Back home by 8.15 Cheers Rah Pic of mum trying to back paddle with the rod. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Scratchie Posted December 30, 2017 Share Posted December 30, 2017 Awesome rah! Some quality time and the big smile said it all. Congrats cheers scratchie!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rickmarlin62 Posted December 30, 2017 Share Posted December 30, 2017 nice one rah..quality time with mum beats quality fish..at least you nailed a couple congrats..rick 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rah Posted December 30, 2017 Author Share Posted December 30, 2017 18 hours ago, Scratchie said: Awesome rah! Some quality time and the big smile said it all. Congrats cheers scratchie!!! Cheers Scratchie. Mum loves it and is keen to upgrade. 14 hours ago, rickmarlin62 said: nice one rah..quality time with mum beats quality fish..at least you nailed a couple congrats..rick Sure is Rick. Hopefully take the kids down this arvo with some worms and try a nice big hole on the other side. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rickmarlin62 Posted December 31, 2017 Share Posted December 31, 2017 sounds like fun ..hope u get a few..rick 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xerotao Posted January 1, 2018 Share Posted January 1, 2018 On 30/12/2017 at 12:48 PM, Rah said: Nice report Rah. btw with Bassaction net is that? I got the standard one and its not as wide as expected. I should of gotten then kayak or bream basket. (for my yak of course) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rah Posted January 1, 2018 Author Share Posted January 1, 2018 6 hours ago, xerotao said: Nice report Rah. btw with Bassaction net is that? I got the standard one and its not as wide as expected. I should of gotten then kayak or bream basket. (for my yak of course) Not sure mate. Got it a couple of years ago now. Happy with it though. Sometimes use it off the jetty for flatties too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
big Neil Posted January 1, 2018 Share Posted January 1, 2018 Top report of a lovely memorable day for you and your Mum. Good thinking to put the rod under her chin so she could paddle. LOL. Still on my bucket list to catch a Bass. Actually the bucket list for fish species just seems to get longer and longer. Such is life. HNY Rah, keep the reports coming, love reading them. bn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rah Posted January 2, 2018 Author Share Posted January 2, 2018 12 hours ago, big Neil said: Top report of a lovely memorable day for you and your Mum. Good thinking to put the rod under her chin so she could paddle. LOL. Still on my bucket list to catch a Bass. Actually the bucket list for fish species just seems to get longer and longer. Such is life. HNY Rah, keep the reports coming, love reading them. bn Cheers Neil, If only you would get in the yak I could put you into a few. ? Cod is on my bucket list that also keeps growing!! HNY to you too. Cheers Tara 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kaneo Posted January 3, 2018 Share Posted January 3, 2018 This is awesome , love it ! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rock&Beach Posted January 4, 2018 Share Posted January 4, 2018 Great report there. Yep your mum sure looks line she enjoyed it. R&B 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
big Neil Posted January 4, 2018 Share Posted January 4, 2018 On 1/2/2018 at 6:00 PM, Rah said: Cheers Neil, If only you would get in the yak I could put you into a few. ? Cod is on my bucket list that also keeps growing!! HNY to you too. Cheers Tara Haha Tara, the yak isn't a happening thing unfortunately...HOWEVER if you want to catch Murray Cod just let me know. A short trip over the mountains and I'll put you onto some. Best in the Summer when the water is up and they're on the chew. Cheers, bn 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rah Posted January 4, 2018 Author Share Posted January 4, 2018 14 hours ago, big Neil said: Haha Tara, the yak isn't a happening thing unfortunately...HOWEVER if you want to catch Murray Cod just let me know. A short trip over the mountains and I'll put you onto some. Best in the Summer when the water is up and they're on the chew. Cheers, bn I'll keep that in mind Neil. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rah Posted January 5, 2018 Author Share Posted January 5, 2018 Took the kids for a little fish today. Only 1 small bass for one of the girls but lots of bites. They love just paddling around. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rickmarlin62 Posted January 5, 2018 Share Posted January 5, 2018 looks like lounging round to me..aaahhh a day on the water is always a good day....may you have many more..rick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rah Posted January 5, 2018 Author Share Posted January 5, 2018 Just now, rickmarlin62 said: looks like lounging round to me..aaahhh a day on the water is always a good day....may you have many more..rick Doesn't get much better mate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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