jtp Posted June 1, 2018 Share Posted June 1, 2018 Hi Everyone, Haven't posted in a long time. Have been caught up with work. Thought I'd put up today's landbased session which is a little different to my usual style of fishing (kayak/boat). I was supposed to get to my spot in the port hacking river by 630am. It takes around a 30min hike through bushland. This didn't happen. I arrived at 10 o'clock to get the start of the runout. Conditions weren't great. High winds and side rain, but this settled down after a bit. Started off using soft plastics (squidgy prawn) with 6lb braid and 8lb mono to start as I've caught some good bream and snapper here before. Straight away I get a good hit on the descent and reel in a tailor measuring 38cm. I try again several times but get bitten off everytime (seemed like there was nothing else there except tailor). Switched to a rapala and cast after cast I was bringing in tailor (6 in total from 36cm to 42cm). They were all released. Suddenly on a retrieve something else hits and gives a much better fight. So good in fact that it broke my rod (there must have been some previous damage). Brought in a good bonito at 58cm. Given that my rod was broken and no further fishing was to be done I kept the bonito for the table and headed home. All up fishing time was under an hour. The drive and hike took 3hours. Thanks for reading. Joe 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kingie chaser Posted June 1, 2018 Share Posted June 1, 2018 Nice work Joe, I like the look of those squidgy prawns, think I will have to pick some up to try Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Berleyguts Posted June 1, 2018 Share Posted June 1, 2018 Great stuff, Joe! Rewarded for your effort! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
masterfisho7 Posted June 1, 2018 Share Posted June 1, 2018 Nice report Joe well done like the Tailor photo . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sam bros Posted June 3, 2018 Share Posted June 3, 2018 Good report mate, Shame about the rod though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jtp Posted June 5, 2018 Author Share Posted June 5, 2018 On 02/06/2018 at 7:30 AM, kingie chaser said: Nice work Joe, I like the look of those squidgy prawns, think I will have to pick some up to try Thanks mate. I find the squidgy prawns work pretty well with some sort of scent. I was using the provided s-factor. Pretty wide range of species. On 02/06/2018 at 8:14 AM, Berleyguts said: Great stuff, Joe! Rewarded for your effort! Thanks Berleyguts. Fishing is a very good motivator for exercise I found! On 02/06/2018 at 9:42 AM, masterfisho7 said: Nice report Joe well done like the Tailor photo . Cheers mate. On 03/06/2018 at 10:37 AM, sam bros said: Good report mate, Shame about the rod though Thanks Sam. Haha I'm off to buy a new rod soon. Looking at an upgrade. So looks like it's going to be alright. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barny70 Posted June 5, 2018 Share Posted June 5, 2018 On 6/2/2018 at 7:30 AM, kingie chaser said: Nice work Joe, I like the look of those squidgy prawns, think I will have to pick some up to try Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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