nbdshroom Posted May 31, 2019 Share Posted May 31, 2019 (edited) G'day guys! I haven't had much opportunity to drop a report but I'm still here and I'm still alive lol. I hit the Bay Run on the Parramatta River the other day to get some exercise and chase some bream just walking the banks flicking light lures. I was using a 2-4kg rod, size 2000 reel spooled, 6lb braid and 6lb leader and the conditions were overcast. I was flicking mainly a Zman grubz in watermelon red on a 1/16oz jighead and after a nice bream caught close to shore, my lure was hammered by a rat king. It was a tense fight mostly because I couldn't decide where best to fight it as I was in close proximity to a boat on a mooring and a small groyne/rockwall that was jutting out parallel off the bank. After a few blistering runs (as you would expect) I guided the fish into shore. I was elated and it was a bit of a nice surprise to cap off the session. I wasn't doing anything special in particular, just doing small twitches and hops with the lure in the pursuit of bream. Anyone that can cast a light lure could do this. Thanks for reading! Edited May 31, 2019 by nbdshroom 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marks1984 Posted May 31, 2019 Share Posted May 31, 2019 Awesome catch man 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Squidy Posted May 31, 2019 Share Posted May 31, 2019 Great work landing him on 6lb. Rich 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scratchie Posted May 31, 2019 Share Posted May 31, 2019 Good work Pete! Nice to see your still out there flicking those small lures about! It would have been a great tussle on that outfit! Cheers scratchie!!! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrsswordfisherman Posted May 31, 2019 Share Posted May 31, 2019 Good onya Pete 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
masterfisho7 Posted May 31, 2019 Share Posted May 31, 2019 Great report well done Love the video I all so fish that there it holes some good fish 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rebel Posted May 31, 2019 Share Posted May 31, 2019 Great report and photos. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
big Neil Posted May 31, 2019 Share Posted May 31, 2019 Thanks for sharing your experience Pete. A fine bit of angling skill demonstrated for your audience. Top job, bn 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slawman Posted May 31, 2019 Share Posted May 31, 2019 That was a sweet by-catch mate! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gabm Posted May 31, 2019 Share Posted May 31, 2019 Great work & video. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nutsaboutfishing Posted May 31, 2019 Share Posted May 31, 2019 (edited) EPIC REPORT PETE. That video is fantastic!! The post was worth it just to see your retrieve technique!! Edited June 1, 2019 by nutsaboutfishing 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nutsaboutfishing Posted June 1, 2019 Share Posted June 1, 2019 Hey Pete i know you explained it in the video but I don't understand why you didn't walk to the right to get the fish away from the boat 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nbdshroom Posted June 1, 2019 Author Share Posted June 1, 2019 Thanks for the kind words guys! i really appreciate it. 10 hours ago, nutsaboutfishing said: EPIC REPORT PETE. That video is fantastic!! The post was worth it just to see your retrieve technique!! Haha thanks Richard and yep, just a simple double hop. 2 hours ago, nutsaboutfishing said: Hey Pete i know you explained it in the video but I don't understand why you didn't walk to the right to get the fish away from the boat I didn't because although it appeared as though I had a lot more room on the right, I didn't actually have room. It's due to the 'fish eye' effect of the camera that everything is more open on the right side. By standing where I was, I could adjust the angle of the line around the boat/buoy. I thought that was a higher percentage play than being on the right and having it run left under the buoy (as you could see the fish ran against the wall on the right, suggesting it would do the same toward the left side if I was on the right). I hope that makes some sense! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdanger Posted June 1, 2019 Share Posted June 1, 2019 That was sick 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryder Posted June 2, 2019 Share Posted June 2, 2019 Great work on the light gear. Well done. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
61 crusher Posted June 4, 2019 Share Posted June 4, 2019 Awesome 😎 effort & video, well done 👍 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nbdshroom Posted June 6, 2019 Author Share Posted June 6, 2019 On 6/4/2019 at 10:42 AM, 61 crusher said: Awesome 😎 effort & video, well done 👍 Cheers mate. Glad you enjoyed it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveBM Posted June 7, 2019 Share Posted June 7, 2019 Awesome skills aside, it's refreshing to see someone fishing in business attire. Very debonair, 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nbdshroom Posted June 9, 2019 Author Share Posted June 9, 2019 On 6/7/2019 at 1:52 PM, DaveBM said: Awesome skills aside, it's refreshing to see someone fishing in business attire. Very debonair, Thanks mate! Fishing is serious business sometimes 😂 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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