Leon C Posted May 12, 2020 Share Posted May 12, 2020 I had a productive session on the water this afternoon. Fishing from my rowing skiff as well as a bit of wading, I went looking for some bream and flathead with a fat crankbait and a soft plastic grub. Despite covering a fairly wide area of sea-grass, sand flats and channel, I got nothing. As the light faded, something was stirring up the baitfish on the surface. While rowing up the creek in the direction of the disturbance, the first tailor hit the grub I had trailing in the water. This was a bit of unintentional trolling, 1 metre from the boat. This one spat the hook after a brief fight, but I was quickly onto another. I landed the small tailor, which was only significant in that it is my second ever fish on a soft plastic lure. Seeing some frantic surface action, I switched to a 70mm Sugapen. This picked up two tailor in as many casts, before I was bitten off while fighting another. I think a fish other than the one I had hooked must have chomped the line, since I lost the whole leader. Switching to a second rod, I clipped on a 90mm Sugapen and landed a few more. All the tailor were between 30 and 40cm. The action stopped fairly abruptly with the last bit of light. The whole situation was pretty nerve-wracking, since I had only a 6lb leader. Once I was finished with the tailor, the tide had turned and I decided to try some bait fishing. I rowed to the creek mouth and started drifting back in with the first movement of the incoming tide. Some bits of tailor fillet, unweighted, provided me two bream in half an hour. The largest was 30cm. I could see there were plenty more around, but by that point I had plenty of fish. My little family is going to be eating quite a few fishy meals in the next couple of days. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Lungfai76 Posted May 13, 2020 Share Posted May 13, 2020 Gotta love cold weather fishing, not a soul in sight 😁 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rebel Posted May 13, 2020 Share Posted May 13, 2020 Great report and Super photos. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hookerbruce Posted May 14, 2020 Share Posted May 14, 2020 It's good to try something simple and be rewarded with a good catch. The tailor love the little lures but can get expensive when they eat them. Nice bit of water you were fishing . bruce 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mullatt Posted May 14, 2020 Share Posted May 14, 2020 Great report & result mate. Looks like Narrawallee Creek? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tobycb Posted May 14, 2020 Share Posted May 14, 2020 Nice job Leon! Regards, Toby 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leon C Posted May 14, 2020 Author Share Posted May 14, 2020 3 hours ago, Mullatt said: Great report & result mate. Looks like Narrawallee Creek? Yep, such a nice spot. Just have to pick the tide to be able to use the boat ramp. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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