Little_Flatty Posted November 17, 2021 Share Posted November 17, 2021 (edited) Hi Raiders, Popped down to a favourite spot at Meadowbank this morning. Got down to the water at 5:50am, the sun was coming up and the tide was at about 1.2-1.3m, on its way to 1.7m...enough water to fish in. Rigged up with a 3 inch Bass Minnow in watermelon, a Gamakatsu EWG hook and a bullet weight running down to the hook/lure, or a 'Texas' rig as they call it. Third cast, felt a tiny little 'tick' on the line, about 3m out from shore. Counted to 5 and then tightened up and felt a nice weight on the end of the line. With a 6lb leader and the fish having swallowed the lure and having not brought the net, I knew I was in a spot of trouble, but I managed to get it up. Just as it came over the edge, it sawed through the leader. Quick photo op and then a self release: About 5 casts later, miss a suspected bream hit, never like missing those. Then a few casts later, miss another hit. This happened a few times over, which was frustrating. Each time I was able to feel the weight of the fish, so it wasn't a case of not waiting long enough. The hook was razor sharp too - I checked. But something wasn't working, so it was time to do something different. Before I go into what I did differently, this is a picture of my rig: With EWG hooks I normally expose the hook point, then pull the plastic up over the hook point to snag-proof it: Rigged this way, I rarely have problems with snags and it saves me a lot of precious fishing time in some of the areas I fish. I'd say for every time I get snagged, it is worth about 10 casts of fishing time, 20 if I lose a leader. Adds up to a lot of missed fishing time when you think about it. I also rarely have problems hooking up rigged this way, but this morning was just not my day. So I exposed the hook point instead. That particular area wasn't all that snaggy, so it was a calculated risk. Next cast, came up tight on my namesake; a little flatty: How cute. Get this little one back in the water and then headed home to find a house of sleepyheads, none the wiser that I had headed out for a fish. All done and dusted in 40 mins or so. Fishing itch sated, I was able to get on with my day. Going to try to get a few more of these sessions in for the coming months. Edited November 17, 2021 by Little_Flatty 18 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jenno64 Posted November 17, 2021 Share Posted November 17, 2021 Nice work! 6lb is always heart in mouth with flatties! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
big Neil Posted November 17, 2021 Share Posted November 17, 2021 Great report of an opportunity taken LF...nice pics to accompany your report too. Cheers, bn 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Isaac Ct Posted November 17, 2021 Share Posted November 17, 2021 Nice job mate, must feel nice to catch some fish. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rebel Posted November 18, 2021 Share Posted November 18, 2021 Great reoprt. Well done. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Restyle Posted November 18, 2021 Share Posted November 18, 2021 Good effort! Enjoyed the read as well! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Sydney Posted November 18, 2021 Share Posted November 18, 2021 Terrific effort to catch in such a short window, great and informative report. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
61 crusher Posted November 18, 2021 Share Posted November 18, 2021 Good report & photos, the bay between the two bridges can be quite productive on a good tide at times with the possibility of picking up a Jew when there’s a lot of bait in there, under the old railway bridge if you walk around the concrete pylon into the centre & cast across close to the next pylon on the top out going tide there’s usually bream lurking there 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Little_Flatty Posted November 18, 2021 Author Share Posted November 18, 2021 40 minutes ago, 61 crusher said: the bay between the two bridges can be quite productive on a good tide at times with the possibility of picking up a Jew when there’s a lot of bait in there That's the one! I've been finding that spot fairly consistent over the years for bream and flathead on lures, on a high tide in the warmer months. Haven't seen a Jew there, maybe I should pay a bit more attention. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yowie Posted November 18, 2021 Share Posted November 18, 2021 Well worth the effort, a nice short session. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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