JamoDamo Posted August 29, 2022 Share Posted August 29, 2022 This post was recognized by mrsswordfisherman! "What a report!!! Great content" JamoDamo was awarded the badge 'Great Content' and 100 points. G'day Raiders! Its been a while since i've done a report so I thought I might as well do another write up like my previous reports. The last two months have been absolutely awesome fishing wise for me and my brother who recently got into the sport, its been an absolute pleasure teaching him how to fish and how to fish based on the conditions you find yourself facing on the day. I also at the beginning of this year began a fish count/tally to record how many fish I could land in a year on lures and so far me and my brother have caught 2 School Mulloway biggest about 74cm, 6 Aussie Salmon, 30 Estuary Perch , 101 Bream 40cm tip, 65 Dusky Flathead, 1 Australian Bass, 10 talior, 7 Whiting, 1 Bigeye trevally and 7 Silver Trevally all on the Georges river and occasionally the Cooks if I am bothered to get the train there. Over a span of 3 days I easily caught 45 fish that were schooling up sitting in the deep waiting for food to pass by them, little did they know the "food" that they would be gorging on would be my lure! My most memorable catches over those three days were my FIRST Mulloway on a lure that I managed to land on 6lb and bream gear with my lure of choice being an ecogear vx35 blade in the 439 colour you seriously can't go wrong! As soon as it took its first run I just knew it was a Jew big unforgiving headshakes coupled with that screaming run.. That being said it was a consolation prize for the myriad of absolutely massive fish that I simply couldn't stop on my 1-3kg rod and 2000 size reel... Oh well that's part of light tackle fishing! The first day consisted of a weekly tackle shop run to fishin.com.au in Miranda to pick up some new tackle to play with, ended up buying some Keitech easy shiners, the new Pro Lure Clone Prawns 62mm in the "Firetiger" colour, some jigheads, zmans and baitjunkies and I was off! As soon as I got home I packed up everything and got out of the house asap to make good use of the 3-4 hours of afternoon daylight left. Out the door I went walking as fast as my legs could take me to my spot of choice on my local the mighty Georges River. Arriving at the spot around 1pm I hurriedly got down the trail as fast as I could and started fishing. First spot produced a few bites however no hookups.. Alright time to move spots! Walking around the corner I started fishing off the foreshore flicking out my lightly weighted soft plastics for a bream in close, couple hits and misses damn! I've gotta get on the board soon surely? Walked down another 20m on the slippery river rocks (Do not Recommend) and tied on an old time favourite hardbody of mine - the atomic hardz 38 crankbait deep diver in Ghost Gill brown. Everytime I go fishing it is critical to "crack" the pattern on the day and find what presentation the fish will take on the given day and seeing as all my plastics of varying patterns such as a grub or a powerbait shrimp I had to try something different, something that would trigger a bite; something loud and fast whilst having a natural colour scheme and the atomic crank fit the criteria perfectly. Rolling my crankbait over the rocks on a rising tide is quite possibly one of my all time favourite ways to target bream, the takes and the fight whilst trying to extract an angry silver slab of bream from rocks is quite something on light line, usually something i'd do on a hot summer day with cloudy skies but seeing as the day was sunny and warm I had to give it a go! Casting out my crank in close to the rocks rolling it over any structure I could find banging it over rocks seeing if I could attract anything feeding in close. THUMP THUMP BOOM! I'm on! Screaming off to the nearest oyster encrusted rock it could find I knew it i'd hooked my target species, holding my rod high trying to use any leverage I could utilise to keep it head out of the rocks was key, winding like a madman I muscled the fish out of the rocks and up to the surface, another screaming ensues. Trying to not panic from the impending doom of losing a $20 lure "No No No don't do that" I scream I again had to wind and muscle this bream out of the structure and finally it had tired out. Yes! I'm off the donut, my first fish on a hardbody in months took me back to the fond memories of a scorching summer day fishing for bream. Unhooked and a quick photo taken and this 30cm specimen went back in the water. Walking another 20m further along the bank and the crank goes back in for round 2, the adrenaline rush of catching a fish really is something else especially in structure like this! I begin rolling my crank back to me doing the same thing; bashing it into the rocks and waiting in anticipation for another hit from a fish. My lure gets thumped and its another fish, on again! 20 seconds later and he's landed but instead of a bream its a flathead! Been a while since I saw one of these especially on a hardbody in the middle of winter?! Hooks out and the fish is released. Another 20m further down I hook up again pulling out another early 30's bream on a hardbody again.. and again! Ah bugger my crank is snagged, well time to try another presentation! Pulling out a 1/16 jighead and a clone prawn and its back into the thick of it! Casting out my plastic into a big eddy I think to myself surely there has to be a perch here, hop hop hop WHACK! I strike hard driving the hooks in deep and begin to bring the fish in, zzzzzzz the drag screams off. One more nice run and the fish is buggered and guess what? Its a perch! Just like i'd predicted and not a bad fish either about 36cm.. Another photo and back in he goes. This continues and I end up landing another 2 EP around the same size. Walking onto the next spot I go, time to get some more fish! Arriving at the new spot the conditions are perfect, I think to myself maybe today might be the day I finally get a jew.. First cast I end up with my first bream on a proper blade, second cast another bream, third cast another bream, fourth cast my first ep on a blade, 5th cast yields nothing, next cast mid way through my retrieve I get absolutely slammed by something HUGE! I set the hook and get treated to a massive 15 second run, big headshakes follow.. This has to be a jew! Pumping and winding like crazy I begin to retrieve the line and pull this fish back to me, next minute I see a big silver flash from the deep and its bigggg! Finally he surfaces and Yes! ITS A JEW! Finally! I have been waiting years for my first Jew on a lure. After getting a crappy photo and a release (Solo) I end up catching another 20 fish that session, truely a day to remember! Went out with @Berrero for an arvo session and we came across a school trevally, couple casts in and we had a double hook up! Two nice Trevally! They came home for dinner, another two get caught and are kept for dinner. Casting in again in anticipation of another trevally strike I hook up on the strike pro blade and get a massive run again! Screaming off into the deep I find myself trying to keep this fish out of structure as best I can on 6lb whilst trying to get my blade back! He surfaces and Oh my God this Trevally is easily a pb! In the net she goes, we start screaming with joy farout this thing is a beast! On the brag mat she goes, 57cm of Georges River Silver Trevally and a new PB for me smoking my former pb of 48cm! We keep casting and catching trevally landing around 10 fish in total dropping or getting smoked by just as many and to end it I got another PB in one day! My Pb Estuary Perch of 42cm, she was an absolute chunk of a fish unfortunately she scoffed the blade and was bleeding a bit thankfully I was able to extract the hook and get her back in, was more worried about her releasing than a holdup photo. My brother and me also went out for a weekend session and he got an upper river Aussie Salmon and not just one he got two! And on a blade! Well thats my report capped off for the last couple weeks of fishing! Keen to make a few more reports after I finish off school! Thanks for reading! Cheers, JamoDamo 19 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Isaac Ct Posted August 29, 2022 Share Posted August 29, 2022 What a report mate, well done. Great to see you absolutely smashing the fish. That is certainly a massive number you have been able to catch. Well done. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rah Posted August 29, 2022 Share Posted August 29, 2022 What an awesome write up! Awesome work! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
masterfisho7 Posted August 29, 2022 Share Posted August 29, 2022 Man what a top report and photos top stuff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Little_Flatty Posted August 29, 2022 Share Posted August 29, 2022 Cracking report and some cracking fish there @JamoDamo. You've caught as many fish in a couple of weeks as I have caught all year, and I'd like to think I do ok! Well done! It's great to have a local waterway to practice on. Makes a big difference to how often and how well you fish. You might need to seek another job at the tackle shop, with all the fishing you're doing. Trouble is, you need to get paid entirely in lures! 🤣 Salary sacrificed lures, anybody? 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kobi caught a fish Posted August 29, 2022 Share Posted August 29, 2022 Great report and good fish. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larkin Posted August 29, 2022 Share Posted August 29, 2022 Monster report mate! well done on the years catch - some nice fish in there. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yowie Posted August 29, 2022 Share Posted August 29, 2022 A great report, the time and effort has paid off very successfully. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamoDamo Posted August 29, 2022 Author Share Posted August 29, 2022 16 hours ago, Isaac Ct said: What a report mate, well done. Great to see you absolutely smashing the fish. That is certainly a massive number you have been able to catch. Well done. Cheers mate, Winter is becoming one of my favourite times of year now if you find where they are schooling in the deep generally you can get cricket scores of good fish! 16 hours ago, Rah said: What an awesome write up! Awesome work! Cheers Rah appreciate it!! 15 hours ago, masterfisho7 said: Man what a top report and photos top stuff Cheers mate the past couple weeks have been on fire! 14 hours ago, Little_Flatty said: Cracking report and some cracking fish there @JamoDamo. You've caught as many fish in a couple of weeks as I have caught all year, and I'd like to think I do ok! Well done! It's great to have a local waterway to practice on. Makes a big difference to how often and how well you fish. You might need to seek another job at the tackle shop, with all the fishing you're doing. Trouble is, you need to get paid entirely in lures! 🤣 Salary sacrificed lures, anybody? Thanks mate! Its honestly just all about finding the pattern and then just fishing that presentation until they are keen for something else... then switch to a reaction bite lure ie a blade or crankbait. And about the tackle shop they are hiring again so I may send in my CV and also another bloke showed interest in giving me a job at his tackle shop in the sutherland shire so we will see! 12 hours ago, kobi caught a fish said: Great report and good fish Thanks mate! 11 hours ago, Larkin said: Monster report mate! well done on the years catch - some nice fish in there. Thanks Larkin, been a while since I made a report and seeing as the fishing was just that good I thought I might as well make a report! 11 hours ago, Yowie said: A great report, the time and effort has paid off very successfully. Cheers yowie yeah the fish have been biting their heads off! 5 hours ago, leonardgid said: great report , some real nice fish , thank you for sharing . Cheers Leo! 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bessell1955 Posted August 29, 2022 Share Posted August 29, 2022 You certainly hit a purple patch. Well done! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SaltyGreek Posted August 30, 2022 Share Posted August 30, 2022 Awesome! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jenno64 Posted August 30, 2022 Share Posted August 30, 2022 Awesome report! You're killing them! I'd love to fishing a few consecutive days and do the same....i only wish:( 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rebel Posted August 30, 2022 Share Posted August 30, 2022 Super report. Top photos. Thought you had gone on walk about. Well done. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamoDamo Posted August 30, 2022 Author Share Posted August 30, 2022 2 hours ago, bessell1955 said: You certainly hit a purple patch. Well done! Thanks mate! Most session consist of 10+ fish nowadays so i'm pretty stoked to have gotten to this point in my lure fishing! 1 hour ago, SaltyGreek said: Awesome! So bloody good! 53 minutes ago, jenno64 said: Awesome report! You're killing them! I'd love to fishing a few consecutive days and do the same....i only wish:( Thanks Jenno! Yeah they certainly are on atm! Just find the fish and go from there I spose. 33 minutes ago, Rebel said: Super report. Top photos. Thought you had gone on walk about. Well done. Thanks Rebel! Yeh nah never could! Got fish to report! Cheers mate! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dlvbw Posted September 1, 2022 Share Posted September 1, 2022 Brilliant report mate. Great stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scooter0069 Posted September 1, 2022 Share Posted September 1, 2022 Great report and photos Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pickles Posted September 1, 2022 Share Posted September 1, 2022 Very comprehensive report @JamoDamo - great reading, well done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamoDamo Posted September 2, 2022 Author Share Posted September 2, 2022 23 hours ago, dlvbw said: Brilliant report mate. Great stuff. Cheers man! 21 hours ago, Scooter0069 said: Great report and photos Cheers 4 hours ago, Pickles said: Very comprehensive report @JamoDamo - great reading, well done. Cheers Pickles appreciate it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subtropic Posted September 5, 2022 Share Posted September 5, 2022 Great report, and all done from the river bank over a few hundred metres? I fished Yamba the other day, walked 4km for a doughnut. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scratchie Posted September 6, 2022 Share Posted September 6, 2022 A great report and some great fish there young fella 👏👏👏 cheers scratchie!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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