AlbertW Posted May 30, 2023 Share Posted May 30, 2023 The fishing was done on Sunday but I’ve been a bit busy with assessments and so on, I’ve been looking at cheap Alibaba lures for the past months and they finally arrived a week ago so I took the Sunday out to test them. I didn’t have the chance to fish some microjigs I ordered as I got kicked off the marina after loosing a banger 50cm trev on a zman grub (I was running 4lb braid on a bream setup). After getting cooked I switched spots to a place in the harbour where I could get both blackfish and fish for jewies, flattie and bream. I switched over to my heavier setup and tied on a 14g Alibaba ecogear rip off and ended the day with some cracker fish. I managed to hook up on my first cast with the vibe resulting in a tiny pinky pinned well by the assist hooks. After that came two little flattie around 40cm after getting them back in the drink I tied on a luderick float rig I made onto my light bream rod which had coincidentally the amount of split shot weights I needed to make the float slowly sink so there was no tension when the luderick grabbed my bread. With some simple bread in the water as burley I had a massive school of both luderick and bream busting up at my feet and in 5 minutes I ended up with 3 legal sized luderick and a legal bream of which I only kept the biggest 40cm luderick for dinner. With my time running out I made a final attempt with the vibe and I’m so glad I did as in my first (and last) couple of casts with some help from a blokes net I was able to land a big 62cm model flattie (biggest fish I’ve caught on lures so far) which was safely released back to spawn. Overall incredibly happy with the results of a 6 dollar knock off lure and will definitely order more. ( no photo of the luderick as it went into the wok to steam before I could take a photo ) 18 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
big Neil Posted May 30, 2023 Share Posted May 30, 2023 Good report Albert. Shows that sometimes the lures don't have to be really expensive to get the fish. Probably more important how you use them. Keep up the good work and the reports. bn 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bluebenbomb Posted May 30, 2023 Share Posted May 30, 2023 Well done @AlbertW, I have bought those knockoff aliexpress ecogear lures as well, but haven't really gotten anything on them yet. Seems like you had a great session, good on you for landing that flatty. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Little_Flatty Posted May 30, 2023 Share Posted May 30, 2023 A 62cm flatty is a cracker Albert, well done. Some great luds as well! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yowie Posted May 30, 2023 Share Posted May 30, 2023 A good days fishing, nice flattie and some blackfish and bream on bread. Bread is a cheap but effective bait for many fish species. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Isaac Ct Posted May 30, 2023 Share Posted May 30, 2023 Great stuff Albert, definitely a great session Well done. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rebel Posted May 31, 2023 Share Posted May 31, 2023 Top report, Mate. Great flattie. Super photo. Well done. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kantong Posted May 31, 2023 Share Posted May 31, 2023 super report and well done on the fish! How good is watching the float disappear under the water, such a buzz! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimT Posted May 31, 2023 Share Posted May 31, 2023 16 hours ago, big Neil said: Good report Albert. Shows that sometimes the lures don't have to be really expensive to get the fish. Probably more important how you use them. Keep up the good work and the reports. bn Those metres of colourfully packed devices are more for luring fishers rather than fishes Jim 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burger Posted May 31, 2023 Share Posted May 31, 2023 A bit surprised they didn’t chase you off fishing there… isn’t there a flash hotel and restaurants on that wharf? Glad that they didn’t though! Cracker flatly! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlbertW Posted May 31, 2023 Author Share Posted May 31, 2023 5 minutes ago, Burger said: A bit surprised they didn’t chase you off fishing there… isn’t there a flash hotel and restaurants on that wharf? Glad that they didn’t though! Cracker flatly! No, they actually allow you to fish the bottom and top parts of the big wharf. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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