First of all sorry for the lack of blog updates, the river is in flood and I was busy with end of year school work. The recent kayak exploration was paddling to the mangroves and fishing for barramundi. This time was just like it except we went further into the back creek systems, yes I say we because I take a mate it is a lot safer when there is two people. we started off at a dirt boat ramp and while our kayaks floated in the water waiting to set off on the epic journey my mate and I tried on our lures, my lure of choice was a koolie minnow natural shine. Once again my lure of choice is made by Sebile but if you ever get your hands on one of these fantastic lures you will know why. The lure was 76mm long and ready to snatch up whatever would jump at it. My friend used a rattsler to help me test them out and on his second line had a rapala but once again the Sebile did him good and his lure wasn’t even needed. All my sebiles go into a lure cabinet I made to show off their battle scares and remind me of their battles until the next time I take them out to the water. After the lures were on we set off for the on paddle to the back creaks of the tidal causeway lake. Once we got to the area that Barra were originally caught we anchored and cast up close to the roots of the mangroves, the Barra dig holes in these root systems and hide there until the baitfish (in this case our lures) swim past and bam we have one on our line. This time only small Barra were caught but that wasn’t surprising because the water looked like tea but we did catch some mangrove jack and type of large toothy herring. We dropped a crab pot in and then pulled our anchors out and went to a bank to have lunch. After lunch we checked the pot and the crab bait had been munched and shredded but no crabs so that was odd. After that our luck went on a downfall because no matter what lure we put on the fish didn’t seem to want it. So that was the end of another day as we paddled back to the boat ramp. Yet another Sebile was added to the lure rack.
Hey clay, remeber I caught the barramundi and mangrove jack but you only caught the herring, not to rub it in. by the way they were caught on the crankster not the ratsler. Can't wait till next time. hopefully the water won't be the colour of chocholate thickshake.
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ReplyDeleteyes you did catch the barramundi on that trip and as we have found out it was a nice sized steel back but i would have rathered gone up against that mangrove jack you hooked up on. and yes i am getting sick of the fitzroy flooding and making the capricorn cost the colour of 'chocolate milk'
Hey guys, ive just started using a couple smaller sized Sebiles and have found they are deadly for all estury fish. just match the size of the lure to the targeted fish and you are as good as gold, thanks guys
ReplyDeletethanks for you post, yes make sure you also get a couple of colours or one very good colour for a particualar fish because you never know what variables can happen. for example recently heavy rains and flooding have 'tea stained' my favourate spots so different colours are needed
ReplyDeleteJust wondering, how this lure works? and how much did it cost you? Thanks for the information.
ReplyDeletethe lure costs roughly $20 depending on size and dealer. the lures tail flicks side to side and it rolls slightly and the head of the lure can kick up giving an effect of fleeing baitfish if the lure is worked properly
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