snag bashing day 2

On the second day we met up at the car park and walked to the first spot, where the water was still up high. Determined to get a fish, I walked as deep as I could and cast my pink A.T. worm into the snags, within a few twitches a mighty pikey bream was taken then tagged for a healthy release.

 

 

 

My mate quickly started his fish account with a healthy barra that was released, after tagging a fair few fish we moved on, the next hole had some fish hitting the lures but not completely taking them, this is when the McArthy 3 inch finesse minnow soft plastic was used weedless rigged and pumped out several fish including bream and cod.

 

 

 

 Another cod was then taken on the weedless rigged A.T. worm. All up these worms were smashing the fish.  The day ended well for tagging and catching with barra, bream, cod, flatties and rays all hooked and landed.

For information on where to get these great lures head over to

http://www.nomadtackle.ashop.com.au/p/1141757/mcarthy-soft-plastic---3-finesse-minnow-pack-15.html

Fish light get the bite,

Clayton

Snag bashing day 1

On day one after picking up my mate we headed on up to the fishing spot, after a long walk through the mangroves we emerged in a little creek, making our way along sand flat to the main creek. We made our way out on the flowing channel, staying on the sandbar and avoiding the rays shooting off in front of us. After a few casts into the snags a trevally was pulled out and taken to the bank for a quick photo before release, although not a second after spearing it back into the channel a big white sea eagle swooped down and took this catch, having to hold it in both claws. The best few cast produced some nice hits but after a perfectly placed cast between two fallen trees a Barra was enticed onto the hook after two quick flicks and a pause of the weedless Rigged A.T. worm.

 

The screams from the reel was amazing as the Barra peeled line off bolting for the snags, leaping in the air and holding itself in the current, this fight was second to none.  Another two barra followed for that day long with cod. It was found putting these plastics under the overhanging sticks and deep into the mangroves well and truly in the shade is when the fish struck, which came as no surprise considering it was mid-day. The Sebile A.T worm was clearly a cut above the rest.

Fish light, get the bite,

Clayton

prepping for the end of school session

After a long Wednesday afternoon It was time to prep the gear for a trip to my favourite fishing spot in the Yeppoon area, and my spot x from that location. Connecting the fluorocarbon leader to the braid was made easy using an Albright knot. After that the leader and braid was run through the guides and connected to the weedless rigged A.T. worms. 

 For ease of access my braid scissors, multi tool and waterproof camera was clipped to the strap of my back pack where they can be placed in the mesh pocket. The front pocket held my go pro camera, multiple leader sizes and a few sebiles in their box. The main zip was where a tackle box of sebiles, tackle box of jig heads, water bottle, tagging gear and soft plastics in their packets was stashed.  All in all this kit was perfect for the estuary action I was about to experience, the anticipation was killer.

Fish light, get the bite,

Clayton