Canal Breaming

After that somewhat good session in Glebe, I was tempted to head there again but after a quick check of the current wind directions, it seemed like Le Montage or poor-man stretch was those go-ers. Then I thought, nah, it's been quite a while since I've visited Iron Cove and so went there instead. Have done ok at night around there and was hoping it'll produce on a relatively calmless and cooling night. Reached there with about 1 hour plus to spare for the incoming. The water level was pretty high for that stretch but it didn't bother me so long my feet wasn't wet. As usual, just chuck the Tango with megastrike for night luring nowadays. Couple of first casts didn't met with hits but as soon as I was at the mouth of the canal, BANG... the lure got smashed just right under my feet! Stradic sang for 2 times but I knew it was quite a heavy one. Slowly play that fish as there is no snag country around. The irritating thing was trying to lip grip that bugger as he kept thrashing around even when I had his head out of the water surface. But still, no escape..

Song lah.. just there for barely 10 minutes and already scored a 34cm. But that bugger don't know how it can flatten the Owner treble! Diew lah, waste my money again! Luckily I got spare trebles but in fact I pull it out from the dis-used Daiso lure and put it onto Tango. Can't stop using this hip-hop lure.

After that drama, continued around the same spot. Suddenly I saw a squid near my feet! Quickly snap out the Tango and switched to a squid jig and see if can catch a sotong at that polluted canal! But by the time I had put on the jig, the squid was gone. Tried casting in every direction but just no takes. Sianz... Changed back to the Tango and moved down towards the canal. Never really lured this section before as I thought it was too shallow or too stinky to catch anything. Few casts later had a weird take which I haven't been experiencing for a long long time! Yes, a flathead!

Actually this flathead fought quite alright. I really miss them. But the change of tactics nowadays meant that my concentration was on breams rather than flatties. Going at past 40cm from my hao-lian ruler (approx 42cm), not a bad size either during winter. I kept getting hits non-stop on the Tango but just couldn't connect. Thinking that it might be smallies so I didn't bother adding more pizza smell. Just as I thought, one solid take after a few casts from the flathead I scored a winner. This one ran better than the 34 and I'd truly enjoyed Stradic's drag. Surprisingly, it was a mere 30cm!

Big ones don't muck around with the lure. They go for treble instead of headbutting the lure body, hahahahahahaha... I hope all other species behave the same way! After that, it was pretty quiet. Had a few hits here and there whilst I slowly move to the floating debris thing. The water was stagnant and the shrimps were jumping at the bank fringe. Made a parallel cast and had a dropped baby, TAMADE! Held my rod high and jiggle the HB along the bank. One hit and I was on with this virtual non-fighter.

Small ones can only headbutt the lures. The moment it reached the grass, it fell off from the hook. Sadly, all I could manage was this small one even though I knew there were other small schoolies with him. Moved back out to the canal mouth and dropped another flathead which felt alright weight! Sianz... Phil called for tea back at HQ and so packed up for what I'll say an enjoyable breezeless and dewy night op. Tango out!

Ronald