Breaming In Hot Spring

With a not so highest high tide, and a northerly blowing these few days during lunch time, I went out to the current talk-of0the-town (my town anyway) spot to try and cure the lure itch. After helping my supervisor's tutorial yesterday, I was contemplating to either go Kyeemagh tackle shop or go for a lure. I brought my tackle out anyway and whilst driving past Princes Highway, Rocky called me. He said he wanted to fish for awhile and thus made me changed my mind. Told him I'm going to a new spot and directed him the street name. Straight up he knew where I was going and drove up to meet me. Upon reaching there, the wind wasn't what I expected to be right from behind, instead, slightly slanted. I was there 1st and started rigging up a new worm on the 1/22 gama. 1st cast from a small window of mangroves it was met with ferocious bites. Back to the sweet spot it went again and suddenly I felt a thug. Striked and nothing, only to wind back and the whole bloody worm was gone! KNNBCCB!!! Confirmed not a toad, probably just a small bream which grab hold of the tail and yanked it out from the jighead. Decided to change to a used grub only to be decimated by toadies. Got sick of it and changed to a Ecogear Bugant on a 1g modded head. Switched over to another side of the mangroves and casted tight to the not-so-strong current. Just as I've hopped the bug closed to the tree, whammed... off it goes. Not a terrific fight but the take was explosive as I could see the silver flash coming out of nowhere and the next thing I knew the rod was buckled. Bugger it, this bream was hooked on the eye (AGAIN?!?!) and gave quite a good account of itself.

Measured 29cm and luckily it was hooked on the socket and missed the eyeball. Removed it gently and that guy swam away with gusto. Just as I was taking the pics, Rocky showed up. He was using his SX-40s while I still continued with the plastics. Changed to a 1/24 nitro with a new worm and caught another smallie.

Released the bugger and not long later, I snagged the nitro, KNNBCCB!!! A dollar jighead gone just a few casts. Rocky had a take on his SX but missed the hookup. Then I knew I had to go soon after being there for like less than an hour. Had to rush back to Uni to settle the IELTS test thing and also evening work in Myer. We parted ways and Rock went on to another spot.

Come Friday, it was yours truly going for a short lure again. Googled some new spots to suit the Northerly and went to recce that place. It's not that far from Chen's jewie spot and basically they all looked the SAME!!! Hahahaha... Reached the spot and it was bloody hot! The place looks the goods and I wasted no time. Rigged up a used (jointed) worm on the modded head. 1st cast and couple of twitches later I felt some bites. Stopped the worm and tried jiggling. The lure moved and striked, off it goes. Not a terrific fight but still good fun. To my surprise it was a good size breambo of 33cm.

Did a 'cradle' pose rather the usual 'pinching' pose, hehe.. There was a group of young and old folks picnic there and they all came over to have a look. One even took photos of the fish with his pro camera. They all kept asking me: "what bait u using?", "are you gonna eat it?", "do u often catch fish here?" those usual questions. Of course happy to answer those questions but if each and everyone ask that same set of questions, farking irritating man!!! Ask one of the pro camera guy to help me take a pic. After releasing the fish, they left like patrons in a cinema. Continued downstream for few hits and misses till I scored 2 Tarwhines. Yes, you heard it right, Tarwhines in this river?!

Small but it was my 1st time catching tarwhines on lures. Then a school bus of kids came and I knew I had to scram. Changed spot and crossed over to other side of a bridge. Nothing happening here even though the tide was moving out. Caught 2 flatties on the same worm and the worm was still intact! Bravo.. Just as I was packing up to leave, a ute drove past and some oscar zulu yankee-doodles ang moh slurred expletives at me which I can't make out what there was but something like: "Stop fishing here and throw back the fishes you piece of asian shit, u fucking cunt.. blah blah blah..." Don't know if I want to get stoned or laugh but I chose the latter.

Ronald