gerg Posted February 7, 2011 Share Posted February 7, 2011 Summer holidays were spent in Mallacoota this year with the family. 2 weeks with nothing planned, boat in tow, packed to the brim with rods and lures. What more could you ask for? We fished every day bar 2, whilst I waited for my spare prop to be sent down from Sydney. Running from the top lake on the second day, I threw a blade on the prop. Nasty stuff! and luckily there was no major damage... Most days fishing were for a couple of hours in the afternoon. Often with one of my kids on board, to chase some flatty's and or Bream! We had a blast, casting crankbaits tight to the snags and potholing fish. The trusty old SX40 (bluegill) did most of the damage over the 2 weeks, and to be perfectly honest, it was the first time I'd thrown one in ages. All my kids got onto fish, and achieved some firsts and PB's. Both Tom (7) and Ben (3) got their first Black Bream. Tom also got a heap of good size flatty's and a Blackfish. What a great way to spend the holidays! Here's some footage of a great little session I had with my brother Chris. Cheers, Greg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dhype Posted February 7, 2011 Share Posted February 7, 2011 Summer holidays were spent in Mallacoota this year with the family. 2 weeks with nothing planned, boat in tow, packed to the brim with rods and lures. What more could you ask for? We fished every day bar 2, whilst I waited for my spare prop to be sent down from Sydney. Running from the top lake on the second day, I threw a blade on the prop. Nasty stuff! and luckily there was no major damage... Most days fishing were for a couple of hours in the afternoon. Often with one of my kids on board, to chase some flatty's and or Bream! We had a blast, casting crankbaits tight to the snags and potholing fish. The trusty old SX40 (bluegill) did most of the damage over the 2 weeks, and to be perfectly honest, it was the first time I'd thrown one in ages. All my kids got onto fish, and achieved some firsts and PB's. Both Tom (7) and Ben (3) got their first Black Bream. Tom also got a heap of good size flatty's and a Blackfish. What a great way to spend the holidays! Here's some footage of a great little session I had with my brother Chris. http://vimeo.com/18556288 Cheers, Greg Hi Greg Looks ike you had a great time out with the family... some very nice fish caught! Love the angles / effects of the photos! Cheers Trung Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joco Posted February 7, 2011 Share Posted February 7, 2011 NICE report, thank you for sharing.... SOME nice healthy Bream you fellas caught.... WELL done... The little ones must be cheering.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gerg Posted February 9, 2011 Author Share Posted February 9, 2011 Cheers guys. My kids love to get out on the boat fishing. My secret to getting them onto the fish is to put my own rod and reel away, and concentrate 100% on them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bassboy888 Posted February 10, 2011 Share Posted February 10, 2011 Gerg, well done on getting the kids onto fish! there are some awesome photo's in there too! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brendong Posted February 10, 2011 Share Posted February 10, 2011 Mate how good is 'Coota....top spot to take the family with some cracking fish on the door step....solid mix if Blacks and yellow with some fun taylor and sambo's and some honking EP's and Breambo's right up in the reaches....tough spot to beat really....Oh and some crazy lizards also...great pics and awesome to see your kids are getting into the game too, I love seeing 'em crack a new pb....my 11 year old has a better lizard than I do Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jenno64 Posted February 11, 2011 Share Posted February 11, 2011 Superb shots of some beautiful fish and the kids looked like they had a ball too! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pmak Posted February 12, 2011 Share Posted February 12, 2011 Greg, Gotta love pics of kids getting good fish. Well done man. They can share in their Dad's obsession eh? Great pics too - what camera/lens combination is it? Very wide angle lens/semi fish-eye. Like how the blue in the sky comes out too - did you use a polarising filter? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arpie Posted February 12, 2011 Share Posted February 12, 2011 WOW!! Awesome pics, Greg! Really great to see the kids getting quality fish as well!! Obviously Well taught!! Looks like you had a great time, other than the prop busting off! Well done Roberta Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gerg Posted February 14, 2011 Author Share Posted February 14, 2011 Pmak - Yes, the shared obsession is great. No arguments about what we are doing on the weekend... These photos are shot on a combination of cameras. Nikon D200/10.5mm fisheye and GoPro HD. The GoPro mounts directly to the boat and either records HD video or can be set to take timelapse photos at a specified interval. Silhouette images are from the Go Pro. I collected over 3000 timelapse images at Mallacoota in 2 sessions. Will make for some great timelapse video when I get a chance to pull it all together. It captures a lot of those moments you miss if you have to pick up a camera. Roberta - thanks, we had a blast. The busted prop was annoying, but luckily I was able to get my spare sent from Sydney pretty quickly. No serious damage done, but we did have to idle back to the ramp which took us over an hour. Tom caught some nice tailor, trolling a hardbody so the time wasn't wasted. Greg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PRED-ATOR Posted February 14, 2011 Share Posted February 14, 2011 mate there some cracker fish. always good to see the youngens getting into the sport Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gerg Posted February 15, 2011 Author Share Posted February 15, 2011 (edited) For anyone interested here is a link to some footage of a stingray Chris hooked and landed on Bream gear whilst on this Mallacoota Trip. A lot of this is shot on the Go Pro HD. Greg Edited February 15, 2011 by gerg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bassboy888 Posted May 8, 2011 Share Posted May 8, 2011 Gerg just looking through my latest modern fishing mag and saw an article on you and your lureandfly.com team fishing the 2011 daiwa australian open bream event. awesome work Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gerg Posted May 10, 2011 Author Share Posted May 10, 2011 Gerg just looking through my latest modern fishing mag and saw an article on you and your lureandfly.com team fishing the 2011 daiwa australian open bream event. awesome work thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kadavu Posted May 10, 2011 Share Posted May 10, 2011 Some nice photos of bream in there's good job, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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