dirvin21

Just drove the boat upriver on low tide at slow speed looking for obstacles figuring out the best passage I mark waypoints on areas like gravel barswhere I need to slow down and trim motor up in case I'm travelling in the dark

Plenty being caught up on the Nambucca, I haven't been able to get up there yet

The last month we've been exploring the upper tidal reaches of the Hastings, it's a treacherous run upriver from Wauchope but we've managed to plot a safe course. With my 1 day off decided it was a day for an early solo run up there. There's a nasty gravel bed with a windy channel but the plus side once I pass it I have the river to myself And you get sections like this without another boat in sight Had a few casts on the gravel bed with a small crank, hooked into a solid flathead which managed to throw the hook and spotted a shark cruising the shallows to start the morning. Moving upriver saw some splashing, then I realise it's actually a bust up, thinking tailor I cast it with hardbodies and soft plastics for not even a follow. Getting desperate I dig out my emergency box of random lures and pull out a 10 gram metal slice, first cast it's annihalated thinking tailor the fish played deep and I was surprised to see a big eye trevally come up (with a shark trailing) Haven't caught one of these guys for ages, didn't waste anytime releasing the trev and casting for more. Things were a little quiet but by coincidence I miss casted and when ripping the lure in the trevs were all over it Found the pattern, they wanted the lure cranking as fast as possible, they were puttting up a great scrap. Then a much bigger trev appears nailing the slug right beside the boat, the fish took off at speed going deep, I was worried it would get sharked but luckily after a drawn out fight of circling and solid runs a much better big eye hits the deck At 45cm a new pb big eye, After a few more smaller ones thet disappeared as quickly as they appeared so switched it up to casti g plastics for bream The bream were happy to oblige didn't take long to get one on the boat Mistly small fish but did manage one reasonable bream About 9 o'clock the bite really slowed, and getting hot decided to call it a day, only a short session but fiery session hopefully a sign of more to come Cheers for reading Dave

Getting bigger Mike Love reading your fly fishing journey

Wash it with freshwater via a fine mist I usually use the hose with the spray setting, be thorough then allow it to drip dry

Zman slim swim 2.5inch bloodworm colour (i have tried other colours but bloodworm is the most consistent), especially when they're prawn feeding The retrieve is a bit tricky but essentially you need to flick/twitch it along the bottom rather than hop it off the bottom like for flatties and bream keeping your rod tip low give it 3 or 4 fast flicks then pause, the idea is to mimic a prawn shooting across the bottom, the hits are generally not subtle Scent is also a must for this technique It can be a bit hit and miss, whiting can be unbelievably fickle when it comes to lures I'm hoping this summer I'll get a chance to film this technique

Rock Ling, Genypterus tigerinus or a Pink Ling, Genypterus blacodes, the tail is a bit off but closest Ican find

I have a nasci and 2 stradics honestly when the stradic dies I'll replace it with a with nasci

Shimano nasci, great reel for the price

Used the propbaits were decent quality

Strikepro and reidys aren't too badly priced andcswim well As you likely know mostvof the really cheap hardbodies are junk

Bream are seriously cunning fish I've spent many frustrating hours trying to fool xos marina fish, the other fish I've seen demonstrate that level of frustrating intelligence are southern mangrove jacks the cooler water temps must fuel brain development because sometimes I swear i see them thinking before refusing my lure

Could be slightly off centre Try a gentler lift

They're the things I remember

I've always known them as a green nipper, I think they are a type of pistol shrimp

Nice pest cull, carp are good fun

https://www.ifs.tas.gov.au/anglers-access-program

Tassie has a great angler access website

That's the best story I've heard all day, gotta love cutting corners

Cracker of a bream mate

With practice you can cast just as accurately with spin especially if you get a short rod I solely use spin outfits for my bass fishing I find them way more versatile

Both decent rods, personally I'd go the arrowz, but my suggestion would be see if you can find them in store and have a feel of them

Definitely mate

Nice cod grind Steve, you're doing better than me this winter

It's all good now mate, ramp at Wauchope is all fixed and you can boat under bridge finally