I left the kayak on the roof in case forecasts were wrong and we had some good weather, and boy did we, light breeze and sunny skies.
Launched @ swan boat hire around 9:00am. Decided to see which worked better today, my favorite lure - a Tilsan Pink Minnow vs soft plastic - a pink snapback worm. I would slow troll the lure in the holder and add some action to the soft plastic tolling as i held it.
The first fish went to the Lure - a 38cm flathead.
Another on the lure - a small bream.
And again on the lure - a small flathead
Again on the lure - a small flathead
And another on the lure - a small flathead... where are the big ones today?
At this point I bumped into another kayaker who was having his first fish on his brand new viking and looking right at home.
After a quick chat we went for a troll together and shortly after the lure goes off and I land a 46cm flathead; thats a bit better.
At this point it's obvious the lure is much more effective so I get rid of the soft plastic. I was kinda hoping my new friend could get onto his first fish and I could snap a good picture of him losing his virginity. Just as I think that his rod buckles over, drag screaming... must be something big.
It wasn't too long after this shot that we realised it was a snag, to make matters worse the lure could not be retrieved. We re-rig and head off again trolling.
I get another small flathead.
My new friend headed of to take his family for a spin in the yak and I decided to fish some livies back with the current, while I was drifting along re-rigging my livey rod the floating lure takes off, 6lb braid peeling off the spool. After a 5 min fight in the shallow water I land a nice 36cm grunter.
Lost all my livies with no hookups but on the way back to the car I picked up another small flathead on the lure.
All these little flathead around is a great sign and good times to tweak out what works well and what doesn't.
Dan
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