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yellow door 1 got a reaction from bjorn2fish in Innovative Ideas Man
New species on the wall tonight every thing I hooked had nasty dentures tonight
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yellow door 1 got a reaction from Plectropomus in Innovative Ideas Man
Yeah its the same style of implosion feeding - My observations may differ with others in different waters - but they will raid in very small packs but often is just single boofs. And in Melbourne its the smaller fish that make the most noise and disturbance.
Its almost as if the bigger fish have learnt not to boof - or at least they do it much more rarely than the little ones that boof like mad and are messy feeders.
When Im catching larger perch in Melbourne, I often wont hear a boof at all - they tend to leave swirls with no audible boof. But this is when they are surface feeding with 3m of water under them.
Ive watched jewies be extremely cautious while approaching bait schools in deep water - never increasing speed from a slow crawl - thats before the hit and after - they just "cough" and continue at the same pace. I assumed they do that so the bait school doesnt disperse or get unnecessarily spooked. There are kind of like "Pick Pockets" as opposed to "Armed smash and grab robbers" -
So much so that I used to think my livies were getting hit by squid - The slow and gradual loading of the rod tip was confusing because Jewies dont hit like that elsewhere. The rod tip would just slowly arc over and then they would spit the bait. Took actually seeing them feed to work out it was just slow-mo Jewies who were trying to be stealthy and not disturb the huge baits schools also in the area
I wonder if the larger perch I target have adopted a more subtle feeding style aswell.
But down here on the coast - there seems to be some very aggressive feeding - I found a strip of bait stacked against another shallow bay last night and the Perch and bream were making as much noise as they could while hunting - savage slashes and boofs - in this scenario - keeping the bait frightened and exhausted while pushed against the dry sand probably works in their favour.
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yellow door 1 reacted to Meppstas in Trout fishing at it's best..
This was a great spin session on the trout in one of my favourite tannin streams.. Hope you enjoy it..
cheers
Adrian
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yellow door 1 got a reaction from Softy in Innovative Ideas Man
And I just found out if you left your lure sink to the bottom - there’s little pinks there aswell
the shrimp weren’t as thick tonight
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yellow door 1 reacted to Plectropomus in Innovative Ideas Man
I was doing alright this arvo….. until the tax man showed up
I was thinking "shark? ....down there?", but it looks like Sammy the Seal. I really like oily fish, and well remember having some marvellous battered 'coutta and chips down at Queenscliff (?) in Victoria. Yet most folk seem to loathe them as wormy line-cutters.
Sounds like a great fishing location!
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yellow door 1 got a reaction from Sharksta in Innovative Ideas Man
I was doing alright this arvo….. until the tax man showed up
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yellow door 1 got a reaction from Softy in Innovative Ideas Man
Hanging out with these Warrnambool killers has changed my perspective on things
Figured I might take a few home to feed to the Jewies.
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yellow door 1 got a reaction from Plectropomus in Innovative Ideas Man
I’m down in Warrnambool for a bit so I’ve been bouncing around like a blue arsed fly, trying to find after work spots worth hitting twice.
found one last night. A little bay jam packed with 2 inch bait. Little eps and bream were whacking them in the darkness at low tide. Hopefully their bigger bros show up when the water isn’t ankle deep
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yellow door 1 got a reaction from Plectropomus in Innovative Ideas Man
When the big old town bridge trout ignore every lure in your kit. Time to change plans and hit the estuary
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yellow door 1 got a reaction from Des in Innovative Ideas Man
I’m down in Warrnambool for a bit so I’ve been bouncing around like a blue arsed fly, trying to find after work spots worth hitting twice.
found one last night. A little bay jam packed with 2 inch bait. Little eps and bream were whacking them in the darkness at low tide. Hopefully their bigger bros show up when the water isn’t ankle deep
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yellow door 1 got a reaction from Wert in Innovative Ideas Man
Been hanging out with some fish murderers
While I took no part in the killing of big old bream for yabby bait😳
i did lend a hand to collect some chicken food.
I got chatting to an angler on the rock wall who breeds chickens and he reckons they love a bit of couta So when I found some, I called him over so we could both lose some lures. I was rigged for trevally so it got a bit dumb in the end but we got enough to keep his chooks fed for a few nights
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yellow door 1 got a reaction from bjorn2fish in Innovative Ideas Man
Although size is increasing slightly. I’m beginning to think this bay might be too shallow for anything but runts. It’s probably why all the mullet stack so tight against the shore line.
im getting tempted to grab a few as livies and chuck them out into some deeper water
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yellow door 1 got a reaction from Softy in Innovative Ideas Man
Although size is increasing slightly. I’m beginning to think this bay might be too shallow for anything but runts. It’s probably why all the mullet stack so tight against the shore line.
im getting tempted to grab a few as livies and chuck them out into some deeper water
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yellow door 1 got a reaction from Softy in Innovative Ideas Man
I’m down in Warrnambool for a bit so I’ve been bouncing around like a blue arsed fly, trying to find after work spots worth hitting twice.
found one last night. A little bay jam packed with 2 inch bait. Little eps and bream were whacking them in the darkness at low tide. Hopefully their bigger bros show up when the water isn’t ankle deep
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yellow door 1 got a reaction from Des in Innovative Ideas Man
When the big old town bridge trout ignore every lure in your kit. Time to change plans and hit the estuary
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yellow door 1 got a reaction from Softy in Innovative Ideas Man
Yeah it’s been a long time since I’ve hooked a Trev. They’ve definitely earned their rep as a fighter
I was chasing salmon at the time and I was glad I had 10lb leader on when he started head butting the rock wall.
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yellow door 1 reacted to Softy in Innovative Ideas Man
Those Trevor's would put up a good fight
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yellow door 1 got a reaction from Softy in Innovative Ideas Man
If you are going to use zipties as the weak link - just make sure they are a "Weak Link"😉
I originally went with the thicker red one in the middle - that was the one holding on passed 30kg - the short red ones are the ones that break at around 10kg - Id be scared to think what it would take to break the black one
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yellow door 1 got a reaction from Des in Innovative Ideas Man
Sometimes it can be a wild ride on the bog and you need 2 hands to hang on😁
Surfing strikehook on the job just got a whole lot easier.
I cut my groove on a 22 degree angle
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yellow door 1 got a reaction from Softy in Innovative Ideas Man
Heres the white one swimming bait fish style
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yellow door 1 got a reaction from Softy in Innovative Ideas Man
The new fake Zman sand worms arrived - very impressed with strength, flexibility and best of all, the tail wiggle on the pause
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yellow door 1 reacted to Softy in Innovative Ideas Man
Impressive...
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yellow door 1 reacted to dmck in Innovative Ideas Man
I'd be too stuffed from blowing it up to go fishing!!!
I admire your stamina... can I please have some?