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Vietnamese style salad with pickled squid, topped with crispy fried onions (I buy a large container from the local asian supermarket)

Thanks Man 😀 I knew you would find some 👍
Yes I do go wading at night on a few occasions. I always see them skipping along on the surface. However they are the smaller juveniles. 

after mucking around with those slimey mullet the other night - the time has come for a dedicated fishing rag with caribeena

Maybe try prawning vids - where guys go at night with lights and underwater cameras - you'd see a variety of fleeing I imagine

Or a night wade over the flats would give you a first hand view and maybe get a tasty feed of gars and prawns
 
 
 

 
 

Heres a little snippet where they are more panicked 
 
 

It has been one of the slowest starts to the Yellow Fin Whiting lure fishing season here in S.A.
Adelaide finally got it’s first 30c degree day in 7 months, this November.
It has been a disappointing weather pattern. As soon as we have a warm day, it is followed immediately by a cool change and several days with temperatures in the teens. A sustained warm spell is needed to put some deep set warmth into the water. At present water temps, still hover around the teens.  Well short of the 20+C that makes those big Yellow Fin Whiting rabid hunters. The hotter the better. My favourite YFW spot has the Big Mamas ravenous at 22C.
Nonetheless we have to get our fishing fix and take what is available.
There are plenty of YFW about for the bait fisher. And sub surface lures like the Ecogear ZX are more productive in cooler waters.
At present the most common catch on surface lures are Salmon Trout. In good sizes too, not your small summer sprats.  Their presence is a clear indicator of the cooler water temps.
Flathead are providing a good option to break the monotony of unproductive casts for Whiting.
They don’t mind the current water temperatures. Too hot and the baitfish along with the Flathead disappear from the wading shallows.Whereas the hotter shallow water see the juvenile prawn population thriving and the YFW voraciously feeding on them.
The Ecogear ZX gives you both options. It will take Flathead and YFW. Although you will need to modify your retrieve depending on which fish you want to attract. With whiting it is always the continuous retrieve of a fleeing prawn. For Flathead it is the high lift, pause, retrieve, repeat. For Flathead it is all about the “hang time’” above their eyes. A not infrequent by catch is the odd Flounder. Tasty when cooked fresh. Should you come to a Flathead holding hot spot, my go to lure at present is the OSP Bent Minnow which certainly attracts their attention. These catches in current conditions, necessitate you target a variety. And for those keen on Salmon Trout, you can certainly come away with a full bag.
Mixed bags are what I am getting in these “transitionary” conditions.
But I am keenly looking forward to a heatwave !!!!
Cheers, Des.
 

yabbies and reddies couldnt compete with the Pilchards on the undersized/just size pinky schools we tried them on. They got convincingly beaten - I wont try them again

Hi all.
I went for a cast today. Went some where I havnt been so far this season..
Walked the out going and the incoming.. 8.7ks and 8hours.. Long day..
Water was clear, winds were good and not much floating weed about.
Managed to get 3 @ around 35-36cm.. Nice fat and healthy. Lost 2.
Lots about but they were very scattered and not really in groups... Makes it harder as there is no competition amongst them.. They were not really interested in lures,, Theyd casually follow them and turn away when they got close to me.. Over and over it happened... Kept changing lures and only the 1 type/colour worked today... The ones I got smashed the lure as soon as it hit the water.. Happens often.. Must startle them and they grab it..
The tide was low enough for me to get right out to a sand bar I know there... There were plenty of them, casually swimming about, not a care in the world, but not feeding and didnt really run from me, just kept their distance... I didnt get any here. I tried and tried.. But had to leave as I was out a ways and didnt want to get caught out.. I left that area in frustration.... Next time..
Plenty of small YFW about in large numbers and they were hitting the lure... I kept moving when I found them as they are a pain..
Lots of puffers hitting the lure, Lots of small crabs and a few bigger ones.. Lots of mullet feeding. Lots and lots of small stuff about.
I learnt something new today. I managed to startle a prawn out of its hole.. I got it... This is what we are trying to mimic guys..... I let it go and watched how it escaped me.. I took note how it moved. I did some casts to see if I could do the same.. Got it in the end and the little YFW went spastic. Pitty this happened when I was nearly done for the day as I didnt see any big guys.. Next time..
Used 3 spools and no lost lures.. I tried a new line today.. Very thin and casts for miles..
All in all it was a good day out..
Mike

Haha - I genuinely thought I was coming down with some mystery illness - turns out i was just cold and hadnt checked the forecast for a few days


 

We have all been deceived.  We have been led to believe ''climate change' meant global warming......

I don't think we will ever have good weather again....  

cut a lap of the local micro reddy pond the other day - got a few more salted baits to trial next time the weather is kind

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The little fish we found were bighting very poorly - even on locally caught calamari baits

we anchored on a few schools and could barely get them to bight - its about as bad as Ive seen them bight in many years.

So the Jury is out on Reddies as bait - they will still hit them - but they arent a miracle bait

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The little fish we found were bighting very poorly - even on locally caught calamari baits

we anchored on a few schools and could barely get them to bight - its about as bad as Ive seen them bight in many years.

So the Jury is out on Reddies as bait - they will still hit them - but they arent a miracle bait

Haha - I remember watching those old classics on the ABC with the old man as a kid.

A few days before the water rations were put in place we spent a good 2 hours in the blazing sun, digging the 4wd out of the side of a sand dune.

It was a good reminder that when you're in a spot thats a long way from the nearest mechanic and has a rep for being tough on cars, you may be out there a bit longer than you had planned😉
 

Bait to the right and scraps to the left - gonna check if reds like redfin

Haha - I remember watching those old classics on the ABC with the old man as a kid.

A few days before the water rations were put in place we spent a good 2 hours in the blazing sun, digging the 4wd out of the side of a sand dune.

It was a good reminder that when you're in a spot thats a long way from the nearest mechanic and has a rep for being tough on cars, you may be out there a bit longer than you had planned😉
 

Haha - I remember watching those old classics on the ABC with the old man as a kid.

A few days before the water rations were put in place we spent a good 2 hours in the blazing sun, digging the 4wd out of the side of a sand dune.

It was a good reminder that when you're in a spot thats a long way from the nearest mechanic and has a rep for being tough on cars, you may be out there a bit longer than you had planned😉
 

All very good points Rybak - yeah my fish handling in the vid could have been better. I'll make sure its wet in the future.

The smooth PVC is probably better than rasping away on dry carpet or dry floors but there is definitely room for improvement in technique.

I would never have attempted the aerial stuff but the Camera man was complaining about his sore back, so I was trying to avoid him having to bend over to film.

Once the filming was over it was done on the floor - but the floor was dry aswell - might have to rig up a rectangular landing tub with some water it and just leave the measurer in that


Thanks for the suggestions
 

"
It was a remote area, so our drinking water was still too important to waste on getting soap out of someones hair"
 
reminds me of a Ronnie Barker tv skit.
 
He  was a Britsh Officer serving in India.. bemoning that they nearly died of thirst...
" All the beer was gone, no gin left, whiskey finished weeks ago... we were down to our last 2 bottles of brandy"
" Sir... didnt you have any water...?"
"Of couse m'boy... but the situation was too serious to be concerned with cleanliness...."

You will have to make Mark II now...............

Thats a ripper  - thanks Rybak