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Decided to dust off the sage x this morning (no dust on it),  and wet some flies, as the wheathers not appropriate for the boat. 
Probly 12 or so fish landed, alot of smaller fish that where all fun. All in great condition with fat bellys. And this 38cm horse, spotted from a high bank. Nothing better when it all goes too plan. 

So good Allroy! That's some crazy fishing. Thanks for sharing.👍

Was lucky enough to get up to the Kimberley again recently. This time we sailed from the King George river back to Darwin over the course of a week. Here's a couple of hot bites we experienced.
 

Over the last 12-18 months I've got right into my wading and thought I'd have a crack at making my own tub. After a bit of looking around at other set ups, I figured it was best to just dive in and see what happened. 
The basic idea was I wanted to be able to carry more than one rod, be mobile amd be organised. After a trip to the hardware store and the local boating store, I had all the parts I needed. Within an afternoon it was done! 

Generic UV stablised create, electrical conduit for axels, marker bouys / poly floats for wheels and all secured with S/Steel bolts, washers and nylocks. 
Below is a selection of on the job photos.

Overall it works really well. The rod holders allow me to carry multiple rods all rigged differently. This does two things, (1) when I get a season ending wind knot, I just bench the rod and grab another. No lost time not fishing! (2) It speeds up my apprenticeship as I can run multiple options simultaneously and figure out what works in different scenarios.
Only issue I have found is having the reels face inwards takes up a fair amount of room inside the tub and ironically, the reels get wetter inside the tub than outside. This is because when I land a fish, drops of water fall off the net which I dump in the tub during hook removal etc. I tried facing them "backwards" and outside the tub, seems to solve the problem.
1st planned upgrade is a small esky, big enough to fit a YFW in the 30-35cm range!!
TL

Took the old 80D with me when I went camping in October.

Just a quick report as short on time..
Got onto a few fish while away though not in the numbers we were hoping. we managed some squid, KGW, Yelllowfin whiting, flathead, tommies, snook, trevally and salmon trout.
The Jetty was hit and miss for squid but we usually ended up with between 2-6 per session. Baby tommies were in plague proportions over some of the whiting grounds when we could get out in the boat (which wasn't often thanks to persistent 20 knot winds). The squid were mostly small with the occasional 25cm hood showing up. Threw out a slug on the way through the marina and hooked and lost a very nice snook of around 70+ cm which was entertaining. Also lost what could have been a cracking Yellowfin whiting while using a popper over the flats of ski beach as it straightened two hooks on a brand new lure. Wasn't impressed but provided some fun on a slow day  . Replaced the trebles and managed some salmon trout on the popper on a trip down to coffin bay.
Did some snorkelling at the jetty and saw a good sized morwong and some puffer varieties and some magpie perch but not much around in the way of fish.
Overall a good trip but nothing epic. Beautiful part of the world though.

Here's a six minute video I made using the video of my Canon camera a week ago, only problem is I can't get the action shots of hooking a trout with it...
Still it will give you an idea of what it is like fishing a small tannin stream more so than what a photo does I suppose.. I had to put it on YouTube to get it on the site..
cheers
Adrian

I see the onka lads are getting ready for this years event! 😜🤣

So to finish the topic a couple more pics.👍
A few little surprises in with the worms.
Drying before a metho dip.

Double bagged ready for the freezer.👌
Cheers

So to finish the topic a couple more pics.👍
A few little surprises in with the worms.
Drying before a metho dip.

Double bagged ready for the freezer.👌
Cheers

So to finish the topic a couple more pics.👍
A few little surprises in with the worms.
Drying before a metho dip.

Double bagged ready for the freezer.👌
Cheers

So to finish the topic a couple more pics.👍
A few little surprises in with the worms.
Drying before a metho dip.

Double bagged ready for the freezer.👌
Cheers

So to finish the topic a couple more pics.👍
A few little surprises in with the worms.
Drying before a metho dip.

Double bagged ready for the freezer.👌
Cheers

So to finish the topic a couple more pics.👍
A few little surprises in with the worms.
Drying before a metho dip.

Double bagged ready for the freezer.👌
Cheers

G'day all,
Nearly all my fishing these days is done with lures, but I cannot resist the temptation to go out and scoop up what I see as the prime bait for metro land based fishing... The mighty Bloodworm.🙌 
Soooo much fun... Out on the rocks in the pitch black on a windy wintery night with a head torch and a net.😉👍
Last nights conditions were, what I see, as just about prefect for land based collection session. I chose a slightly different spot than in previous years after a little recon the night before. Worked out well as I left after about an hour with plenty of worms, for my needs, and they were still running out in big numbers.👌
 
Sunset from the night before sussing out a good position.🤔😉

The view last night.

The Bloodworms.🙂

Cheers.

So to finish the topic a couple more pics.👍
A few little surprises in with the worms.
Drying before a metho dip.

Double bagged ready for the freezer.👌
Cheers

So to finish the topic a couple more pics.👍
A few little surprises in with the worms.
Drying before a metho dip.

Double bagged ready for the freezer.👌
Cheers

Thanks bjorn.
Could've stayed and scooped the 4 litre limit easily, but this is enough for me and my old back was telling me to go home!  

G'day all,
Nearly all my fishing these days is done with lures, but I cannot resist the temptation to go out and scoop up what I see as the prime bait for metro land based fishing... The mighty Bloodworm.🙌 
Soooo much fun... Out on the rocks in the pitch black on a windy wintery night with a head torch and a net.😉👍
Last nights conditions were, what I see, as just about prefect for land based collection session. I chose a slightly different spot than in previous years after a little recon the night before. Worked out well as I left after about an hour with plenty of worms, for my needs, and they were still running out in big numbers.👌
 
Sunset from the night before sussing out a good position.🤔😉

The view last night.

The Bloodworms.🙂

Cheers.

Yeah the place gets hit pretty hard all the time! Surprised there's any fish at all.🐟👀 
Several groups of fishos scooping last night too.😉

I'm surprised those rocks are not jammed packed with fishos from all the awesome reports you put up..
 

G'day all,
Nearly all my fishing these days is done with lures, but I cannot resist the temptation to go out and scoop up what I see as the prime bait for metro land based fishing... The mighty Bloodworm.🙌 
Soooo much fun... Out on the rocks in the pitch black on a windy wintery night with a head torch and a net.😉👍
Last nights conditions were, what I see, as just about prefect for land based collection session. I chose a slightly different spot than in previous years after a little recon the night before. Worked out well as I left after about an hour with plenty of worms, for my needs, and they were still running out in big numbers.👌
 
Sunset from the night before sussing out a good position.🤔😉

The view last night.

The Bloodworms.🙂

Cheers.

G'day all,
Nearly all my fishing these days is done with lures, but I cannot resist the temptation to go out and scoop up what I see as the prime bait for metro land based fishing... The mighty Bloodworm.🙌 
Soooo much fun... Out on the rocks in the pitch black on a windy wintery night with a head torch and a net.😉👍
Last nights conditions were, what I see, as just about prefect for land based collection session. I chose a slightly different spot than in previous years after a little recon the night before. Worked out well as I left after about an hour with plenty of worms, for my needs, and they were still running out in big numbers.👌
 
Sunset from the night before sussing out a good position.🤔😉

The view last night.

The Bloodworms.🙂

Cheers.

Good job, i thought it was on the full moons during the winter months. ? 
Theres some fat worms there..

Thanks bjorn.
Could've stayed and scooped the 4 litre limit easily, but this is enough for me and my old back was telling me to go home!