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Ive always wanted to get a couple of 'bigger' bream in the onk on soft plastics/hardbodies. Having mainly fished hardbodies and weedless plastics around snags in the old noarlunga parts in the warmer months ive never come across anything bigger then late 20's.
 
I decided to hit the onk in the kayak to sound around and find some deeper parts as i have heard that as the day goes on the bream go deep. The past few weeks i did 5 sessions, morning, afternoon and midle of the day.
 
So first session i kayaked around with the fishfinder found some deep parts around river road. And some bits that drop off going south towards seaford. So it was a start for that area. Paddled to south road bridge afterwards remembering some likely spots aswell.
 
Had a land based flick one morning the other weekend and pulled one 33cm at sheep pilons and a little tacker. Got my first mulloway on sp's aswell 😃
 
As winter came to an end i actually concentrated in bits that were about 700mm to a 1.5m deep and found more bream waiting in these areas. I would drift over these areas looking at my sounder finding schools bunched up paddle to the bank and cast over them. If i was fishing plastics a would cast against the tide and bring my plastic back with it for a more realistic presentation. Hardbodies i would cast whatever way. I found the hidden weight jigheads by TT worked a more finesse presentaion and got more fish. Got 5-7 fish a session. Biggest went 39cm! Almost got my goal of 40cm. It will come soon. Heres a veiw pics. Happy fishing

Under the jetty light, unweighted half garfish or pilchard and you will have a ball. Any clear surface lures such as the bassday sugapen will also work if the snook are I'm the mood which they often are. Using heavier gear when chucking $20 lures near planks. Sometimes a crab net will come in handy if you hook some of the larger models.
 
I don't bother trying to catch them during the day.

Had a bit of fun yesterday catching a few 45cm Salmon on 1-3kg sticks with a couple of mates.

Had a bit of fun yesterday catching a few 45cm Salmon on 1-3kg sticks with a couple of mates.

Had a bit of fun yesterday catching a few 45cm Salmon on 1-3kg sticks with a couple of mates.

Had a bit of fun yesterday catching a few 45cm Salmon on 1-3kg sticks with a couple of mates.

Had a bit of fun yesterday catching a few 45cm Salmon on 1-3kg sticks with a couple of mates.

Well my mate asked me along another Kangaroo Island trip last holidays! Arrived back home last week with an experience we will never forget. 

When we first arrived on Hanson bay, we got out of the car for a quick stretch and collected some fresh air on the front porch. We looked at the first bay to see a massive patch of "seaweed/reef" that was never there before? After a long analysis, I realised it was a salmon school that was incredibly close to shore!!    We quickly started to unpack but my mates mum told us to grab the rods and go so we did!   
It was the closest school I have ever seen and the salmon weren't small! We hooked up every cast for a good 25 minutes before the school moved out deeper. Biggest went 70cm and they were all around 65-70cm. Awesome fun while it lasted and we already collected a feed. lol   

 
The next day we woke up at 6:30am to find another huge school (possibly the same one) being chased in close by a couple of hungry seals!  
Same thing happened, we ran down and hooked up every cast for a solid 25 minutes before the school moved back out. Crazy stuff!! 




 
After had some time to relax and eat, we headed down to the river and realised that it was full of feeding bream!!! We used surface lures (OSP Bent Minnows) for the majority of the time, landing dozens of healthy fish including a 36.5cm one! 




 
Went back home for dinner and played a couple of board games before I headed back to the river for a solo flick. Caught another half a dozen or so before dark. 



 
The next day we woke up early once again, but this time we couldn't see any schools so we headed straight for the river. Within the first half hour of using surface lures, they seemed a bit slow because it was freezing!! So we switched to Zman grubz, cranka crabs and dragon maggots. This turned out trumps and we found ourselves catching one almost every cast in one specific spot.   Not huge but they were fun little fish. 







 
After about 3-4 hours, we went back to the shack to get our energy back, when my mates mum comes in and informs us of a big salmon school on the second bay! We grabbed the big rods and ran down to give it a suss. Standing on the cliff at the start of the second bay, I spotted the school! It was out far unfortunately so we waited (impatiently). 



 
After a long wait, we realised there was another smaller school further down the bay, but this one was closer! 
We followed it around the place, landing a fish every few casts into the school before one fish broke my hook! For the next 20 minutes, I was casting into the school with a hookless slug and watching them chase it all the way to the shore. It was an amazing sight. 




 
After the school moved out far and wide, we  decided to call it a day as we were buggered... 
 
The next day, we headed north towards Kingscote! Expecting the best, it ended up being rough and windy at the jetty but we fished it anyways. It was real slow but we managed to land 2 tiny squid (kept for bait), a few red mullet, a leather jacket and a troutie! 


 
On the way home, we stopped at Vivvone bay for a quick night flick. After landing about half a dozen nice tommies on plastics, along with a couple of tiny trevally, it was time to go. On the way home, a 4x4 with a barcrusher boat overtook us at high speeds. Then another one which looked quite familar? After a second look, I realised it was the Paul's boat, "True Blue" and the Ifish crew! LOL   Hope they didn't hit any wallabies. 
 
The next few days we only fished the river as there were no salmon schools in sight! 
We landed over 30 bream on the OSP Bent Minnows including some bruisers that were 35cm+!  We had clear visions on most of the hookups! It was insane!!!! 









 
Overall, it was one of the best holidays I've had! None of it would have happened without one of my best mates, John and his lovely family!   
 
And to finish this new thread, here's the longest video I've made on my YouTube channel!!  Cheers! 

 
 
 
 

Half a dozen yfw around 28cm and twenty thousand undersized salmon trout, good fun on light tackle

Might try and get out tomorrow evening to satisfy the fishing itch.

http://www.raysoutdoors.com.au/ It comes up as $79, but when it moves to the checkout is shows up as $39. Not sure if there are any in stock in Adelaide, as it didn't give me the option to pick up from in store.

Eat them, I assume they would be full of protein.
 
 
Edit. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seal_meat

More protein than chikcen and less that.

Fluorocarbon is meant to be invisible underwater, it is more abarasion reistant than standard mono and has less memory so you feel bites better. Those are the reasons people use it. Is it necessary, 100% no in my opinion, you see the older guys on jetties with buckets full of fish and they are using the same gear 30 years ago. It isn't going to harm your chances though. If you were targetting finicky species such as Bream then I would highly recommend it as they can easily be turned off but a predator species like a Salmon wouldn't worry about using it.
 
I also read that the leader is usually a high strength than the main line (right or wrong).

Yes that is generally the case,

For bream I use  4lb line  with 4lb-8lb leader.
For whiting i use 6lb line with 10lb leader

Lure storage !
 

You can even run fluorocarbon straight through, FC Rock and Berkley Vanish are suitable for this....particularly good if fishing unweighted.

You can even run fluorocarbon straight through, FC Rock and Berkley Vanish are suitable for this....particularly good if fishing unweighted.

Fluorocarbon is meant to be invisible underwater, it is more abarasion reistant than standard mono and has less memory so you feel bites better. Those are the reasons people use it. Is it necessary, 100% no in my opinion, you see the older guys on jetties with buckets full of fish and they are using the same gear 30 years ago. It isn't going to harm your chances though. If you were targetting finicky species such as Bream then I would highly recommend it as they can easily be turned off but a predator species like a Salmon wouldn't worry about using it.
 
I also read that the leader is usually a high strength than the main line (right or wrong).

Yes that is generally the case,

For bream I use  4lb line  with 4lb-8lb leader.
For whiting i use 6lb line with 10lb leader

Fluorocarbon is meant to be invisible underwater, it is more abarasion reistant than standard mono and has less memory so you feel bites better. Those are the reasons people use it. Is it necessary, 100% no in my opinion, you see the older guys on jetties with buckets full of fish and they are using the same gear 30 years ago. It isn't going to harm your chances though. If you were targetting finicky species such as Bream then I would highly recommend it as they can easily be turned off but a predator species like a Salmon wouldn't worry about using it.
 
I also read that the leader is usually a high strength than the main line (right or wrong).

Yes that is generally the case,

For bream I use  4lb line  with 4lb-8lb leader.
For whiting i use 6lb line with 10lb leader

Fluorocarbon is meant to be invisible underwater, it is more abarasion reistant than standard mono and has less memory so you feel bites better. Those are the reasons people use it. Is it necessary, 100% no in my opinion, you see the older guys on jetties with buckets full of fish and they are using the same gear 30 years ago. It isn't going to harm your chances though. If you were targetting finicky species such as Bream then I would highly recommend it as they can easily be turned off but a predator species like a Salmon wouldn't worry about using it.
 
I also read that the leader is usually a high strength than the main line (right or wrong).

Yes that is generally the case,

For bream I use  4lb line  with 4lb-8lb leader.
For whiting i use 6lb line with 10lb leader

Don't think I'll be alive for this comp but good luck to the youngin'

Thanks for the tip guy's I got 18 squid on the drift yesterday around the spot Scizzors recomended, 1st time I used a jig with a rod as I use to use a float, no more lol I'm now hooked.
 

When you lose a fish of a life-time to crap braid you will start forking out extra dollars.

This afternoon I managed 3 small kkks
 

I blew up a cheapo chinese reel on a stingray yesterday afternoon.