Mickyj

Well being given the word that the Salmon Trout are about in the Port River .Off I headed to a spot in my back yard .That lasted all of 1/2 hour .No fish seen .No fish attacking my fly .So I thought off to the lake I go .Arrived at one beach and in five minutes I had lost and had hits from more Small Bream than you can imagine .But they soon ended .So seeing that the water surface was getting really disturbed on the far side of the lake .Off I drove again .Now this is where the fun starts .Upon starting at this beach of I cast and my drag knob thingee falls off into the water .Lucky its plasti

grubb wrote: Yep Dave type 2 myself .I had kept it at bay lost weight etc but the weight came back with type 2 .Funny I ate nothing different Saturday except I went to the footy perhaps my BP went up .Funny how bad I felt how my head etc felt really bad .3 points lower today and I could have climbed mt everest.!!About to put up some picks lets say snowdens did nothing for me as well.

Sorry guys was heading out this morning but my blood sugar level went through the roof !!! thankfully not bad enough for the hospital just made me feel really off and very hot.Fingers crossed for Monday.

grubb wrote: I've heard that Dave will have a flick Sunday

Well after a couple of weeks of being unwell, at one stage it was scary but enough about me .I got out for a quick flick .Beach number 1 the wind changed direction part way along and produced one of my tiniest Bream to date on a fly Another perspective Not being discouraged I decided to drive to a beach with the wind at my back.So I drove to the wrong side of West lakes !!! :shock: Which was lucky for me as I landed a very nice 25cm Bream .And yes I'm still using a Foam popping fly :cheer:

I had a surprise RDO yesterday went for a flick at the lake.Turned out to be a very hard mornings fishing .wind was a pain and only the small fish were around .I could only land one

After being sick last weekend and sitting in the grandstand at Noarlunga yesterday .I was bursting at the seams for a fish today.With a forecast of 20-30 knot winds from the south east. And my daughter laughing at me when the weathers good you can't go and when its bad you can. But I was thinking wind water movement perhaps a big fish today.Yeah well first off I was on the wrong side of the lake the wind was just blowing my fly back onto land when cast.So a change of sides and I'm off .Wasn't that good lots of small fish jumping .Even saw the largest PRAWN in my life at the lake jump jump and

Rick wrote: Mickyj got sick :S

tonyb wrote: Always grip the fish from the belly side Obi Wan, then the "Force" will be with you and no more spiking/biting will be your reward ;)PS I luv those pics when the redfin is so big that my arm is not long enough to frame it :woohoo: :woohoo: And yes,I still knock an odd big reddy on the head every now and then Thank you Oh Tony of the Redfin . All advice is greatly received and I'll try and put it into practice

jagger wrote: Dont get excited I am using an ancient Kodak digital Camera held together with Black gaffer tape .

tonyb wrote: I actually tried to take 6 shots of the fish in my hand .What I may have to do is go back to using the view finder .I had changed to using the big view finder at the back of the camera.And a big beware with Bream I am used to getting spiked that little bugger bite me while I was getting the hook out

After my Homer Simpson moment yesterday(something to do with joining knots breaking and not being able to tie another one until I got home then I tied 3 :shock: ) .The wind wasn't really strong enough for the surface action I craved .So I walked two and half beaches for this little 20cm Bream and I still couldn't get the annoying Garfish to play .And the Gar were a jumping at one beach !!And me trying an in the hand shot didnt quite workAnd a couple were having a very nice picnic valentines breakfast under the trees not far from where I caught this Bream.But the wind dropped and that was my

tonyb wrote: Thats the Plan TonyB .Told my team leader no overtime this week for me went over like a lead ballon All you need to do for the popper is get some foam from mitre ten comes in metre lengths from the wood department.And what ever you want to use for a tail fake fur fake feathers real feathers anything really .Some chenille for under the foam and over the tail Bobs yoru uncle.All you need to do is work out the size of the foam body .i made one the other day that was to big to cast Saturday.Thats my excuse or the wind was the wrong direction .I have been trying to take the pictures

Saturday I thought was one of the hardest fishing days I'd for awhile.Then sunday was harder and this morning was totally shit!!!Anyway even with the bream kayak comp going on I managed to get 3 fish Saturday My smallest fish ever on a fly and I didnt know it had taken my surface popper !!You can just see the fly in its mouth .The tail of teh fly is the same length as the bream !!second fish was 16cmthe first two fish were hooked well enough to use for live bait .that chem sharpened hook was not coming out !!Third fish was an inbetween sizeNo matter their size it wasn't easy to get these littl

vb4me wrote: Cheers VB I have the 26cm as my desktop picture.Started doing this with all the fish I caughtthen decided only to change when I got a bigger fishSo thats 2 in a week for a change Anyone else notice the fin rot on this fish ?

I get the feeling someones going to start following me around at West Lakes next trip !!!Cheers Guys

From this weekend Saturday Beach 1A little 18cm BreamBeach 2And my camera skills went out the window!!Another 18cm BreamThen a 16cm BreamAnd then a 22cm Bream best picture I took of himSunday I tried 3 different beaches only got fish on number 2 beach.MY NEW PB FOR THE SURFACE 26cm Bream And then I borrowed a tiny to use as a back drop for this little 20cm Bream with the fly clearly visible CheersMickPSBrenton todays fish came for our beach

Rick wrote: OUCH !!!!!!!!!! And size doesn't count if it does I'm stuffed

Rick wrote: I've been called worse :ohmy:And I catch Bream

Rick wrote: They must not like you lure guys people and fish If you look at that beach in this first picture .Aussie day there was a lady bait fishing .Move a bit further along Mickyj was catching and letting go fat under under sized bream that were hungry Mind u only when the wind was blowing Were u in a twin yak Aussie Day?Watched someone who was .Don't worry about the locals how do you go fighting the skull boats the kids doing yak classes and the dragon boats ?I'm not sold on the yaks .I understand you guys do fantastic fish wise .But it seems like an awful ot of work get the yak to

brenton wrote: I think Brenton caught some bigger fish .Yeah i did but not a whole lot bigger Dodges are pretty well a dud in there unless you get some rough weather,it was refreshing using the human lure retriever again this morning.I might start wearing speedo's under my fishing clobber. cheers brentonWas it a dodge should have checked then again Glad I didn't

Softy wrote: I'm certain if u look hard enough you will find one of the regular's on any trip to the lakeFrom myself,Brennton and other posters wetend to bob up at the lake all the time

Rick wrote: I think Brenton caught some bigger fish .But I got lucky changed sides put my back to the wind cast and got lucky.And I loved the last fish JUMPING out and ACCROSS the water and hitting the fly.All I had to do was set the hook and land it and they all fought today even the tiny one !!

Well I got this PM from crabman who wanted to learn to SWFF.He said he'd meet me at a certain beach by 7.30am.I got there at 7 fished until 8.Only Brenton turned up including the fish being a no show .So I drove to the other side of the lake .Brenton said the wind would be in my face and it was .So I walked past the bait fishers to the other end of the beach and before the next bait fisher .Waded out and the wind was at my back well almost.Just before 9am this little 20cm Bream grabbed my fly.At one stage I thought she was a bit bigger the fight she put up was great for her size.Sorry the bes

Mickyj wrote: I didnt make it to that beach today almostbut by the time I got to the beach before itthe sun was to high for my likingI forgot to say that beach has been taking a hammering one local told me he was catching large breamon Crabs .Should have been fishing the other side this morning