Alexsfishin1

Hey S&Her's, I'm looking forward to this Summer and I'll be focusing on fly fishing quite a bit! 
Anyone selling any flies that'll do the job? 
 
Cheers.

Onkastompa 11 is coming up real soon so get excited and book in Sunday the 13th of November. Have a fun fishing day with the family, have a snag, you may even win a prize, the most important thing is you will be helping out the Childhood Cancer Association!
 
Details below from the OnkaStompa Facebook page - https://www.facebook.com/OnkaStompaFishingComp/?fref=ts
 
Event 11
 
Date : Sun Nov 13th
Time: 7am - 12pm
Place: Perrys Bend River Rd Noarlunga Downs
Registration - On arrival
Entry - Donation to childhood cancer (what you'd like to donate)
Many random prize draws just for attending
Bbq, drinks, jumping castle, for sale table - everything donated so every cent to childhood cancer
 
My sponsorship drive is in full swing, way earlier than any other stompa in history..
 
Am chasing financial donations to childhood cancer, either direct to me or direct to bank account - Onkastompa Fishing Competition Association. Commonwealth Bank BSB 06 5156 Account number 1056 5132
 
Donations of goods to sell or auction are also very welcome. Everything helps!
 
C'mon folks, everyone knows a fisho in a business who may be able to help 
 
Target for stompa11 2016 - $20,000
 
This post will be tagged and will list all repeat and new sponsors, so I will add when sponsors are confirmed. I repeat my call to support these generous businesses....
 
Repeat Sponsors
Fishing Wholesalers
Tackle Busters
Dan Murpys - Noarlunga
Carline - Findon
Onkaparinga City Council
Hodge Marine
Jackos Seafoods
Spicey Kitchen Delights & Entertainment
Sheldons Bait
All Aspex Property Maintenance
The Fishing Guru
Squirts Irrigation
Andre Georgescu Super Worms
BJL Photography
Strikehook.com
SA Bait and Tackle Supplies
Salisbury Dive and Tackleworld
Fleurieu Fishing Charters
Fishing SA Magazine
Southbound Locksmiths
DCM 4x4 Customs
Savage Tackle
Apollo Print and Promotion
SAFWAA
Neptune Tackle
Paul Wright Contracting
E.J Milde
Intrinsic Media
Burson Auto Parts Lonsdale
Gas Works Morphett Vale
Compleat Angler Moonta Bay / Wallaroo
South Coast Fishing Charters
Mid Coast Crash
Chemflo
Daiwa Australia 
SA Angler Magazine
Micks Winch
Christies Beach Marine
Shimano
Specialty Trophies
Taylor Marine
Brighton Tackle and Bait
Phoenix Gas
Becks Bakehouse
Seaford Homestyle Bakery
 
New Sponsors
DJP Tackle
Treble Trouble Marine
Hookem Tackle
T-Shirts of Oz
Nathan Williams Chartered Accountant
Direct Waste
Kennards Hire -Morphett Vale
The Ding Kings
Hackham Football Club
Southern Cross Cleaning - Marine Division
Fish Hunt and Outdoor Australia FB Page
Paralowie Mower Repairs
Core Physio
Channel 7 Adelaide 
Native Fish Printing
Well Hung Hammocks Australia
Edible Blooms
Lonsdale Marine
Fleurieu Fishing Social Club
South Adelaide Fire Control
Precision Concrete
Aldinga Home Improvements
Lonsdale Battery Centre
TJ Sheds
Anaconda - Noarlunga
BGB Plumbing and Gas
St Kilda Tuck and Tackle
Dogtooth Distribution
Solomons Carpets Reynella 
The Anchorage Vineyard
A1 Apparel
Central Tree & Stump Removal
Travis Denham - Magain Real Estate
Makesafe Traffic Management
MV2
TRUrender Wood Ovens
DCM Services
Southern Boulder Rock Climbing
Magpie Springs Winery
Craig Hardwick Roofing
Steak Shop Butchers
Seaford Gourmet Meats
Justagirl - Fish For Life
 
Thankyou to all!
 

Dug up a bit of old footage - enjoy!

What's going on with this salmon comp?????
 
There's been a little discussion in the background regarding the technicalities of the rules and what was included in the entries.
 
A winner will be announced soon!

89cm wading Franklin Harbour. Was mad on my 1-3kg stick, 5lb and only 8lb leader on!
Never seen anything like it before or since. Perhaps for the boaties?

Feels like ages since last Spring/Summer! 

Bream over 40cm on a surface lure.
YFW on surface
Legal snapper
Legal mulloway
45cm+ Bream.
Bream on fly
Carp on fly
Redfin on fly
 
I'll be heading back to Kangaroo Island these holidays, going to try my luck off the rocks for mulloway and other rock species. Interested to see the results  
Also hoping to smash a 40cm bream off the surface in one of the small KI creeks! Super keen..   

Feels like ages since last Spring/Summer! 

Wouldn't mind pinning a 45cm bream.
My biggest is 42, and I have been stuck there for 3 years....twice I have caught a 42 now.
Also going to bite the bullet and learn to fly fish.
I pretty much target the same species all year round, but I sure enjoy the warmer weather of spring and summer.
And so do the fish....

Feels like ages since last Spring/Summer! 

Bream over 40cm on a surface lure.
YFW on surface
Legal snapper
Legal mulloway
45cm+ Bream.
Bream on fly
Carp on fly
Redfin on fly
 
I'll be heading back to Kangaroo Island these holidays, going to try my luck off the rocks for mulloway and other rock species. Interested to see the results  
Also hoping to smash a 40cm bream off the surface in one of the small KI creeks! Super keen..   

Feels like ages since last Spring/Summer! 

So with the awesome time of year coming up (Spring and Summer months) What are people looking at targeting? What are you hoping to achieve?
 
Here is my list. Not in any particular order....
 
Yellowfin Whiting on fly
Yellowfin whiting on Popper over 35cm
Yellowfin whiting on plastic
Flathead on fly
Flathead over 60cm
Yellowtail Kingy Landbased over 90cm
Legal Mully.
 
With more time on my hands now and my passion back for fishing i should hopefully be able to achieve this and put alot of hours in....
 
So lets hear your plans!

Howdy all,  over a quite time at University I started writing a few reports about some of the fishing trips I have recently done  so here is a link to my reports, as it is easier than copying and pasting them all in. http://lachycross.wixsite.com/crossyscatches
cheers  members.
 
 
 
 
http://lachycross.wixsite.com/
 Here are a few pictures from some of my reports

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

Just noticed all Gulp SPs are $5 at Big W, dunno how long for.
 
Range is a little limited but picked up some 5" Jerk Shads (tho no Nuclear Chickens ) and Turtleback Worms for when the season changes.
 
 

I've heard a story from my mate that he witnessed a man land a massive 55cm-65cm from west lakes at the Bower rd end! He was using snapper gear and had pilchard cubes as bait! I didn't believe it but i wanna know if anybody else has seen or landed a bream like that from west lakes? My biggest from the lake is only 32cm...

Hi all, this is my first ever report posting here so suggestions are welcome! hope you all enjoy.
 
Friday:
Woke up early on Friday and headed to the old man's place to finish packing up the trailer before heading off to Butler's. We left his place about 8am, ready to meet my brother in law and my other sister's partner at Pt Wakefield. On the way, we kept a wary eye on the dark clouds and swaying trees hoping it was a bit calmer down the bottom of the Yorke and we'd be able to wet a line that afternoon..
 
Fast forward a few hours and we arrived at Butler's. Andrew was as cheerful as ever and after a brief chat we managed to arrange to move from our normal camping spot to one that was a little more sheltered from the wind - Turns out it wasn't any calmer down that way. We unloaded and walked to Salmon Beach. There were some BIG breakers around but a few calmer spots we thought we'd give a go. We stayed for 3 or 4 hours but the only thing making our reels sing was big clumps of seaweed. Ah well, nothing for it but to head back to camp, start a fire, light a cigar and pour a bourbon. 
 
Saturday:
Saturday morning seemed a bit calmer and we were keen to try again. Again Salmon beach was full of weed but conditions were a bit calmer. No action though, and we went back to camp for lunch and to get a curry going in the dreampot for dinner. We then went down to Butler's beach. I wasn't holding much hope as its only the next bay over and I imagined the weed would be just as bad. Well, I was pleasantly surprised that there was no weed in sight! 
 
We weren't long there and dad hooked a ~45cm salmon and a bunch of tommies and mullet in the shallows. The others only managed a tommy each... and I didn't even get a nibble. Dad's one of those lucky fishers that can go out on a jetty where no one has been catching all day and hook up on the first cast.....hard to love him sometimes! It'd be an understatement to say I was not happy, but hey. That's fishing. A nice hot curry back at camp got me in a better mood (or maybe that was the bourbon?)
 
Sunday:
Sunday morning was our last day of the trip. We woke up and cooked up some brekky and discussed if we'd try Butler's beach again or maybe leave early and stop at Point Turton on the way back for a flick off the Jetty. It was decided we'd have a look at Butlers and see what the conditions were like. It was calmer again and was a BEAUTIFUL day. So we thought we'd use up the rest of the bait there and see how we were going. Well...5 minutes in, I was on! After watching the acrobatics and a bit of a fight, I pulled in a 60cm Salmon weighing in at 2.5kg. My PB and the biggest of the trip! I was ecstatic! THIS is what it's all about! This was the feeling I'd been chasing! Dad being dad, managed to hook one shortly after, but it was smaller at around 56cm.
 
Alas! now we were out of bait! We sent the brother in law up to grab some more pillies while we threw around some metals for a bit.. but just as quickly as they came, the salmon were gone... I managed a few more mullet and that was it. Time to head home.
 
 
 



 

Headed down to the river today. The morning was sensational, glassy conditions, fog and clear skies. Ended up catching around 10 fish between James and I. Biggest went 37cm on the Squidgy Lobby.

Had another fantastic time down at the Onk this arvo, only fished for 3 hours! I landed a dozen with the 2 biggest being 37cm and 35cm. Dropped quite a few including one that would have been similar to the biggest, if not bigger. My mate (Blan) landed his first bream on lure, followed by 3 more! All fish were caught on the ol' trust worthy Zman Grubz. Always feel confident using them. 








 
Hoping to get onto them again, sometime soon! 

My Monday adventure starts off from Sunday nights weather forecast of 22C and moderate Northerly winds – more wind than I like !!  However, on waking this morning and looking out the window there was not a breeze of air – weather forecasters get it wrong again, but good for me.
 
So during the night, I am kept awake assessing the plan for the fishing day.  I was contemplating going to Waits/Parsons but also maybe hitting up Southport.  In the end I couldn’t be bothered going all the way to Waits/Parsons  â€“ sort of ‘over the area’ at the moment.
 
So Southport it is, (not knowing that the day would bring a torn stitching from the clip in my waders, a treble hook becoming a single hook and 2 lost lures) .  The webcam shows lovely conditions so parked the car and off by 9.30am.
 
Once I arrived near Southport I noticed an Australian Flag in someone’s yard that was blowing with all its glory – yes, there was a Northerly more than my home surrounds had indicated – but once on the beach it was not so bad.
 

 
River mouth was not looking very clean (but looked great by the end of the day)
 

 
I parked South of the Pt Noarlunga surf club and strolled down to the water edge and lured towards the jetty first of.
Not much there so turned around and headed towards Southport.  It was uneventful with no fish as yet, but I need to remember to always check that the reel bail is opened before I cast !!
First lure sent flying. 
 
So set up with my Mr Reliable.
 

 
Just before the Surf club I received a hit and a nice just under 1kg / 37cm Salmon was proudly in the bag.  A few casts and 2 decent sized ST’s about 27cm to go with it.  Another cast saw my rod bend nicely but a lost ‘Salmon’ in the shallows was the result.  

 
 But I now notice that my Mr Reliable lure has a single hook instead of the treble hook.  Did the lost fish break it off?  So a quick lure change but nothing more happens.
   
Down to the mouth for no more hits and then a slow walk back towards the jetty.
 
As no other fish hit the lure it was time for lunch – and I had packed a nice gourmet lunch at that.
 
Gourmet multigrain bread with vegemite, a 2016 bottle of Adelaide tap water and 2 homegrown mandarins.  A well deserved luncheon.
 

 
Whilst eating my lunch I am continually scanning the water for any passing shadows, but none where forth coming.
 
I now decided to take a treble hook from another lure on put it on Mr Reliable and attaching the left over single hook at the lure nose.
 
So back to the water and repeating the same as in the morning.  Lure towards the jetty and then turn and head towards Southport.
 
When near the jetty I noticed a guy with rod in hand walking along the jetty towards the shallows and dragging a fish along the water. Obviously a heavy fish as he didn’t want to pull it up.  Once near the shallows I offered my help to drag his line on to the beach.  He had caught a Port Jackson shark.
 
After my help, off to Southport again but no action at all.  By the time I got to Southport there were half a dozen fishos in the area but no-one seemed to be catching anything especially as it was near high tide now.
 
I positioned myself just North of the surf club and starting getting good hits and was retrieving some good fish weight. Five lost fish was the result. For some reason they were not staying hooked and they just threw the hook close to shore.
 
Then I was devastated.  On retrieving a cast the line went soft!  My Mr Reliable had come off.  The swivel had opened up and the lure had dropped off – what am I going to do now without Mr Reliable
 
RIP Mr Reliable
 
 
So a change of lure, and by now it is 4.30 so headed back towards the jetty to head home.
 
So a long day in the area for a few fish but well worth it being outdoors and wetting the line.
 
Tomorrow I off to get more lures !!!
 
Ps: anyone know best way of stitching strap back onto waders?
 

 

Had another fantastic time down at the Onk this arvo, only fished for 3 hours! I landed a dozen with the 2 biggest being 37cm and 35cm. Dropped quite a few including one that would have been similar to the biggest, if not bigger. My mate (Blan) landed his first bream on lure, followed by 3 more! All fish were caught on the ol' trust worthy Zman Grubz. Always feel confident using them. 








 
Hoping to get onto them again, sometime soon! 

Cheers Adrian! Call me what you like, I'm no king.   
I've seen your recent reports too! Some fantastic waterways you're fishing and lovely fish also!   

Some great photos taken Alex, loved the video clip too, well done.. Have to call you the "Onkaparinga Bream King" I reckon..
 
I've taken a few dives during my days of trout fishing rivers too, always try & save the rod & reel first as well..
 
cheers
Adrian

Had another fantastic time down at the Onk this arvo, only fished for 3 hours! I landed a dozen with the 2 biggest being 37cm and 35cm. Dropped quite a few including one that would have been similar to the biggest, if not bigger. My mate (Blan) landed his first bream on lure, followed by 3 more! All fish were caught on the ol' trust worthy Zman Grubz. Always feel confident using them. 








 
Hoping to get onto them again, sometime soon!