Hello,
This morning we woke at 4:30am so we could drive to Woody Head, Iluka. Motoring out to the spot, we were surrounded by fog which didnt allow us to see anything, with only the distant crash of the surf to aid in direction.
We had recently installed a GME GX300 27MHz radio in the tinny, so this was also a trial run with it. Shame the battery teminals were put on the wrong way at launch becuase it blew the fuse and we had no radio (not saying who it was for their sake). Oh well, something Dad will have remember for next time!
Hoping to catch some snapper, we chucked out floating pillies and some live yellowtail for anything that took a liking to them.
Casting large (7 and 5in) Berkely Gulp Jerkshads in Blue Neon Pepper (?) and Nuclear Chicken proved fruitless so they spent most of the time floating around in the rod holders. This proved succesful in a way with myself catching 3 red rock cod and a small moray eel on a 5in Blue Neon Pepper jerkshad.
The pilchards worked as well with Dad landing a small snapper around 50cm and a large bream. All I caught with the pillies was more red rock cod and a blind shark.
The yellowtail we threw out as a livie got take under a few times, though afterwards it came in unscathed, so we werent sure as to what it was.
On the return journey we stopped off at our secret fishing spot for a quick spin. This resulted with some sort of strange cod being landed by yours truley on an Atomic Hardz S40, with the first cast.
This spot usually produces many bream on SP's and hardbodies, but not today as the recent floods have deposited a lot of rock and sediment in the area, making it a shallow and poor fishery. But it has cleared out the nearby creek bed of extensive weed beds, allowing future kayak/canoe trips a possibility.
Thanks for reading. Till next time>>>
Sunday, August 16, 2009
Monday, August 3, 2009
This is me
Well it hasn't been a long time since my last post, but this one is to introduce myself; who I am and what I do.
I am a member of the Australian Kayak Fishing Forum (ausbass), Kayak Fishing Downunder (aus_bass), Northcoast Fishing NSW (aus_bass) and Sweetwater Fishing Australia (aus_bass).
On weekends, I play competitive field hockey for the Alstonville Hockey Club, I am also a
participating member of the Lennox Head-Alstonville Surf Life Saving Club.
In the summer months I fish for Australian Bass mostly (hence the user names) and now I have become increasingly keen to catch a mackeral or tuna offshore in my kayak, so when the swell is down and the East Australian Current is running close to shore, you can almost guarantee I'll be out there.
But seasons change, its a fact of life and so in the cooler months of Winter, estuarine species such as flathead, bream, blackfish and whiting come into my targeted species list.
I fish from a 2008 model Hobie Revolution in Moss, its pretty stock standard at the moment but I am hoping to acquire a sounder and a few other 'neccesary' accesories sometime in the coming year.
I also have a wooden canoe, that my father and I built under our house as a project over the Summer, this is how I came to be involved in kayak/canoe/small craft fishing. Its a trusty hull, travelled hundreds of km's of stream, river and lake; from it we have caught flathead, bream, whiting, stingrays and of course the obligatory bass.
Paddling is one of my favoured pastimes, not only in the Revo or canoe but our families aquisition of two chick magnet yellow (CMY) Challenge Breeze seakayaks. these are roto-moulded polyethelyne hulls made locally (near Byron Bay) which primarlily my parents paddle, but I often paddle them as well. Usually we (Dad and I) can be found surfing the break under Missingham Bridge, Ballina when the swell comes throught the bar and breaks on the submerged sand banks.
Besides all the outdoor stuff I enjoy digital photography, only because film is pretty expensive on the long run. Im sure others would agree that photography allows people to capture some of the scenes and things that they see, some of which others will probably never see or not see often. I hope to provide this in my work, which is based on landscapes and sometimes macro.
That pretty much sums me up, without getting into the personal stuff ;)
Till next time>>
I am a member of the Australian Kayak Fishing Forum (ausbass), Kayak Fishing Downunder (aus_bass), Northcoast Fishing NSW (aus_bass) and Sweetwater Fishing Australia (aus_bass).
On weekends, I play competitive field hockey for the Alstonville Hockey Club, I am also a
participating member of the Lennox Head-Alstonville Surf Life Saving Club.
In the summer months I fish for Australian Bass mostly (hence the user names) and now I have become increasingly keen to catch a mackeral or tuna offshore in my kayak, so when the swell is down and the East Australian Current is running close to shore, you can almost guarantee I'll be out there.
But seasons change, its a fact of life and so in the cooler months of Winter, estuarine species such as flathead, bream, blackfish and whiting come into my targeted species list.
I fish from a 2008 model Hobie Revolution in Moss, its pretty stock standard at the moment but I am hoping to acquire a sounder and a few other 'neccesary' accesories sometime in the coming year.
I also have a wooden canoe, that my father and I built under our house as a project over the Summer, this is how I came to be involved in kayak/canoe/small craft fishing. Its a trusty hull, travelled hundreds of km's of stream, river and lake; from it we have caught flathead, bream, whiting, stingrays and of course the obligatory bass.
Paddling is one of my favoured pastimes, not only in the Revo or canoe but our families aquisition of two chick magnet yellow (CMY) Challenge Breeze seakayaks. these are roto-moulded polyethelyne hulls made locally (near Byron Bay) which primarlily my parents paddle, but I often paddle them as well. Usually we (Dad and I) can be found surfing the break under Missingham Bridge, Ballina when the swell comes throught the bar and breaks on the submerged sand banks.
Besides all the outdoor stuff I enjoy digital photography, only because film is pretty expensive on the long run. Im sure others would agree that photography allows people to capture some of the scenes and things that they see, some of which others will probably never see or not see often. I hope to provide this in my work, which is based on landscapes and sometimes macro.
That pretty much sums me up, without getting into the personal stuff ;)Till next time>>
Welcome
G'day readers,
I've been reading other peoples blogs for a long time now and the idea of having my own has crossed my mind several times. But it was actually when my family told me to make one, that is was then (now actually) that I decided to go ahead and create my blog.
A short introduction; I myself was born and raised in the Northern Region of NSW, and now am a University Student studying Marine Science and Management at Southern Cross University, Lismore.
The blog is mostly going to revolve around my love of fishing, camping, hiking, field hockey and the other outdoor/indoor pursuits that I enjoy. Both trip reports and items of information I have found to spark an interest
As I am a member of several online websites, forums and other places I would like readers to know that I will attempt to provide equal coverage of all and not focus on one.
I hope you enjoy the future posts of the blog and any questions will be accepted via email in regards to these activities.
Till next time>>>
I've been reading other peoples blogs for a long time now and the idea of having my own has crossed my mind several times. But it was actually when my family told me to make one, that is was then (now actually) that I decided to go ahead and create my blog.
A short introduction; I myself was born and raised in the Northern Region of NSW, and now am a University Student studying Marine Science and Management at Southern Cross University, Lismore.
The blog is mostly going to revolve around my love of fishing, camping, hiking, field hockey and the other outdoor/indoor pursuits that I enjoy. Both trip reports and items of information I have found to spark an interest
As I am a member of several online websites, forums and other places I would like readers to know that I will attempt to provide equal coverage of all and not focus on one.
I hope you enjoy the future posts of the blog and any questions will be accepted via email in regards to these activities.
Till next time>>>
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