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Wednesday, November 11, 2015

LIGHT TACKLE ESTUARY DOWNUNDER!

As we continue on our adventure downunder, we find ourselves at the boatramp at dawn for another day out. This time its the sheltered confines of an estuary system where we hope to find some nice Bream and Flatheads...

Don't let the bright sunshine fool you, it was cold!

That's where we were: Moreton Bay...

Our mate's beaut Boston Whaler was probably an overkill for this type of fishing. But it sure was nice to travel in style!

Couldn't be a more scenic landscape...

First up was a rogue Tailor taken on the ever-useful DUO Realis Vibe...

The DUO Realis Vibe is on a roll with a nice Flathead next...

And a Snapper too...

We hop the bottom for Flathead, and its the Evergreen Marvie vibe which scores next...

Many say Bream are shy little fish that are spooked by large lures, but we got two feisty ones on rather large vibes!

This one's on the DUO Slaver vibe...

Best Flathead of the day came from a shallow bank with a slight drop...

The DUO Realis Shad cranked over it cannot be ignored...

Soft plastics are the traditional Flathead staple...

In true fashion this fat Jackall Knuckle was taken with gusto...

The Bream we encountered really weren't as shy as they were made out to be. They go hard as well...

The DUO Realis Shad was a real performer, whether it was the 59MR or this larger 62DR model...

Another Bream shows up...

And like the one before it, the DUO Realis Shad 62DR did the trick...

We called it quits by midday and were greeted by the Pelicans at the ramp but unfortunately we had nothing for them. Like always, all fish were released to grow into monsters...

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Tuesday, November 10, 2015

SNAPPERS IN THE BAY!

A pre dawn start saw us bundled up to fight the cold, as we braved the blistery conditions on board a mate's boat and kept hopes up of making the sacrifice worth our while. It turned out to be an awesome day in the bay chasing a variety to species and taking in what it had to offer...

A hit on the DUO Jerkbait 100 in the shallows quelled all scepticism...

We were in super shallow waters that were said to hold decent Snapper. Luck would have it that we found one at least. On the strong Evergreen Kaleido spin stick it was a no-contest though...

As dawn broke it revealed an awesome landscape...

We wasted no time in rushing to the next spot where hopefully some decent fishing laid waiting...

This was a deeper hole so we deployed the DUO Realis Vibration and scored straightaway, albeit a small Pinkie which was sent back on its way...

We found that the super loud rattle on the Realis Vibe really appealed to this feisty little critters and two casts later we got another...

Meanwhile the little IMA Gun Peki jig picks up an odd customer...

Flicked around on the Major Craft Sky Road spin stick, the Gun Peki was too irresistible for this Flounder...

For a change, a DUO D-Squid II worked deep found this Cuttlefish...

And to add to the species list the little IMA Gun Peki snared this Tailor too...

We found some structure and while flicking the tiny Jackall Mametai jigs around it got picked up by this John's Snapper...

We found a nice bay to have lunch before resuming. The day was turning out to be bloody good weather wise...

How's this for a DUO Spinbait 'spybait' capture?

The usually shy Bream had no qualms snapping at the rather large Spinbait 90...

As the sun warmed us up we had to go deeper to find fish. With the trusty Major Craft Go-Emotion Micro Jig Special spin rod and a handy bunch of jigs we would find this nice Snapper...