state to go fishing on sunday. But I made up for it with two quick trips this week to Oyster Bay.The first was a mid-week session that was very slow starting. The first hour went by without a touch. I tried various SP's and always had two HB's out the back when I moved from spot to spot. I mean, I nearly always pick up something while trolling around here. Once again it was as I turned for home that I got my first fish of the day. Here he is (all 33cm's of him) with the Gulp 3"minnow in pumpkinseed hanging out of his mouth. I pulled him out from under that jetty you see in the background. The only other fish I got was another bream from the next jetty and he went 29cm's.
Saturday morning was perfect on the water but it was Deja Vu time as again the first hour was 
fishless. This winter fishing can be very frustrating. As I surrendered to the moored boats and headed back to Oyster Bay I picked up a nice tailor on a black Smak Rackwalker. He was the biggest I'd gotten this far up the river. I switched back to SP's and from the same jetty I got the bream above from, I picked up my 2nd fish for the day. Another Gulp lure but this time it was the 2" grub in pumpkinseed. That's two for the livewell but not really enough to feed the three of us.
fishless. This winter fishing can be very frustrating. As I surrendered to the moored boats and headed back to Oyster Bay I picked up a nice tailor on a black Smak Rackwalker. He was the biggest I'd gotten this far up the river. I switched back to SP's and from the same jetty I got the bream above from, I picked up my 2nd fish for the day. Another Gulp lure but this time it was the 2" grub in pumpkinseed. That's two for the livewell but not really enough to feed the three of us.As I approached the ramp there were two boats launching so I decided to flick an Sx40 about while I waited. Three casts later I get a solid hit with a fair bit of weight but there is no surging run. I felt sure it was a flattie and when I got first glimpse of it I was a bit surprised about the lack of fight. it was only after I'd landed him that I saw that his 
tailed had been chewed to almost a 3rd of what it'd normally be. That explains the lack of get up and go then. With him in the bag I had enough for dinner and the bream was sent back to count his blessings.
tailed had been chewed to almost a 3rd of what it'd normally be. That explains the lack of get up and go then. With him in the bag I had enough for dinner and the bream was sent back to count his blessings.As you can see, the fish have been measured on AKFF's new brag mats. These are excellent products and if you don't have one yet, get onto the site and order one straight away. Not only are they a fish-friendly way to measure your catches, they look great and all funds go to keeping AKFF up and running for all of us kayakers. The 1 meter mats are $25 and include postage. I paid for mine on wednesday and DaveyG and it at my door by friday. You don't get much better service than that. Thanks AKFF!
And for those interested in our upcoming DVD, I can finally say we've finished all the filming. It took a lot longer than we expected to get the footage we wanted but we feel it was worth the wait. If you want a quick preview of some of the kingifish and tailor action, we've up-loaded a clip on Youtube. Of course the video quality was kept low for the web and the actual DVD looks a hundred times better. Now all we've got to do is get the footage into the edit suite, which is where the fun starts.
Here is the link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zz2deaLhwuM
Happy yakkin, everyone.
cheers,
Cid
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