bay and across to Towra. Great conditions again and there are very few boats around at 6:15 in the morning. Magic times and once again we are greeted to another spectacular sunrise. That little spec you can see is Andrew.We started off working the deeper water but after a fruitless (and fishless) 20 minutes, I moved into the mangroves to try the surface shenanigans again. This time I gave the whole arsenal a go. Nuthin'... Not even a hit! What the...? Sometimes it works and sometimes it doesn't.
Time for another change and I rig up with one of the Atomic semihardz that worked for me the other week. We kept dropping out into deeper water and eventually moved into the 3 meter zone. Finally, I get a solid hit and land my only fish for the day, a 32cm bream that sped off after a quick photo on the lie-detector.
I had to leave Stewart and Andrew and typically, they started to get a few fish after I'd gone. Andrew took the day out with a trevally, which according to him was the target fish. Stewart came a close 2nd with a king landed on silly string. What a fool! he should've known that a trevally beats a king any day.
But this weekend sees us attending one of the most anticipated rounds on the ABT kayak tournament circuit, it's the Daiwa/Hobie Forster round and as per usual, it'll be an absolute cracker. There are flats, weedbeds, racks, racks and more racks and more anglers are smashed up in this locale than probably anywhere else in Australia. At this stage, there are approximately 35 confirmed anglers and it'll definitely increase and hopefully we can crack the 50 mark.
As an added bonus this year, Steve Fields, General Manager of Hobie Australia, announced this very generous incentive for all of us to get involved:
"To show support for the Forster Fishing Carnival and the Daiwa-Hobie BREAM Kayak Series-R8 - Forster- 12-13th March, Hobie will provide a new 2011 Hobie Outback as a random prize. Only those who enter and fish both days of the Daiwa-Hobie BREAM Kayak Series-R8 - Forster- 12-13th March will be eligible. The top three place getters are removed from the pool for this prize. So everyone is in with a chance in one of Australia’s best fisheries! Let’s see if we can break the record for the largest field in this year’s rounds. I think Bemm was 57…..
So, even if you don't catch a fish all weekend, you still have a chance to walk away with one of the best fishing kayaks on the market, and I should know, cause I have one! For further details, please visit http://www.hobiefishing.com.au/ or http://bream.com.au/abt/2010/Forster10.pdf for a downloadable PDF with all the details.
I'm setting off tomorrow but I know a few guys that are already on their way up there and will have a pre-fish tomorrow, so I'll be picking there brains on friday night. And rest assured, whatever they tell me, I'll do the opposite! ; ) Happy yakkin', everyone!
cheers,
Cid
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