The Summer so far.........

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The Summer so far.........

Post by smokin_reels » Mon Jan 04, 2021 11:39 am

I had a lot of time on my hands at the end of last year and i ended up honestly having some of the most amazing 4-5 weeks of fishing of my life.
Instead of sitting at home and complaining about how i couldn't fly to France and drink a cocktail in front of some giant iron tree, I packed my calendar with as many local trips as I could imagine.
Local waterways, friends I hadn't visited, old friends that I hadn't managed to catch up with while we were locked-down.
There was way too much action for me to go into detail on every single report, so if this turns into a tourism post, its sort of the month I had.
More pics and captions :)


this should give you an idea of the spread.

Waded around schools of stingrays.
Got my butt handed to me by schools of silver trevally and barnacles.
Saw Cicada's emerge from their long sleep.
Stacked it on skinny rapids mutiple times.
Soaked tailor on beaches after their schoolmates had really worn my tackle box down in the estauries.
Took my boss out fishing for the first time, the squid didn't disappoint.
Visited some legendary LBG spots on the lower NSW coast.
Dipped into the fishing out west.
Insane land based estuary perch action
~20lb carp in a hole close to home
Smuggled myself into the Otways for some stream trout, something I actually enjoyed doing and might do more often.
Weathered a spectacular storm or two.

Basically had a lot of catching up to do. and I wasnt mucking around.

From Bright to Portsea
Warrnambool to Marlo, Eden and beyond. I have been on the prowl.



Fishing was definitely the main agenda, but more than anything else it was great to be free again.
Along the way, i picked up a new PB river yella, Estuary Perch and Murray Cod .
Although the cod did come on bait and I am on the fence about counting that.

:sr: :sr:


Pics to follow
:-D


Big thanks to everyone who has been helpful and given me pointers on each location, helped watch the dog while i was gone and generally been chatty on the phone during those longer drives. :tu:
There is always more to learn , fish to catch , places to see and friends to make.

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Re: The Summer so far.........

Post by Sebb » Mon Jan 04, 2021 12:00 pm

Sounds like you had great adventures :tu:
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Re: The Summer so far.........

Post by smokin_reels » Mon Jan 04, 2021 12:42 pm

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Basti in the City
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Blackwater EP
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Blue tongued Skink
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Lovely session one arvo smashing these on the flats
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Quite retreats to an old pursuit
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Still got it !
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Really thought it was a cod when it hit, also flipped the yak after this
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thousands around us at the same time. Was soo cool to see this! Really a highlight of the month
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Cast a lure all weekend, catch best fish on cheese while cooking brekky
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If you look closely, you can see Dougie
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Post by smokin_reels » Mon Jan 04, 2021 12:45 pm

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Thankfully no one around to hear me scream
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Shortly before the finger hook up
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They were really fired up, sunny day and DR minnow
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Beautiful rapids
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unusual to have run into a school of EP at a river mouth eating off the bottom
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New PB , was a hot bite for about 2 hours
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Post by smokin_reels » Mon Jan 04, 2021 12:52 pm

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Super realistic photograph of a 40cm estuary perch
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Slightly better, well held photograph of the same fish
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Post by smokin_reels » Mon Jan 04, 2021 12:55 pm

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most of the food was quality american bbq, made at home and vac sealed and reheated
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Lovely little spot, was a shame to see how hard these areas had been hit by the fires
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Stunning scenery, maybe some day!
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so rewarding when you show someone where their food comes from
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Saw some reall fancy tackle and MASSIVE livies swimming around here
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Made a mad dash when they started dropping restrictions to a cracking victorian sunset
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Re: The Summer so far.........

Post by smokin_reels » Mon Jan 04, 2021 12:56 pm

so much more! so little time!
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Re: The Summer so far.........

Post by Mattblack » Mon Jan 04, 2021 1:10 pm

What are you doing for the rest of the summer?....you still have 2 months to go :tu:

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Post by smokin_reels » Mon Jan 04, 2021 1:31 pm

Mattblack wrote:
Mon Jan 04, 2021 1:10 pm
What are you doing for the rest of the summer?....you still have 2 months to go :tu:
more cod, some sharks and hopefully some bream :-D

got to catch some fish before donutting on the jewies in autumn
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Re: The Summer so far.........

Post by DougieK » Mon Jan 04, 2021 1:59 pm

smokin_reels wrote:
Mon Jan 04, 2021 12:42 pm

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I quite legitimately don't know if that's me or not, but if it is you should have come and said hello. What a great spot that is.
Chasing LBG and sharing a love for the Martial Arts, everywhere, all the time.


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