Bream on lure- Kananook Creek
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Bream on lure- Kananook Creek
Between working and VCE time has been extremely limited, so for the second time this year I managed to sneak in a session. After work on Saturday I grabbed a rod and some lures and caught the bus to Kananook creek to try and catch a fish on lure for the very first time in the creek and just relax for a little while. I’ve watched videos of bream being caught on lure but I’ve never tried it myself so I was ambitious yet also very, very skeptical. I got to the creek at 1pm. The sun was blazing- far from ideal conditions. Undeterred, I started walking the bank casting anywhere I could get access. I was using a small hardbody, it was an atomic hardz crank, and I was really impressed by its action. However, after 3 hours of walking and casting and nothing to show for it I was starting to lose faith. I tried slowing down my retrieve, jerking the lure sharply every few winds. Suddenly I felt a soft tug before realising I was on. I couldn’t believe it, I was totally shocked- a fish, on a lure, in Kananook creek! As the fish neared I realised it was a mullet, quite small about 16cm. But I didn’t care, I had achieved my goal and couldn’t have been happier. I continued to fish but soon ended up losing my lure. I was annoyed but still determined, so I tied on a soft plastic and continued to fish. First cast and I get a hit! I cast again and I’m on. Yet again it’s a small fish but I’m just in awe that I’m actually catching fish on lures in the creek. I land the fish and it’s a salmon, a small feisty aggressive and fun addition to my catch for the day. I continued to fish the soft plastic and kept catching more salmon, it was incredible. At one stage it was a fish every cast. After I caught about 20 I got bored decided to try and catch something bigger. It was about 5pm now and the light was fading, on my walk back I caught more salmon despite moving away from the school. Eventually I noticed a litter trap in the water, from what I had learned watching videos I recognised it as structure, and thought it might possibly hold a bream. I casted to it, then casted again, and kept casting. After about 6 casts I was merely testing my casting accuracy, trying to get as close to it as possibly without getting snagged. Then suddenly I feel weight. A bigger salmon maybe? But then I felt the familiar pulsating head-shakes of a bream, before it took a screaming run. I watched as my line headed straight back to the litter trap, I tightened the drag and applied as much pressure as I could without snapping the 6lb line. I knew if the fish so much as tickled any structure the line would snap. I managed to bully it out and started steering it towards the middle of the river. Maybe? I thought as I started to gain confidence and realised catching it was a possibility. But no, the fish took yet another powerful run down river towards the litter trap, unable to do anything I held my rod, getting absolutely railed. I’ll never know how close the line was to snapping but somehow it didn’t give in. I started to steer it back to the bank yet again, and after going back and forth for another few minutes I got it to the bank. I jumped in the water and grabbed it, getting my shoes soaked in the process. I managed to grab the fish and took it on shore. I couldn’t believe it! Never did I expect to catch anything when I set out, and certainly not a large bream. I measured it first and it came in at a solid 41cm. I pulled out my phone to take a photo on its last 1% of charge and managed to get a few photos. Before releasing it back and watching it swim away. Absolutely stoked I trudged back in my soggy shoes, with a smile from ear to ear. I didn’t realise how much I missed fishing!
Cheers.
Cheers.
Last edited by Irishfisherman on Sun May 09, 2021 7:47 pm, edited 1 time in total.
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Re: Bream on lure- Kananook Creek
Oh mate a 41cm bream can be considered a trophy bream. To pro bream fishos it can be the fish to win a tournament.
It feels good when the plan works doesn't it.
And mullet on a hardz crank, that's the first I ever heard.
Great stuff![Thumbs up :tu:](./images/smilies/thumbs_up.gif)
What plastic and jig head did you use? The big bream took it on the bottom?
It feels good when the plan works doesn't it.
And mullet on a hardz crank, that's the first I ever heard.
Great stuff
![Thumbs up :tu:](./images/smilies/thumbs_up.gif)
What plastic and jig head did you use? The big bream took it on the bottom?
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Re: Bream on lure- Kananook Creek
Cheers mate, I was equally as surprised with the mullet. I was using a 1/16 ounce jighead and a motor oil slim swim, idk if the plastic was on the bottom I think it was drifting when the fish took it but im not entirely sure.Sebb wrote: ↑Sun May 09, 2021 7:06 pmOh mate a 41cm bream can be considered a trophy bream. To pro bream fishos it can be the fish to win a tournament.
It feels good when the plan works doesn't it.
And mullet on a hardz crank, that's the first I ever heard.
Great stuff
What plastic and jig head did you use? The big bream took it on the bottom?
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Re: Bream on lure- Kananook Creek
Try again and remember it (bottom or not, free drifting, water clarity, the retrieve, etc). Bream tend to have a pattern in certain condition and location. You've caught one, so well done. Now get the consistency of the catch rate.Irishfisherman wrote: ↑Sun May 09, 2021 7:31 pmCheers mate, I was equally as surprised with the mullet. I was using a 1/16 ounce jighead and a motor oil slim swim, idk if the plastic was on the bottom I think it was drifting when the fish took it but im not entirely sure.Sebb wrote: ↑Sun May 09, 2021 7:06 pmOh mate a 41cm bream can be considered a trophy bream. To pro bream fishos it can be the fish to win a tournament.
It feels good when the plan works doesn't it.
And mullet on a hardz crank, that's the first I ever heard.
Great stuff
What plastic and jig head did you use? The big bream took it on the bottom?
![Fishing again :wt:](./images/smilies/th_smiley_fishing.gif)
![fish :ft:](./images/smilies/4923.gif)
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No fish is worth a life, stay safe
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Re: Bream on lure- Kananook Creek
Ill definitely take note, thanks for the advice. Certainly not expecting to replicate this success anytime soon though.Sebb wrote: ↑Sun May 09, 2021 7:56 pmTry again and remember it (bottom or not, free drifting, water clarity, the retrieve, etc). Bream tend to have a pattern in certain condition and location. You've caught one, so well done. Now get the consistency of the catch rate.Irishfisherman wrote: ↑Sun May 09, 2021 7:31 pmCheers mate, I was equally as surprised with the mullet. I was using a 1/16 ounce jighead and a motor oil slim swim, idk if the plastic was on the bottom I think it was drifting when the fish took it but im not entirely sure.Sebb wrote: ↑Sun May 09, 2021 7:06 pmOh mate a 41cm bream can be considered a trophy bream. To pro bream fishos it can be the fish to win a tournament.
It feels good when the plan works doesn't it.
And mullet on a hardz crank, that's the first I ever heard.
Great stuff
What plastic and jig head did you use? The big bream took it on the bottom?tight lines
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Re: Bream on lure- Kananook Creek
I am very impressed at your effort. I have seen plenty of bream in Kananook, and have tried to catch them on bait, a few times to but no success so far. I have seen them pretty much as far upstream as Seaford Woolies, so it could be an exciting fishery if you crack the code.
Cheers.
Cheers.
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Re: Bream on lure- Kananook Creek
Cheers mate, before I moved to Carrum Downs I would often fish the creek either from my kayak or land based. It took me about a year before I caught my first legal bream on bait, but 2 years later before I left I was consistently catching multiple good sized bream a session. This was always with bait, I found chicken, mussels, shrimps and worms produced good results. But it was a great experience to catch one on a plastic. It’s certainly an amazing fishery and one that I’ve grown very fond of. If you want any advice I’ll do my best to help you out. Cheers.ango wrote: ↑Mon May 10, 2021 7:29 pmI am very impressed at your effort. I have seen plenty of bream in Kananook, and have tried to catch them on bait, a few times to but no success so far. I have seen them pretty much as far upstream as Seaford Woolies, so it could be an exciting fishery if you crack the code.
Cheers.