Fishing Warehouse fan of the week , we received this from Andy Lane .
“Caught at the weir today on Samaki boom bait shad I brought from you guys couple weeks back... middle of the day 37-38 degrees.. ski boats and wakeboarder's everywhere.. didn't think I stood a chance of hooking anything”
Congratulations Andy!!!!! ...
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Having been a few weeks since we launched the Poly, I got up a bit earlier to makes sure all was good. Electric’s battery charged properly, tires all good on the trailer etc. This only took about 10 minutes and isn’t what you’d call ‘hard work’ but by the time I’d boiled the jug and sat down to enjoy a caffeine hit, I was dripping sweat at 3.15am. Obviously, you’ve got to take the kids into consideration when the forecast is as harsh as it was, heat wise, but the young fella wasn’t going stay at home just because it was a ‘bit warm’.
Knowing that we were going to hit Barra as bycatch, Jacks we’re our main target for the day, and for some reason, the bigger fish that you’ll see on the videos this week just wouldn’t hook up, or threw the hook just after biting the lure. Our timing was just right,and a bit of action was happening up amongst the mangroves as the baitfish carnage began and we knew that the Jacks were on the chew. I had confidence in the Orange being a goer in the darker waters, and with the Pink head riding up against the body made for a bright presentation. Several Jacks and Barra’s fell to the colour, but the bigger models were missing the hooks. Still stained from the fresh runoff, it was when the tide slowed that it became a little better, and our favourite surface lures were tied on to get our surface fix. The Sugar Penn from Bassday is a small stick bait that casts like a bullet, and is a great option for the Jacks, particularly when they’re hard to get a proper bite from.
Once again it was when it sat motionless after a short burst of zig zagging across the top that gave the best hookups, and accounted for plenty fish in the shallows.
The surface bite only lasted about an hour before it slowed to near nothing, so it was back to deeper presentations again. From the first few casts it was apparent we’d made the right choice and a procession of Smaller Jacks and Barra started hitting the deck. We saw two monster fish blowing 40cm Mullet off the surface, with one of them being mistaken for a Bull shark, and until the audible Boof and then a flash of chrome gave away the fishes identity. It was huge and we cast relentlessly for zero result. Bigger than anything I’ve ever landed, every cast had you braced for impact, but it wasn’t to be.
The plastics that worked the best for my boy over the day were the Atomic Prongs in Ghost Orange with Pink Powder coated weight, and it was a bit of a tie between the Orange and Chartreuse Paddle a Prawns for me. We didn’t find too many fish down deep even with the water punching up over 34 degrees at one stage, so I’m not sure where the bigger Barra were, but it wasn’t where we were.
Good mate Shannon Hanson fished another system with good success on bigger modelled fish and on a range of MadEyes and Zman Plastics boated plenty of fish in the hot conditions.
I have no doubt that there’ll be some great pics and stories come through the shop this week and if the heat keeps on the way it has been, the most important thing to pack is going to be heaps of cold water.
Cheers and good fishing, The Fishing Warehouse Team. ...
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