To quote Robson Green, "we're on!"
It was a cloudy day but my fingers were itching for a bit of fishing action... house work can wait till tomorrow.
I headed down to my usual haunt near Wedderburn Rd in Campbelltown at about 12.30 to do a spot of fishing, the air was cool and still and the water looked like it was flowing upside down after all the rain we have had recently. I didn't let this deter me though. Bait used for the day was plain white bread pilfered from my mother in laws cupboard (I was out of bread).
The going was slow to start and it gave me a chance to figure out how I was going to record my catches with my new video recording sunglasses. I still have a long way to go as you will see in the coming video.
After an hour and a half I finally got some interest in my bait. I carefully lifted my rod out of its holder and felt some wait on the line. BAM! and we are off. At first it didn’t feel like a very large fish but soon it surfaced with a splash and it looked bigger than it felt. A little while later and I had my first fish secured in a landing net. It weighed just under 4 kg and was just a tad over 60cm in length, not bad. I quickly dispatched the fish and rebaited for another try.
I headed down to my usual haunt near Wedderburn Rd in Campbelltown at about 12.30 to do a spot of fishing, the air was cool and still and the water looked like it was flowing upside down after all the rain we have had recently. I didn't let this deter me though. Bait used for the day was plain white bread pilfered from my mother in laws cupboard (I was out of bread).
The going was slow to start and it gave me a chance to figure out how I was going to record my catches with my new video recording sunglasses. I still have a long way to go as you will see in the coming video.
After an hour and a half I finally got some interest in my bait. I carefully lifted my rod out of its holder and felt some wait on the line. BAM! and we are off. At first it didn’t feel like a very large fish but soon it surfaced with a splash and it looked bigger than it felt. A little while later and I had my first fish secured in a landing net. It weighed just under 4 kg and was just a tad over 60cm in length, not bad. I quickly dispatched the fish and rebaited for another try.
My second bait had been soaking for a good hour before it was given a soft nudge. Lifting the rod I set the hook but this time I had no idea what I had. At first I though I had a submarine as it swam back and forth in front of me not wanting to leave the bottom as I struggled with my 2kg bream gear to keep it away from reeds and submerged logs, this was going to be a doosey! eventually the fish tired of its submarinal efforts and splashed on the surface. and this only made it harder to handle as it ducked and weaved around the reeds and logs near the shore. Once landed I realised this fish was a lot leaner than the previous one. It seems the leaner fish fight better than the fat ones and this fish was in considerably better condition. the fish was 57cm and only 2.625 kg.
Over all it was a good session, if a little quiet in places and a total of 3 hours was spent fishing. I still have a lot to learn about recording these catches though but with experience I think they will get better. Here is the recording of the second catch. please ignore the date stamp, I haven't figured out how to change that yet.
Tight lines, everyone!
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