SA Footy

Well its taken me hours and hours and days and days .But I got to the lake this morning to almost dead calm conditions .I had the odd small fish jump at my fly near where I parked my car.I kept walking and casting not much happening.Swapped sides of the lake and changed flies.Now I am on kind of a quest to catch a largish Bream on a Foam surface Popper fly .
So when I changed sides and flies(from a foam and purple to a foam and pink fly) and started getting mini me Bream some the size of the damn fly attacking it I was getting rather discouraged.
So deciding to head back to my car .I kept walking and casting nothing nothing.I started to see some very large Snook and fatish Garfish.I stood on some rocks and was sight casting got tangled in a tree.Freed my fly and walked along the beach.
I decided to go back in the water sight fishing and casting at a school of snook or garfish along this beach .When bam I am on .Not a large fish not a snook or Gar but a small Bream.
So finally hours and hours and days of tying flies getting them small enough.Making sure the foam wasn't blocking the point of the hook,or the fact that i was destroying the hook when backcasting and hitting seats. finally after days and days of walking casting finally this tiny little Bream fell to my foam popper .
YIPEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!
Sorry lost control there for a second
Heres the tiny Bream
and a blurry picture of the fish with the fly

Well done Micky, enjoy those holidays.

Alaska wrote:Well done Micky, enjoy those holidays.

I can now I'm catching fish again

just an update for alaska and co .another zero day but i've been getting garfish mouth my flies .Asked on a fly forum and was pmd this site re catching garfish on flies.Its up in europe but should work here .i will need to visit spotlight for some coloured foam

http://globalflyfisher.com/patterns/prop_popper/

Well it's about time Micky...geez you've been slacking this year

...well done...but you have to stop letting the fish take their own photo's...that 2nd one is a shocker

Btw we have a series on at the moment...Extreme fishing with Robson Green...next week he's in SA I'll keep an eye out for you lol

Regards
JAS

JAS wrote:Well it's about time Micky...geez you've been slacking this year

...well done...but you have to stop letting the fish take their own photo's...that 2nd one is a shocker

Btw we have a series on at the moment...Extreme fishing with Robson Green...next week he's in SA I'll keep an eye out for you lol

Regards
JAS

Way cool Jas
The second one was supposed to show the fly .I was worried about the poor fish I had him out the water a long time .the fly fisher was tangled in line somehow
I bet that guy will be in Whyalla catching snapper
Having tomorrow off have to wash the new(secondhand) car

Mickyj wrote:

JAS wrote:Well it's about time Micky...geez you've been slacking this year

...well done...but you have to stop letting the fish take their own photo's...that 2nd one is a shocker

Btw we have a series on at the moment...Extreme fishing with Robson Green...next week he's in SA I'll keep an eye out for you lol

Regards
JAS

Way cool Jas
The second one was supposed to show the fly .I was worried about the poor fish I had him out the water a long time .the fly fisher was tangled in line somehow
I bet that guy will be in Whyalla catching snapper
Having tomorrow off have to wash the new(secondhand) car

They didn't say exactly where in Sa...so far each episode has been a mix of sea and river and covered about 3 or 4 locations each time so you never know. Looking at the little preview clip they showed last night I think Port Lincoln? might be one as he was tuna tossing? also showed him with what I think might be an abelone...

Actually just looked on the tv station schedule and...

Robson Green profiles the hottest fishing destinations around the globe. Robson heads to southern Australia to catch some of the most exotic creatures he has yet encountered. He dives in a shark-proof cage to recover abalone, a form of mollusc; tangles with feisty blue manna crabs; retrieves poisonous octopuses; and joins in the World Championship Tuna Toss.

Regards
JAS

Took me ages to catch and land something this morning.Fish weren't interested .Then I had a school of something go past .I was wading and couldn't tell what they were,except I kept the popper fly moving and the fish were a jumping at my fly but nothing hit the fly.took a break and chatted with some council workers .thought I'll head home soon not much happening.
Went back in the water the wind had picked up and for a short while the Bream got hungry .Had a few jumps at my fly and then wham bam this little bream slightly larger than Mondays was putting up a great fighting effort .



And this one of the same fish is now my desktop picture great shot of the fly anyway :rofl :lol



And who'd think a tiny bit of Foam and some man made feathers would keep a grown man busy for hours :rofl :up

haha definately keeps you busy mickyj
good work!
you should try somewhere different where there are bigger brim micky!

Iron Fist wrote:haha definately keeps you busy mickyj
good work!
you should try somewhere different where there are bigger brim micky!

The big ones get scared when they see me coming
And I could watch the new car at this spot
Different beach tomorrow.

You would love to have a boat, Mickyj....

Dog_ger wrote:You would love to have a boat, Mickyj....

I'm not really a boat person .but seeing the results of other anglers I could be persuaded .Especially that one in the Add shown on Fishing Trip from the states thats flat makes standing easy .The shelia in it aint half bad looking or bad at fishing either just doesnt shut up

And I thought i was onto some Garfish today mate.
Actually todays little bugger was jumping out the water pretty good fighter .

As far as blueswimmer crabs are concerned are they still in big numbers in our gulf?
Any idea to what jetty's pulling in the most?

This is much more like it Micky...great photo's. Love the 2nd one of course...did it think you were paparazzi or was it just upset that you were using a background of salad

Regards
JAS

NO-MERCY wrote:As far as blueswimmer crabs are concerned are they still in big numbers in our gulf?
Any idea to what jetty's pulling in the most?

I believe they are!
not as many now though
mate went out the other night to largs or grange and got about 10 or 15!
I had 10 or so off of moonta bout 2 weeks ago, that was in about 2-3 hours!

I went down this morning I didnt stay long .I should have taken my waders was it cold with a strong wind a blowing.Fish were jumping and I lost 2 Bream all in a space of 15 minutes to 30 minutes .Then I noticed the fly that was doing all the damage was itself damaged .Swapped it a few more jumps then DEAD nothing.
So feeling the cold I went home .

NO-MERCY wrote:As far as blueswimmer crabs are concerned are they still in big numbers in our gulf?
Any idea to what jetty's pulling in the most?

this is the first year I noticed there werent many or any in West Lakes.noramlly have to step over or around them.

JAS wrote::lol: This is much more like it Micky...great photo's. Love the 2nd one of course...did it think you were paparazzi or was it just upset that you were using a background of salad

Regards
JAS

Or the council worker(four of them and he was the only one working) on the ride on lawn mower fast approaching our photo shoot

Mickyj wrote:

JAS wrote:
Btw we have a series on at the moment...Extreme fishing with Robson Green...next week he's in SA I'll keep an eye out for you lol

Regards
JAS

I bet that guy will be in Whyalla catching snapper

That show was on last night...no mention of Whyalla. The SA bits (he went to Perth and Fremantle too) were around Port Lincoln...

Tuna tossing at this years Tunarama with Michael and Amanda Proud, visiting a tuna farm with Dave Blacker, catching abalone with Billy and Bob Ford and fishing for gummy sharks with Dave Clayfield and Neil Evans.

The shark looked really yummy...wish they'd eat shark here but the buggers won't touch it...the Jocks think it's only good for bait

Mentioned the names incase any are on here and they can see that they were on the telly

Regards
JAS

JAS wrote:

Mickyj wrote:

JAS wrote:
Btw we have a series on at the moment...Extreme fishing with Robson Green...next week he's in SA I'll keep an eye out for you lol

Regards
JAS

I bet that guy will be in Whyalla catching snapper

That show was on last night...no mention of Whyalla. The SA bits (he went to Perth and Fremantle too) were around Port Lincoln...

Tuna tossing at this years Tunarama with Michael and Amanda Proud, visiting a tuna farm with Dave Blacker, catching abalone with Billy and Bob Ford and fishing for gummy sharks with Dave Clayfield and Neil Evans.

The shark looked really yummy...wish they'd eat shark here but the buggers won't touch it...the Jocks think it's only good for bait

Mentioned the names incase any are on here and they can see that they were on the telly

Regards
JAS

good on ya Jas