MyFish 26-9-09 (A Short Trip to Reddy)

26-9-09
During this week I got the chance to duck out to Redcliffe for a short session with my mate Tristan Taylor. We went out to check how it was fishing as we hadn’t had the opportunity to do so with comps being held over the last fortnight.
We started at Castlereagh Reef fishing some deep bommies as the big rising tide had put most of our spots well under water. Fishing a deep diving Jackall Chubby in Suji shrimp and Tristo on a Megabass Mr X Griffon , we fished in 6-7ft of water trying to seek out any schooling bream. It didn’t take Tristo long to get onto some brute which we suspect was a cod as it took him for a great run and then buried itself into some reef. Now in this case you can do one of two things, try muscling the fish out but manoeuvring the boat around to find the angle he went into the hole and tightening the drag and pump away OR free spool your reel on the off chance the fish will sulk and swim right out of his hole. Either one worked this time so COD 1, TRISTAN 0.
Soon after that Tristan hooked up again with the same sort of fight unfolding then within seconds I was on too!!! With the both of us not giving a inch, we ended up muscling our fish to the boat to find it to be a double cod hook up...Oh Yeah!! Great fun.
We then moved to the shallows where we used the same lures as the tide was up and to work the lower water column. Bouncing my Jackall along the bottom, I nailed an awesome 31cm FL Bream who had obviously moved up the shallows with the tide to feed. This is common at Redcliffe as many of the reefs are out of water during low tide and as the tide rises, the bait move up to seek some protection amongst the flooded reef. After that we headed home after a short session as the fishing from the last two week was catching up with us both. With the sun getting up earlier and hotter, short early sessions over the coming months are heaps better than coming home like a beetroot for one day’s fishing. So remember the sunscreen folks.

On a different note, one of our regular readers has sent me some pics from some fishing expeditions on his kayak around Coochiemudlo Island and some local creeks catching Bass. Being a local to the area, it’s awesome to see at the end of the day you don’t need a flash boat to have heaps of fun fishing!! Steve and the boys have been nice enough to let me in on their secret Bass location but till next time, I’ll only give you a hint....It’s near Redland Bay (Hope that wasn’t too much Steve!!)
Keep up the good work boys!!!

Cheers Grayson