MyFish 6-5-09 (Goldy Day Out)

6-5-09
This week’s adventure has taken me away from the norm of Redcliffe peninsula to the wonderful breaming playground of the Gold Coast. Noted for being awesome diverse fishing area it’s great to go to the Goldy to test out your skills. Whether it’s casting hardbodies within millimetres of pontoons in Runaway Bay or fishing plastics and vibes deep in the Southport Seaway, your appetite for breaming is well and truly satisfied. No matter what the weather or the tides are doing there is always a place to explore. My intro to breaming was at the Gold Coast by a good friend of mine, Tristan Taylor, who used his outstanding knowledge of the area to podium at last year’s ABT Grand Final. So if you are thinking of checking it out don’t be afraid to ask some locals for the tips on some hotspots.
One of these ‘hotspots’ was my first destination last weekend. Fishing with me was one of my tournament buddies and cousin, Nigel Seeto and a good friend Jordan Benny. Jordan’s new to breaming, so the Goldy was a good test for his improving skills. We targeted an infamous area around Pacific Fair Shopping centre. With a slow start (and many casts into trees!!) we got onto a few good size (27cm,28cm) bream in quick succession. Nigel used a Jackall Chubby Deep in Clear shrimp while Jordan chose a Jackall Chubby deep in Salmon Roe head. Cranking these hardbodies uptight to the structures prove to be the right recipe. Getting close to the bottom of the tide and lack of schooling baitfish, we headed to some deep reefs along the Nerang River at Broadbeach Waters. Fishing in 14ft water we drifted a stretch of 200m bouncing a smorgasbord of plastics on TT lures 1/12 jigheads. The plastics of choice were 2inch Gulp Shrimp in peppered prawn, 3inch Gulp minnow in pumpkinseed and Nigel’s proven favourite 3inch Gulp minnow in lime tiger.
Great to see the fish were deep meaning that spawn migration is well and truly underway. All in all another great session at the Goldy and now with reborn skills I’m ready to tackle the brutes of Redcliffe again!!
Happy Breaming, Grayson.