MyFish 7-1-10 (First Fish for 2010)

After a lengthy break (two weeks seems so long!!) from fishing over the Christmas holidays, I thought it better be time to dust off the gear,spool up some new line and venture out to the bay islands for a looksey.

My partner in crime today was my cousin Nigel, who is my regular comp partner and self confessed 'learner' when it comes to breaming. Mind you he's one of those guys who just happens to pull a fish at the right time when we are having trouble filling our bag.

We ventured out to Peel and Goat Islands' as it's been a long time between visits to this bream mecca to see if we could find some bream on topwater. As the tide was just reaching the bottom, we started on the southern side of Peel Is and worked our way around with the increasing south-easter. I started the day throwing the trusty Megabass Dog X Jr in GP Avocado colour where Nigel stuck to the gun colour Modena Bone. Being the bottom of the tide this proved to be really tough, as we had a few little strikes but only one taker with Nigel landing a fat 22cm fork bream. Soon after we decided to move the the western side of Goat Island to get out of the wind and fish some sheltered waters ideal for topwater fishing.

With a combination of smooth waters and the turning tide, it wasn't long for Nigel lure to get smashed by a nice 26.6cm to the fork bream giving him a great fight in shallow water. This basically flicked the switch, as the barometric pressure rose and showers were imminent, the fishing really fired up.Surface hit after surface hit the bream were ravenous as Nigel and I went fish for fish for a cracker 30 minutes. We ended up with 10 bream with 6 legals, biggest being 30cm to the fork then one 29cm, two 28cm, one 27cm and Nigel's first 26.5cm. What a hot patch!! We then did another drift over the same area only to get some undersize bream which gave us the sign to head home.

All in all, another great topwater session at the Bay Islands had by all. This was Nigel's first topwater experience and one he'll never forget. Topwater is one of the most exciting kinds of fishing that really makes you addicted to the sport. It does have it's pros and cons though, as your hook up rate is less but the fish tend to be better quality and very aggressive. So stock up on some topwater lures and give it a go this summer, you'll soon see what I mean.

Happy Breaming,

Grayson

Special thanks to Ferdinando and Maria at www.fishin.com.au for their continual support through 2009. Please check out their website for some great bargains and latest lures.