Flushed with success after our recent fish-fest on dirty bait,
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Josh and Sam couldn’t wait to get out again but this time, rather than another session after bass on bait, they were keen on an introduction to the mysterious world of lure fishing for silvers instead. With a week off work and no time like the present, a plan was hatched to fish a local mark over high water yesterday afternoon.
I wasn’t convinced that a session in bright sunshine would be the most productive way to introduce them to the dark arts, so I explained that even if we didn’t catch it would still be good to get some practice in and they were more than happy with that :thumbsup:.
After a later lunch than I would have liked, we arrived at the chosen mark about 20 minutes before high water to find decent enough water clarity, but with some traces of the dreaded algal bloom, the water was still more than fishable though and so without any further delay I began to explain the finer points of lure fishing. With the basics of casting already learned from our bait fishing, the boys were quick to pick up the flick so with a minimum of fuss I let them loose with lures. With the ground being a bit shallow in places I started the boys off with surface lures, while I began with a shallow diver and by the time high water arrived we were well into our stride.
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As the tide turned and the ebb got underway, we continued to cover the water in front of us with a variety of lures, the boys tried the Frosty and Asturie while I tried an SF125, followed by the Mishna but as yet there was no sign of any bass. Confident of the ability of the SF125 to beat the blank against the odds, I decided to try it again but in a different colour, so instead of the Ghost Anchovey from earlier, I clipped on the legendary Plasma Candy instead. For the next 10 minutes I went through the routine but with the tide well on the ebb I wasn’t that confident, which was why the hit took me completely by surprise
. As the fish turned away with the lure and began to struggle, I called out “fish on” to get the boys attention but no sooner had they turned around to look, than the fish threw the hook . I was gutted that I couldn’t show them a lure caught bass but at least it showed that there were bass about, so we resumed fishing with our confidence well and truly boosted.
Fifteen minutes later and I was beginning to wonder if the lost fish was that rarest of creatures, the lone schoolie, when suddenly without warning my lure was hit again, this time though the hook hold was secure and battle commenced. With an expectant audience watching the bass didn’t disappoint and it put up a great scrap in the shallow water, at one point it even tried to tail-walk across the surface but it was more of a splash than anything else :BigGrin:. The boys were impressed though and when I managed to beach my catch they couldn’t wait to have a closer look. In fact they wanted such a close look that I had to take a picture of each of them with it! :laugh:
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Eventually though I managed to get a picture of the fish with the official captor.
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If the boys were excited to see the bass caught, they took greater delight in seeing it darting back out into deeper water on release, which gave me great pride in their appreciation of catch and release :thumbsup:.
With bass still in the area, we wasted no time in getting back to the fishing and 15 minutes later I was in again. Only a little-un, which prompted cries of “it’s tiny!” from the boys but I soon put them right by explaining that they all count when it’s you that’s catching them :laugh:.
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Once more the boys took great enjoyment in seeing the bass swim away and after the briefest of chats we got straight back to fishing, hoping the boys could be next to catch. Unfortunately though the tide was well on the ebb by now, and the water too shallow to fish effectively, so we were forced to call an end to our first lure fishing lesson :frown:.
Despite not catching, the boys really enjoyed themselves and can’t wait to go again, so watch this space and hopefully it won’t be long before I have some pictures to post of the boys with their very own lure caught bass :wink:.
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Josh and Sam couldn’t wait to get out again but this time, rather than another session after bass on bait, they were keen on an introduction to the mysterious world of lure fishing for silvers instead. With a week off work and no time like the present, a plan was hatched to fish a local mark over high water yesterday afternoon.
I wasn’t convinced that a session in bright sunshine would be the most productive way to introduce them to the dark arts, so I explained that even if we didn’t catch it would still be good to get some practice in and they were more than happy with that :thumbsup:.
After a later lunch than I would have liked, we arrived at the chosen mark about 20 minutes before high water to find decent enough water clarity, but with some traces of the dreaded algal bloom, the water was still more than fishable though and so without any further delay I began to explain the finer points of lure fishing. With the basics of casting already learned from our bait fishing, the boys were quick to pick up the flick so with a minimum of fuss I let them loose with lures. With the ground being a bit shallow in places I started the boys off with surface lures, while I began with a shallow diver and by the time high water arrived we were well into our stride.
As the tide turned and the ebb got underway, we continued to cover the water in front of us with a variety of lures, the boys tried the Frosty and Asturie while I tried an SF125, followed by the Mishna but as yet there was no sign of any bass. Confident of the ability of the SF125 to beat the blank against the odds, I decided to try it again but in a different colour, so instead of the Ghost Anchovey from earlier, I clipped on the legendary Plasma Candy instead. For the next 10 minutes I went through the routine but with the tide well on the ebb I wasn’t that confident, which was why the hit took me completely by surprise
. As the fish turned away with the lure and began to struggle, I called out “fish on” to get the boys attention but no sooner had they turned around to look, than the fish threw the hook . I was gutted that I couldn’t show them a lure caught bass but at least it showed that there were bass about, so we resumed fishing with our confidence well and truly boosted.Fifteen minutes later and I was beginning to wonder if the lost fish was that rarest of creatures, the lone schoolie, when suddenly without warning my lure was hit again
, this time though the hook hold was secure and battle commenced. With an expectant audience watching the bass didn’t disappoint and it put up a great scrap in the shallow water, at one point it even tried to tail-walk across the surface but it was more of a splash than anything else :BigGrin:. The boys were impressed though and when I managed to beach my catch they couldn’t wait to have a closer look. In fact they wanted such a close look that I had to take a picture of each of them with it! :laugh:Eventually though I managed to get a picture of the fish with the official captor
.If the boys were excited to see the bass caught, they took greater delight in seeing it darting back out into deeper water on release, which gave me great pride in their appreciation of catch and release :thumbsup:.
With bass still in the area, we wasted no time in getting back to the fishing and 15 minutes later I was in again. Only a little-un, which prompted cries of “it’s tiny!” from the boys
but I soon put them right by explaining that they all count when it’s you that’s catching them :laugh:.Once more the boys took great enjoyment in seeing the bass swim away and after the briefest of chats we got straight back to fishing, hoping the boys could be next to catch. Unfortunately though the tide was well on the ebb by now, and the water too shallow to fish effectively, so we were forced to call an end to our first lure fishing lesson :frown:.
Despite not catching, the boys really enjoyed themselves and can’t wait to go again, so watch this space and hopefully it won’t be long before I have some pictures to post of the boys with their very own lure caught bass :wink:.
