Pretty stoked to land her. A PB on a soft plastic for me. Have landed another 86 on a live bait a few years ago. This was pretty special. Glad to send her on her way 👍🏼 thanks Mick

Yes she put up a great fight. Struggled landing her with my bream net. Super happy to catch her, take a few pics and send her back in. She was on par for my PB, I had caught another the same size on a live bait a few years ago. Definitely my biggest on a soft plastic. Thanks Mick 👍🏼

Thanks Angelo, I’m glad you enjoyed it. Tournament fishing can be a lot of fun. Everyone is pumped up and ready to get into it. Has a great atmosphere especially at the start line. Forster is beautiful place to visit and fish. My sunnies are Costa Grand Catalina’s. Great Polaroid sunnies and the side shields keep the glare out. They can also be detached if you don’t want to use them. 👍🏼

Thanks, nice part of the world 👍🏼

@@johnathonLawrence thanks Jonathon. Yeah it was dodgem cars at the start line. Great weekend and a good bunch of people 👍🏼

The good thing with the power pole is that it detaches easily. If your fishing deep water it is no help, but for flats fishing or areas less than 2m it is unreal. Also really handy when you want to get off your kayak near the shore and just leave it in the water with the power pole down. When you catch a fish it is also really handy as if there is current you just stay in place while you get the fish off the hooks and release it. So if I’m fishing deep I leave it at home, if I am fishing both shallow and deep I take it with me. Also good for mounting a GoPro on the top if you film like I do 👍🏼

@@mickettingshausen thanks heaps mate. I have seen a good priced one on marketplace

Yes what a spot. I will definitely visit again. Not much luck with Bream but was such a cool place to fish. Catch you next time. Thanks Mick

Thank you. A bit of a mixed bag that day 👍🏼

Thank you very much Anthony. I enjoy capturing the content through a variety of different cameras, and am learning how to improve my editing skills so I can share with others that enjoy fishing and life on or under the water. So hopefully if I can keep capturing good content I will improve the process and a few more subscribers will come on board. See you on the water. Thanks Mick 👍🏼

How good! Yes the surface luring for flatties can be very addictive. Awesome when they come up and crunch a surface lure, even if they are small. One of my favourite styles of fishing. The crossfire lures are great. I use them along with the OSP bent lures. Glad you got onto a fish 👍🏼

Awesome. Yes it looks super fishy that creek and I bet it fires at times 👍🏼

Thank you for the feedback. I will keep at it. 👍🏼

Thanks for that. Yes it’s fun sharing and the catch and release helps in a tiny way. Don’t mind a feed of fish, but like returning them to keep growing and breeding. 👍🏼

Yes the Hacking is crystal.

@@mickettingshausen yes it looked so nice

The OSP bent lure 130mm are working well in the skinny water too. Standard soft plastics are usually a winner. Good luck and hope you catch a few 👍🏼

Yes always fun when you are targeting them. Thanks Mate 👍🏼

Thanks James, likewise. No doubt I will see you at a future event. Had a great time in Forster, the fish were not playing for me, but that’s how it goes sometimes. Thanks Mick

Great fun on a kayak 👍🏼

Went hard too. Full video to come 👍🏼

Great seeing big Dusty’s like this, and she is still swimming around 👍🏼

I was in the mosh pit. Sandwiched in between the big boys 😂

Thanks mate. I have had my Lynx for 2 years and it’s a very portable kayak. 20kg is light for a kayak and it makes handling easy. I roof top it on my car. You can put on all the accessories like the bigger kayaks or keep it simple. Cons: the hull is not as hardy as the Compass, Outback and PA so you need to make sure you not going to drag it up on the rocks or oyster racks etc. it’s a bit noisier in a chop and if it’s really choppy into a wind you will get some spray come up. I just finished a 2 day Bream Comp in the Lynx. 7 hours each day and it was great. So depends on what you are looking for and the budget you have. But yeah I love mine 👍🏼

Thanks mate. Great fun on the George’s. Always something around to chase 👍🏼

@@mickettingshausen pretty sure my grand father fished the GR every other day. Going to have to make the skip over from the Hacking again.

Yes love my diving and have always loved capturing the underwater world. It’s a place that not everyone gets to explore so it’s cool sharing it. 👍🏼

Thank you. Always fun heading out to chase flathead. Looking forward to coming across a few bigger versions as we head into summer. thanks for the sub 👍🏼

Thanks mate.Hopefully run into a few bigger fish soon. 👍🏻

Fun little session. Hoping to come across a Big Girl as it warms up 👍🏼

Thanks mate. Yes a few fish starting to come on. A few bigger fish in Botany Bay as well in another session 👍🏼

The best. Love it there

Cranka crabs on the bridge pylons are super effective 👍🏼

I have both the 1-3kg and the 2-4kg sticks. Great rods. Super light and depending on the target species and lure size I’m using i choose one or the other. They both come with me on all my yak fishing trips 👍🏼

Thanks George. Ha ha How good is the George’s! Very lucky having two great estuaries so close to home 👍🏼

Yes a great little lure for sure. Thanks Crebo 👍🏼

Thanks Abz., good day out. Looking forward to the warmer Spring weather 👍🏼

Thanks very much 👍🏼

Thanks Abz, yes it’s a clean system. Has been fun using the drone 👍🏼

I’ve had this one for a while. It’s a DJI Mavic 2 pro. Pretty good machine but the newer drones have a longer flight time and other features but this one will do me for now. Has a 1 inch sensor so takes great images 👍🏼

Yes there were some nice fish moving around in that spot. I spooked 2 flathead earlier just going over them in the yak. And there were massive schools of Luderick too. The water was crystal clear 👍🏼

Thanks Adam. Hope to come across a few big girls in Spring 👍🏼

Plenty of good flattie grounds on the Hacking. When I watch the video on my tv I can see loads of Luderick. A pelican swam past and sent a whole stack of them running for cover. 👍🏼

@@mickettingshausen so they’re luderick… they looked big

There are so many Luderick in the Hacking it’s crazy.

Beautiful system the Hacking. National Park on one side so it’s still pristine, especially being in Sydney 👍🏼

Thanks Crebo, as the weather warms up I’m looking forward to chasing more fish on the bent lures. Lots of fun. Launching the drone from the yak is a bit scary, but getting used to it. Love the footage it captures, gives another whole perspective 👍🏼

Yes special when you land them over 1kg 👍🏼

Magic when the weather is like that. Sure say gday 👍🏼

There have been some great captures by various fishos over the winter. A fair few 1kg+ fish have been caught on lures. Not sure how the bait fishos have been going as I mostly follow the Lure scene. Night fishing would be interesting. Probably more of a chance on bait at night 👍🏻

Nice to land a Kega!

A few Flatties on the chew. Spring is in the air 👍🏼

Hacking was crystal clear. Great to land a flattie while the drone was up👍🏼