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Monday, 28 January 2008

I love Squidgy Stealth prawns... because Flathead love them to

My original plan for yesterday was to head out into Jervis Bay, either at Plantation Point (chasing Salmon) or to Longnose Point (chasing Kingies) but when I thought about lifting the Adventure onto the roof racks I remembered that my recently re-injured shoulder is still in the healing stages and figured that it might be smarter to give it another week or so. Of course, I wasn't going to let that stop me from going fishing, so I simply wheeled the kayak down to the Basin and paddled out towards Spot X.

I only took out one rod this day, the newest addition to the my collection of Nitros, the 'Distance Spin'. I also only took out one style of lure, being the Squidgy Stealth prawn. Although I'd never used it before I was supremely confident it would produce the goods. If a Gulp shrimp could fool a fish into thinking it's a prawn, surely the more realistic looking Stealth prawn could as well. It only took a couple of casts into Spot X to realise that my confidence was well-founded. I've talked up my secret little Spot X recently but today was my most productive day by a long shot. I think I can attribute that to that handy little plastic prawn, which attracted a bite with almost every cast. I also managed to land more fish than I lost this time, though I'll attribute that to luck.

In a two hour session I lost count of how many fish I'd boated at around 15 or so, and a few more came in after that. Two more fish - both of them keeper sized - spat the hook while being introduced to the Environet. Most of these fish were returned and four were kept. The smallest of the keepers measured 35cm, the largest 41. No real monsters among them, but I know they are out there so I'm going to keep trying.

Feed 'o Flathead

The big surprise of the day wasn't so much the effectiveness of the Stealth prawn, but more so it's durability. I've been noticing that many of the newer Squidgy lures are made of a much tougher plastic than most other SP lures and this was proven beyond any doubt to me today. One little 2" lure accounted for over 15 fish and it still looks in good shape. So much so that I'll be using the same little number later today. The big dissapointment of the day was forgetting to check the batteries in my camera. I found out that it needed replacing when I tried to snap off a shot of the first fish I caught. This was a real shame, because a brilliant sunset marked the end of another day and was well worth taking a photo of. As such, the only photo I managed to get of today's catch was the one pictured above, which was taken on my kitchen sink upon returning.