Squidgies - YES!

[cyclops]

Went over to Narooma, fished Friday to Sunday arv. Fished flat out dawn to dusk. Fished hard bodies, mainly old Bennett McGraths and Attacks. But my partner Diann, fished squidgies and murdered me. I switched over and used S wriggler bloodworm colour and the Bream just loved em. So did every other finned beast in Wagonga inlet.

Pulled some nice Bream and had a good feed on the bicatch of flatties, taylor, leather jacket, trevally and a bootiful big whiting (2lb) that were haunting the edges of the weed beds.

I tried heeps of other softies and the next best was Atomic in pumpkin seed which was a fair bit smaller than the S wrigglers.

The wrigglers were getting hit on the way down. Just a twitch of the fireline, lift, and there he was. Busted a few beauts on the leases.

We had a session on the flatties and the Squidgy fish no 2, any colour, just killed em. Biggest flattie was 6.5 lb and she's still out there breeding. Average 3lb, over 100 flaties, kept 10 between us.

I used heaps of other plastics just to see if the fish were just biting on any type. No, they definetly loved the squidgy. Taylor chopped em up pretty bad and we used more than I expected,. They are definetly less durable than many others. But what the heck, they were catching them.

I had the best couple of days fishing in 3 years. Got to test my new boat in a variety of conditions. Tested my new Squidgy 7ft stick, and finally had some real fun on SP's.

I don't know what the secret is with Squidgy, but a confirmed hard body man has just gone soft.

pete

[Sandworm]

well done!
sounds like you had a blast!

i went up to narooma (days of driving for me in ,melbourne) and i only had a surf rod but the waters there looked fantastic! wish i was able to fish like you did. There is still hope for me and my soft Plastics.

[Bear]

Must admit that I'm another hard body man sucked in by the squidgies. I like the jelly prawn and carrot colours, but the bloodworm does well in the Swan.

[Mim]

Go the Squidgies

Yes I want sponsorhip

LOL

Cheers

Mim

[bparker]

Same here...I reckon the size 2 Squidgies are awesome...Hot Tomato's my personal favourite.

[Lizardboy]

Hey Cyclops,
My folks have a holiday unit down in Narooma, it's a very beatiful place. When I was about 10 years old I was fishing from a trawler at the main wharf under a full moon with my dad and we watched the biggest flathead I have ever seen and probably ever will see come to the surface in three metres of crystal clear water and grab a prawn. We made no attempt to catch it, we just watched in amazement. If I was to speculate I would say it was around 1 metre in length.

I've found it quite a difficult place to fish at times (you have to get every element exactly right), maybe this is due to the fast flowing tides and amazing clarity of the water. In saying that the fish down there are quality in terms of their size. And if I benefited from some local knowledge and a boat I would probably do a lot better. I fished it mainly as a kid and my fishing skills have improved 10 fold since then so that may also have something to do with it. Where did you get your fish if yyou don't mind me asking?

Lizard

[cyclops]

Hi Lizard

Most of our Bream came from up the back in and around the leases. The southern side was best because it was out of the wind. One little bay on the south bank just before the shallow section with the big oyster leases in the middle was fantastic. It had a lot of old busted racks and plenty of sticks etc for cover. There are some small patches of weed close to the bank in shallow water that had some real good Bream lurking in them. You have to play the fish over the top of a wooden rail that runs along parallel to the bank, which means standing off a bit to cast and then when your on, moving the boat hard up against the rail to play the fish.

Your right about the clear water, 4lb fireline and a light trace is the order. But I found that if you cast a hard body, just let it sit there for 30 or 40 seconds and out they came to have a look. All it took was the slightest movement of the rod tip and the Bream would punch it. It is one of the best experiences in the world to fish crystal clear water and be able to watch the fish slowly glide up to the lure and take it, even better when someone else is there sharing the experience.

Around the bridge at Narooma is also a good spot. Some massive horses there.

There are two marks just off Taylors, real close together (about 30 yards) anchor up on the down current side on the run out and run in, but stay inshore of the marks as boats get annoyed at people blocking this narrow channel. Cast up into the current and bounce your 2 or 3 squidgy back slowly for great lizards.

Narooma is such a beautiful place to fish, catching something is just a bonus.

pete

[Lizardboy]

Thanks Cyclops, hopefully I'll be able to get down there again soon and try some of the spots you mentioned. Last time I was down there I had some luck fishing from the sand banks, west of the bridge. Fishing the last half hour of the runout was crucial. I managed a couple of medium sized flaties and a trevally on a squidgy fish in silver fox. I also saw some XOS whiting being pulled from in front of the caravan park on nippers (inside the rockwall). I had a flick for them but didn't have any luck, I think my leader was part of the problem.
I also managed my first jewfish (while baitfishing up near the powerlines), it was only 60cm, but it put up a great fight on 6lb fireline, I called it for a large flattie, but I wasn't disapointed!

Lizard