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With the Squidgy Southern Bream Grand Final less than two weeks away, Jason and I ventured to Greenwell Point in search of the illusive Bream. I have no qualms in saying I really struggled at this venue last year, finding only one legal fish. With the GF held at St Georges Basin on day 1 and here on day two I had to do my homework. Prefishing the basin was not really on the cards; while it is a little closer to home it definitely fishes better on a slow day. My past placings at the Basin didn’t reflect during other tournaments so I figured sussing out an unrewarding venue a better option.
The fishing was a little slow to start but as the tide lulled from high to low they switched on. Not thick and fast but plentiful enough to figure out a spot or three, exactly what was required for comp day. Its going to be busy here, the launch site is a lot closer to the thicker choices and with a huge field of boats and kayaks it might get cramped. Saying that it’s a great lump of water way and I fully expect anyone who prefished it to know exactly where they are going.
The Bream almost hit triple bags with 8 legal’s landed, including some bruisers. My first taste though was after a small hit in a jungle bedded bay. As I commenced a cast I spied a silver plate for a nano second, as luck would have it my lure was about to travel right past it. Instantly I lost 10m of line and almost found myself wrapped around an oyster laden tree trunk. This was no small Bream and would of easily eclipsed the kilo mark (Pushing 40cm to the fork) but alas the hooks pulled when the hurt was issued.
Good to know they are about though, and that’s what the aim of the game really was. Couple of lures worked, couple of old faithfuls failed but I managed to outline a pattern for tide, lure choice and location. Tournament day tides will be about 20min later than prefish day, so with an earlier start I could be waiting round a long time. It’s going to be a great event and im betting with a combined 2 day limit it’s also going to be really close (Weight wise).
Stay tuned for the event report…
