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I made a quick trip down to one of my local spots on Saturday for a morning session to try out a few new lures that i havent had much of a chance to use yet, so packed minimal gear to stop me from using my usual favourites and really work these new lures hard. The weather was perfect, with only a light breeze blowing it was a beautiful morning, and with not another person in sight made it even better.
My first choice of lure, was a soft plastic on an unweighted hook, the SP was a izumi pintail 3" japanese lure, these lures look great and i have a lot of confidence in them even though i have only used them a couple of times so far. Casting over a shallow weedbed using a darting action typical of a flickbait lure, it wasnt long into the session i got a very small tap, followed by another then on the pause the SP got hit and a nice 35cm bream soon ended up in the net.
I managed a few smaller fish from the same spot before it went quiet so i ventured further upstream casting at anything that looked fishy with only a few more small bream along the way. Eventually i found some fallen trees to cast at in a few feet of water, and on the 2nd cast i saw a bream dart out from the snag and hit the lure hooking up straight away, i really didnt think much of it at the time as the fish didnt fight too hard and came in with little resistance until it saw the yak and took off in the opposite direction.
After a solid run, the fish stopped so i applied some pressure but felt the line rubbing on something, guessing it was a snag i thought it was all over but as i pedalled to the spot the fish had just buried me deep into some thick weed. With some gentle pressure, i eventually got the fish out of the weed and into the yak for a quick measure and photo, it went 37cm fork length and was quite thick too.
I did manage a couple more from the same area that went a little smaller and lost one to a snag that i think might have been a touch bigger. On the way back i fished a bit deeper, up to 2m with some sinking stick minnows, which i have only just started to use and managed a few smaller fish between 25 and 30cm. It was only a short session but one im very satisfied with.
The pintail plastics really worked a treat, and i have a few other things i want to try with them so when i get a chance to, ill post up some results.
