Bay and Basin Sportsfishing.com.au: With a spring in our step...

Hi everyone

Finally the days are warming and winter is slowly but surely releasing it's grip. Spring is in the air and in our step, and after a nice long break with obligatory nanna naps by the fire on the cold and wet days I'm really looking forward to surface lure season with some big crocs and jewies thrown in for good measure.

The last couple of weeks have seen the Basin warm to 14-16 degrees and the big flatties have already started to chew.Our good mate Waz Keelan from www.warrenkeelan.com managed two large ones during the Nowra Marine tournament on the weekend, this on top of myself and Simon Taffs from Milton spooking 5 big ones in the high 80's/90's in the shallows on the Friday.It was amazing, these fish were all within very close proximity to one another so stay tuned.

FATHERS DAY GIFT VOUCHERS

You know that dad really doesn't want sox and undies for fathers day. Give him a gift voucher for a tour because you can take 3 people on the boat and get in on the act as well! The first 5 people to book a voucher will also receive a FREE copy of Sol Bannura's book "Shadowing the ghost of the estuary. My quest to catch Mulloway on lure and how they have messed with my head". It's a great read and a must for anyone interested in catching Jewies.

THE KAYAK GUIDE

Rumour has it that our illustrious kayak guide Darryl Head actually sleeps with his kayak. He and his yak are basically inseparable. When it comes to being on the water you know you are in good hands, and DH has also had a good run on the tournament side of things lately and is now in two grand finals, the ABT, and the Squidgey Southern Bream Series. DH recently took out "big bream" and second place at the Mallacoota round with a 1.44kg fish he swears was around the magic 50cm mark.

The bream and bass will fire over the next few months and there's a free trip on offer for who ever catches the biggest carp in Tallowa Dam between now and next winter. Whilst these fish are a declared noxious pest and don't rate by Australian standards on the dinner plate they do pull like freight trains and are a genuine fresh water sportfish. With 10kg specimens on offer in the dam we'd be mad not to have a crack at them. We'll see who has the last laugh.

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LOX OF OFFSHORE TOURS?

I had a really good opportunity to really put the new LOX snapper and bream rods to the test on a recent offshore trip to the "block and cheese". The "block" is a few miles east of the banks and holds good deep water kings over the winter months.As with all this offshore fishing, "no run no fun" applies, so when the fish appeared on the sounder but wouldn't bite I resorted to jigging Williamson Yabbai Jigs in 90m of water on the little SP 7525 with 10lb braid and light leader from 12-20lb. It was pretty interesting to say the least but I ended up with a mixed bag which included one small king,jackets, bakers, nannygai, and a pb bonito. This when everyone else using live and dead bait were struggling? The rod performed beautifully and I'm really enjoying using both the 7525 and the LS 7023 bream rod.

Just to let you know that we can also offer an offshore fishing tour with our friends from Jervis Bay Fishing Charters on the nice comfy 55 footer "MV Illusion". Illusion has all the bells and whistles to get you offshore in comfort and safety when you want to chase reds, kings, tuna and marlin. I will also be jumping on board to skipper from time to time so come and talk to me about deep water soft plastics.www.jervisbayfishing.com.au