Headed to my usual drains acround Crab Claw but it looked cr.p, no bait, no action at all. Tried up a creek I haven't fished for a while but no good there either. Headed to another creek and it looked better, heaps of bait around and the water a good colour with clearish patches and colour changes.
Hooked a couple of small Goldies then had a couple of hits, one right near the boat as my daughter was pulling her Gulp Prawn in.
The daughter was getting a bit restless and was ready for home but I explained we had to wait for the tide to come in so there was enough water at ther ramp. I said we'll start heading back and flick any good looking gutters in the way. Up on the plane in into the mouth of Milne Inlet and noticed a gutter on the right with a bit of nervous bait and a few splashes going on. Backed off the Yammy and coasted into the gutter. Electric down, spot lock on and started flicking. Second cast hooked a small Barra and he got off on the way back to the boat. Kept flicking for a bit and was chatting to the daughter when just as the Gulp was about to leave the water on the retrieve there was an almighty boof, water sprayed everywhere and I was on. It ran back towards the bank and jumped and I thought that's not a bad fish. The daughter grabbed the net and after a minute or so fight she netted our only keeper for the day. Was a nice fish that went 78cm.
Some times it's just worth persisting......
