We have leave-passes, so Shane and I are going to take the Hobie Revolution 13's out and fish the mouth of the Tarwin River and in the bottom reaches of Anderson Inlet.
The weather is perfect but the tides are not ideal. (I prefer to fish the top of the tide running out for Estuary Perch).
We launch and depart the the rockwall on the Tarwin just after 7.30am and pedal down river towards the mouth. We troll blades as we pedal. The tide is low and many of the usual snags are above the water line.
Finally, we see a snag still submerged and attack it with our go-to soft plastic, the Squidgee 100mm Bloodworm Wrigglers. My first cast a swing and a miss. Second cast, a hooked up. The fish did not wake until close to the kayak and after a couple of laps around the kayak, I net a nice 50cm flathead..that's lunch. Shane's next cast at the same snag, he hooked what we were targeting, a 40cm Estuary Perch. The tide was now running in quickly so we progressed out towards Nolans Bluff and around the Golf Tee. The tide had not come up high enough for us to investigate the mangroves and weed beds behind the Golf Tee. So we travelled back with the tide casting at the reeds and snags on the banks of the river.
A couple of hits but no hook ups. Then using Lowrance 4XDSI, I started to see fish on the sounder and we both picked up Estuary Perch (28-32 cm range) on the troll using Atomic Crank 38, my preferred color, Ghost Gill Brown.
We arrived back at the rockwall at about 1pm. The teperature was 30 degrees. Ready for a beer, but that will have to wait, there were chores to be done at home!
The pristine waters at the mouth of the Tarwin River.
