Old Man Creek...IT’S BACK!!!! 13-11-2010 & 14-11-2010

Small Golden Perch

Headed out to the Creek on Saturday afternoon for a quick session, the rumour going around town was that it had really cleared up over the week and started to produce some nice fish. Upon my arrival I had to remind myself that I was at Old Man Creek and not Pitt St in Sydney, people were fishing everywhere. I headed straight up to the weir and was disappointed to find about 8 other people fishing it. I started with a spinnerbait first up and after an hour with no bites I changed to a Custom Crafted Teeny Extractor in yellow & black. Within an hour of making the change I hooked up on a little Golden Perch. I had finally broken my 6 month Golden Perch drought. I managed to pick up another small Golden and a small Trout Cod for the afternoon. While I was there I saw maybe 10-15 Golden Perch that the other fishermen caught. This was enough to motivate me to have an early start on Sunday and come back out.

Small Trout Cod

Picked up Kancky at 7am on Sunday morning and anticipation was high, I was feeling really confident. Got to the weir and had it all to ourselves, I tied on a Custom Crafted Teeny Extractor in a Murray Cod pattern and set myself up on the rock wall to cast into the back current that the fast water was creating. Kancky opted for a yellow & black 50ml AC invader. Within 10 casts my lure was annihilated by a 50cm Golden Perch. It put up a great fight in the fast water and I only just managed to land him.



50cm Golden Perch



The hooks pulled as he was in the shallow water where he only needed one kick of his tail to get away and if it wasn’t for Kancky’s cat like reflexes and nimbleness, he would have made it back to safety. A very funny moment! A few quick snaps of my new personal best Golden Perch and he was back on his was way.

Kanck playing a 50cm Golden Perch

Three casts later and I was on again, this time a 36cm Golden had decided he liked the look of my Teeny Extractor. He liked it so much that he took the whole lure down his gob. I was beginning to think that this was going to be a cracker of a morning. Ten minutes later and Kancky was on, another 50cm Golden on his yellow and black AC, we couldn’t believe how good this session was going. Kancky then lost his AC to a hungry snag and as he was tying a new lure on my Teeny Extractor was smashed again, this time a little cod had taken the lure and put some lovely battle scars on it.

Kanck's 50cm Golden Perch

A couple of other blokes turned up and to our surprise one of them actually started to fish within one meter of us and was casting over the top of our lines, the rude little bastard! There is an etiquette among fisherman, and granted this fella had never fished in freshwater before, but generally in my opinion if I can hit you with a cast then I am too close and first in best dressed! I think that’s pretty fair!

Small Murray Cod

The rain finally rolled in at about 10.30am and by this stage I’d had about 5 hits and 2 hook ups but couldn’t manage to land one due to some bad luck and poor management. After a good soaking from the rain we decided to call it a day and hit the road, very satisfied with the morning’s session.

It's a Shark

Weather

1016

22*C

Overcast, rain with slight wind

Results

3 Golden Perch

1 Murray Cod