Down at Owaka River by the golf course bridge Saturday and Sunday the 1st and 2nd of September with Joe. He was spinning with a black and gold Tassie and hooked a 850g fish just as the boat drifted back downstream under the bridge. On the Sunday we caught nothing at this pool but he hooked a 1.1kg fish just up from the Portland. The black and gold Tassie had been lost so he was using a very old looking Tassie that was yellow and green with a single hook. I hooked one on a gold and black Toby earlier on Sunday at Surat Bay at low tide but it got off at a moment when I was distracted.
That's three rows up to the golf course and three fish. Not bad. I was using double rig streamers. I think I was getting my gear low enough. I've checked the regs and I can use weight in this river. The water was less visible that in April when I caught a 500g fish up there.
Very exciting for Joe he saw the 1.1kg fish coming onto the hook.
Both fish were full of mud crabs especially the 1.1kg. I wonder why they take lures when they are full? One crab was alive and was returned to the river.
