Fishing Mangrove Lined Creek with HARDBODY LURES.

Well, Ive officially found a new favourite creek in the local area and hit the pinnacle of my fishing career. Haha, nah but seriously this was a really fun day snag bashing, chasing Mangrove Jacks with the missus, just the Jacks didn't wanna play the game... but at the end of the day it was non stop fish and plenty of laughs so an all round good time.
I got a new PB Mudskipper (the pinnacle of estuary lure fishing), a small Barra, heaps of Pikeys, a cod and even a steely jumped on when I was trying to stop my boat from crashing into the bank. I kinda felt sorry for Elen as she struggled to catch anything from the back of the boat but I think it was a good character building exercise for her. (She does get it done in the end though..)
The rod I'm using is a Dobyns Champion Extreme 702C, this has a nice soft tip for casting smaller lures but for a 6-12lb rod it has a lot of power down low to control fish during a fight and keep them away from structure. I have this matched to a Calcutta Conquest 100HG which is small, comfortable to use and it has the speed to regain line and control the fight when fish are swimming at you. This is spooled with Sunline Castaway in 30lb, which is super strong and very abrasion resistant due to its coating process, but also thinner than most other braids of the same breaking strain. This allows the line to cut through the water better with less drag resulting in better feel without sacrificing strength, for leader I'm using Sunline FC Rock in 40lb, attached to my mainline with a hand tied PR knot (see how to video here • THE FG KNOT SUCKS!!! -... ). Im not a huge fan of flurocarbon leaders as the advantages don't usually outweigh the disadvantages for my style of fishing, but in situations like this with clean water and cagey fish I'm happy to make exceptions. For this video Elen and I were both using the Lucky Craft Pointer 78XD, this lure is a perfect snack sized offering, the XD bib gets the lure down in the zone quick and provides a super tight action which irritates predatory fish. These lures come rigged with decent hardware but I choose to upgrade the hooks to a BKK Fang 663 (#6 front, #8 rear) which helps to pin fish when they short strike due to the sticky design of the BKK points, they are a light gauge hook which won't mess up the lures action and are capable of handling both Mangrove Jack and Barra while fishing smaller Japanese lures. The best part is that with a #3 BKK split ring they slowly float in the salt which helps you to be able to reverse the lure out of tricky situations when you cast it into the timber.
For this kind of fishing it pays to have a polished casting technique, both forehand and backhand, to help put your lure right in the zone regardless of boat position and other obstacles. The only way to get this is practise and I think its actually fun casting at small objects in the backyard having challenges with a mate and these skills come in handy when accuracy is essential. You don't want to spend half your day retrieving lures from trees and snags, because there is a fine line between getting your lure in the zone and having to drive in spooking the fish to retrieve your lures, there is very little room for error!
Anyway, I know there's no real trophy species here but it was really fun to produce this video, and fishing is about having fun right.
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Peace!

[@Surinboy60]

Another great vid are Black Bream like that a tropical species of bream different species down south....caught a Black Bream in the Barron River on a trip Cairns Keep up the amazing fishing vids for us down here in the outh that's dream fishing mate.

[@Micksgonefishing]

Yeah they’re their own species of northern bream called pikey bream. We get a lot in the creeks up here! Super aggressive and fun to catch when nothing else is happening

[@rileyjones07]

Great video 👏

[@Micksgonefishing]

Thanks mate!!

[@mellegrand6963]

Awesome vid once again Bream Lord!!! 👌🤣🤣🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌 Great work Elen for not pushing him in with the crocs for asking what u haven't caught...... 🤣🤣 😉🙏😆 hahhahahahhahahaha 🤣👌 luv u guys, always a crack up! Love your work 👍

[@Micksgonefishing]

Haha just saw this… thanks Mel ❤️

[@Mitch_N]

Never knew mud skippers smack lures and get that big

[@Micksgonefishing]

Haha yeah they are crazy animals 😂

[@mckinlayforman25]

that looked like a sick day good on ya!!

[@Micksgonefishing]

Yeah it wasn’t bad, a few jacks woulda been nice but I’m not complaining!

[@maccowley8337]

When I think your videos can’t get any better. This comes up. Loving the channel. Easily my favourite thing to watch on youtube. Keep up the great work Mick ❤️🎣

[@maccowley8337]

@Wild Fish Hunting mackay

[@Micksgonefishing]

Cheers Mac!! Glad you’re liking the channel, appreciate your kind words 👌🏻

[@The_Red_Life]

Nice work and a good mixed bag! Wish our creeks were that clear up here in the NT 😂

[@Micksgonefishing]

Thanks mate!! Yeah this ones usually not that nice, it’s the smaller tides with winter and a week of decent weather that cleaned it up!

[@trevorgreen2370]

Liked the vid. Can I ask what brand of pliers you use. Thanks

[@Micksgonefishing]

The brand is Allex, they were a Christmas present back in 2012 from DUO which was my old sponsor. Made in Japan and as nice as the day I got them after 9 years later, I’ve become very attached to them and I’ve said that the day I lose them I’ll give up fishing 😂😂 I probably won’t but I will be sad!

[@jram4723]

Treated your self to a new minn Kota

[@Micksgonefishing]

Nah mate, the fault is intermittent, I’ve got it booked in to get looked at but it worked well last trip..

[@ozzyblack3113]

nice work Mick, great vids mate, do you only chase jacks and barra on the neaps around mackay?, i am yet to have a decent session in the mackay creeks

[@Micksgonefishing]

Cheers Ozzy, yeah the creeks can be hard a lot of the time. I grew up here and have fished them quite a bit, I don’t mind the neaps but I do prefer building tides after the quarter moon. A bit more current gives the fish less chance to be fussy!

[@ozzyblack3113]

@@Micksgonefishing thanks for the reply mate, i will keep that in mind when i get a chance to wet a line again.

[@triga2629]

Ya lure got a beating that day , u shud b able to see straight thru it by now 😂

[@Micksgonefishing]

Yeah man, I’ve got 2 of them now that are almost clears 😂

[@carlkerruish2534]

Great vid as always Mick, what hp yammie u got on ya tinnie please?

[@Micksgonefishing]

Thank you!! It was a 40 mate.

[@theboisgofishing2249]

What creek was that??

[@Micksgonefishing]

Not sure of the name mate, just found it on google earth and went exploring..

[@meikechandra8595]

Mantap bosku👍

[@Micksgonefishing]

Thanks mate!!

[@thechroniclesofnato7743]

Did I sense sarcasm throughout this vid??? I'll come for a Bream run with you one time, cept I'm cheating and flicking zman grubs haha. Good vid mate

[@Micksgonefishing]

Nah no sarcasm, they eat lures and can be sight cast so they keep me occupied. You can jump in one day and we can have a break off. I’ll stick to my pointers though 👌🏻

[@thechroniclesofnato7743]

@@Micksgonefishing haha it's on like Kong!

[@Willyjfishing]

Great vid mate , but hey you do need some singing lessons hahahaha 🤣

[@Micksgonefishing]

Haha I’m only trying to impress the fish, I think they liked it 😆