URBAN Bassin'! | GREAT FISHING behind people's backyards!!

In this session I only had a little bit over 1h to spend on the water…and I really wanted to try my new (old) reel, the Calcutta Conquest 51DC.
With this in mind, I had planned visiting one of my favourite local urban stretches of a tiny creek which I hadn’t been to since late November…spoke with my good friend Baz, a couple of days ago and he was keen to join me. This creek is so small it isn’t really suitable for 2 people fishing it together so we decided he would go downstream from the launch which is a larger and deeper pool, and I’d head upstream which is a series of smaller and shallower pools.
He started getting the fish really fast, I still hadn’t casted a lure and he was already on! Good stuff Baz! Not long after he managed another nice fish too!
We parted ways and my journey upstream didn't start as easy as his but it tunred out to be a nice session at the end!
At the end of the session I tried skipping unweighted Imposter prawns with the reel and it does it beautifully on the Accuracy setting, exactly what I wanted it for!! So hopefully will be getting some jacks on it!! When the estuaries recover from all the fresh...
Rod: Tenryu Rayz Jerkin’ | 5’1” | 6lb | 8gr
Reel: 2011 Shimano Calcutta Conquest 51DC
Line: Gosen 16ply - PE0.8 | 20lb
Leader: Unitika mono - 0.285mm | 12lb
Lure: Deps Micro Basirisky - 50mm | 6.4gr
Lure: Dstyle Reserve - 70mm | 6.0gr

[@Markangler80]

That was a great video Ramon. The lizards are funny buggers😀

[@Off_The_Top_Fishing]

Haha yeah I hooked one up in the past and that’s definitely something I don’t want to repeat 😅

[@michaelrandall8102]

Some nice fish there 😍

[@Off_The_Top_Fishing]

Thanks Michael

[@dang.fishing]

Good stuff mate! Good to see the banana prawn imposter at the end there! I wonder where you got that idea from 🤫😂😉

[@Off_The_Top_Fishing]

Haha a mate reckons it might work 🤔🤔🤔 not sure if I should trust him 😜

[@Yaknmatt]

Love the skinny creeks mate, those water dragons are keen as for my frogs I flick as well ha ha

[@Off_The_Top_Fishing]

Haha yeah you gotta be careful with them! I hooked up one in the past and it was a mess unhooking him! 😅

[@Yaknmatt]

@@Off_The_Top_Fishing 🤣🤣 I love it when you hear scampering on the bank and they pull a big swan dive into the water, not good after dark though, freaks me out.

[@sand-hr7ss]

Great video 🎣

[@Off_The_Top_Fishing]

Thanks mate!

[@yep.fishing]

i want to try some skipping, good skill to have. you think its easier on a short spin rod? or go straight for the BFS?

[@Off_The_Top_Fishing]

Skipping light lures is tricky, this is why I got this DC reel. As you’ve seen on other of my footage, I have no issues skipping big paddle tails (4” ~20gr) with conventional magnetic brakes reels (Daiwa SV system is good if you up the brakes a bit). But skipping light plastics is tricky. I honestly can’t skip with spin, I just haven’t practiced enough and feel better using BFS and I nail it every now and then but the overruns happen to me too often…this is why I’m hoping that this 50 size DC reel can solve this issue

[@yep.fishing]

10:20 damn I was looking forward to you trying getting under that one

[@Off_The_Top_Fishing]

Haha yeah water level is usually a few inches lower so this time it was a real squeeze but I managed to do it 😎 shame the side camera didn’t capture it 😅

[@bazkaknics6095]

Another urban adventure trip to remember.😊 Best thing is that not even the locals know what beauties live in their local creek. It is nearly untouched thanks to the thick vegetation. 🤫😉

[@Off_The_Top_Fishing]

100%, I love fishing this creek. Fish don’t tend to be massive but they’re extremely healthy and powerful and super aggressive because they don’t see many lures 👌🏼

[@ramonett7049]

Caram quina tranquil·litat i com canten ela ocells. I si ademes pescas ja es perfecta.

[@Off_The_Top_Fishing]

Si, sembla mentida que això sigui al mig de la ciutat, eh?

[@Manvs.bass_]

Nice video mate! plenty of action in that beautiful little system by the looks of it.

[@Off_The_Top_Fishing]

Thanks mate, yes, no monsters here usually but I love the fact that no one fishes it, it’s so deep into the suburbs that people think there’s only tilapia there 🙂

[@Manvs.bass_]

@@Off_The_Top_Fishing I’d take a session with numbers any day over one big fish mate. Sick little spot.

[@CreeksessionsWithJD]

Beautiful creek system mate love the skinny water stuff

[@Off_The_Top_Fishing]

Thanks mate! Great to see you here again! 🙂

[@CreeksessionsWithJD]

@Off_The_Top_Fishing have been following your adventures mate top stuff loved the jp skinny water vids...I've been flat out haven't done much myself, soon though