Saturday

Due to family commitments and an undetermined time for them, read (no one seems to know when but it has to be done)the new plan of attack is to hit a few local waters for the Saturday playing with some trout and redfin before heading down to Torquay or Avalon for the Sunday after some whiting and pinkies. Today I'm headed to Jubilee in Daylesford, with the Mini X, I prefer the mini in these settings because I'm not going to be covering a lot of distance and tend to use the kayak to get myself into position I can't reach from the shore so it's more a casting platform than the actual kayaking today. The plan at this point is to troll some minnow pattern lures along with some new Damiki's that I picked up last week. Later in the day I'll either switch to casting celta's or plastics around the willow trees and the back of the island depending on the insect life. If all else fails drifting some powerbait while I chew on some lunch is my final resort. I like to have a plan when I head out these days just to help minimise what I load and bring along, I find the more I bring the less I use so now limit my loading to half a dozen lures and whatever terminal tackle I need along with safety gear. On the way home I'm planning to stop off at a couple of the reservoirs and check on the water levels, Newlyn was up last time i was there but the fishing was very slow, while Dean was loaded with weed and lots of small redfin. Storms are holding off at this stage so I'm off.