November Rain

Hi People,

Just a quick blog today. Dunno if any of you have noticed but the weather patterns these days a crap. You cant bank on weather reports being correct, wind forecasts are just plain outragous and even tides are inconsistent.

Pretty much what this equates to is crap fishing conditions. Now only a few blogs ago i wrote that if you waited for the ideal conditions to go fishing you probably would never get out on the water. So in this inconsistency and ill-advice why is it that the Hawkebury Classic, always held on the first full weekend in November has rained 5 years in a row???? Sweet Jesus, give me some respite please. I only have a bass/bream boat, so no cover. Its not the ideal rig for over-nighters, especially in torrential rain. Last year we took on over 200 litres of rain water in one night.

To cut a long story short they have predicted rain again. How can it be that the only week of the year that has any consistency in weather is this one...anyway...enuf whinging!

So whats the battle plan??? I have always held the desire to beat the live baiters with lures. The Hawkesbury Classic is a gut and gill comp. All fish are weighed gutted and must be in edible condition. All the gun local jewie fisho's come out of the woodwork this time of year. Ive heard some absolute crackers being caught too in the river...some around 25kgs plus an 18kg jew caught on sp's while the rod was left in the rod holder...gotta be joking.

So this year i will be doing a combination of both live baiting and flickin sp's. I will eventually get to the point where i will only flick lures but my fishing partner is a die hard live baiter. This will change.

Anyway it starts on Friday and weigh in is 2pm sunday. I'll report the comp first thing monday morning, and highlight what techniques were supreme and how many fishos scored good fish.