show us your biggest threadies

[shidano]

I'll start. came in at 90cms

[wesfish]

i thought i would start with the smallest caught on a rod :laugh: :laugh: [img size=600]http://www.australianfishing.com.au/media/kunena/attachments/legacy/images/th.jpg

[dhess]

Very cute!

[aussiebass40]

around 85cm try find some pics

[Angus]

wesfish now how about your biggest

[wesfish]

105cm this is a medium one :laugh: :laugh: [img size=600]http://www.australianfishing.com.au/media/kunena/attachments/legacy/images/th2.jpg

[nadders]

profile pic @ 128cm

[wesfish]

118cm my first one ! [img size=398]http://www.australianfishing.com.au/media/kunena/attachments/legacy/images/th3.jpg

[fishingnut]

sweet fish wes

[wesfish]

18kg 140cm my biggest to date! maybe one day will beat it! [img size=500]http://www.australianfishing.com.au/media/kunena/attachments/legacy/images/thred_afo-f5dc89347135e398c04f18646302cbaa.jpg

[nadders]

you know i was always of the impression that the ones that spend more time further upstream were more golden coloured and the ones that spend more time near the mouth are more silver coloured, do you find more golden ones up that way wes or are they more silver like the ones in your pics there?

of the 8 or so threadies i've caught only one has been silver, i fish for them in the lower reaches and the mouth

[maccatuna]

SHiot what a weapon di have it taxidermied and above the bar

[straddiebrad]

i havent caught a thready before but it got me thinkin years ago when i fished the river we got a few jew at a place off land near yeronga and a lot of times at least once every trip we would get busted off on good hard runs almost get the fish in and it would take off with a hell of a run just thought these could have been the culprits as never heard of the thread fin until getting on this site sorry to babble just my two cents.brad

[maccatuna]

ive never caught one either but would love to get some tips on these beasts

[wesfish]

nadders wrote:

you know i was always of the impression that the ones that spend more time further upstream were more golden coloured and the ones that spend more time near the mouth are more silver coloured, do you find more golden ones up that way wes or are they more silver like the ones in your pics there?

of the 8 or so threadies i've caught only one has been silver, i fish for them in the lower reaches and the mouth

yeah not sure why there is 2 color variations maybe with the research going on they might figure something out about them! i just thought that photos at night of them show them as golden but day photos show the silvery!

i have caught one that was more golden but the others silvery

it was at night [img size=500]http://www.australianfishing.com.au/media/kunena/attachments/legacy/images/105cm_thready_kooka.jpg

[straddiebrad]

maybe a camouflage thing day time silvery cause of the light and browny gold at night to blend in with the night and stalk there prey??

[ellicat]

From the boat 0/3

Landbased 1/1

Obviously they're better targeted landbased [img size=640]http://www.australianfishing.com.au/media/kunena/attachments/legacy/images/25022009_001_a.jpg

Note the body is well supported

[nadders]

its the slime they are covered in that makes them golden im pretty sure, perhaps they need more slime in one environment (less or more salinity) than the other, but i always thought it was the other way round with the more golden ones being further upstream

[pinkey]

100cm, smallest is 43cm. Ive caught a very golden one and a very silver one within a couple of hours from the same spot.

[Stinger]

Caught Brisbane river last year

123cm

[jeff f]

smallest 30mm in cast net,65cm on line

largest 132cm

best 125cm on 2kg monno

i've caught gold and silver ones both night and day and at both ends of the river

have got gold and silver ones in the same session at the same spot

[Stinger]

Caught Brisbane river last year

123cm [img size=495]http://www.australianfishing.com.au/media/kunena/attachments/legacy/images/First_Bris_River_Thready-61b3686ef87ed6a6714423c3ca258d4a.jpg

[Angus]

I know by now this should be no surprise, but loving the number of day time shots

Angus

[jeff f]

finding a few pics

[Brian D]

don't remember specks [img size=479]http://www.australianfishing.com.au/media/kunena/attachments/legacy/images/thready.JPG

[wesfish]

it is good to see heaps of quality threadies caught from the river!!! some awesome fish there!

[wesfish]

well here is one i got last tuesday at the mouth of the river, its my first from there and it was a plus landing this 110cm chunky 9kg threadfy on 3kg pretest saros 3000 t-curve 2-5 kg 1.98! would be the most fun thready out of all of mine! [img size=600]http://www.australianfishing.com.au/media/kunena/attachments/legacy/images/6-7bd8738e28a02e56d06a6b2f513e7514.jpg

[jeff f]

river mouth

dont remember the specs [img size=499]http://www.australianfishing.com.au/media/kunena/attachments/legacy/images/x2_463_AFO.jpg

[jeff f]

biggest [img size=500]http://www.australianfishing.com.au/media/kunena/attachments/legacy/images/rivermouth_AFO-cfe9c6f7ef17b09d7a7fea39435dab55.jpg

[jeff f]

gold [img size=499]http://www.australianfishing.com.au/media/kunena/attachments/legacy/images/big_download_420_AFO-f672ded176d94820a874f10a37c6946c.jpg

[nadders]

jeff f wrote:

river mouth

dont remember the specs [img size=499]http://www.australianfishing.com.au/media/kunena/attachments/legacy/images/x2_463_AFO.jpg

quality position there, do you find you have more luck on that particular section jeff?

[chrissy_fisher]

profile picture at a about 90 cm....on prawns (dead), ive heard live prawns are the best, but when ive tried live prawns they seem to only swim for a couple of minutes and then die....a usually just put the hook through its back...am i baiting it right...if not how do you bait live prawns???

[Nitris]

111cm.. been a while since i caught one though.. Not many of them in the Alpine area of north east Victoria where i am atm..

[big al]

wesfish the threadie king seems to have caught a few :cheer: al i have yet to get one

[jeff f]

nadders wrote:

jeff f wrote:

river mouth

dont remember the specs [img size=499]http://www.australianfishing.com.au/media/kunena/attachments/legacy/images/x2_463_AFO.jpg

quality position there, do you find you have more luck on that particular section jeff?

106 edge of the prop wash hole