queensland Been a While

[Whiskers]

Well fellow afoers it's been a while since I have logged on due to some pc issues and the birth of my first child Kobi.

In the little spare time I have manged a few trips and enjoyed a pretty productive lizzard season.

In about 10 trips my brother and I managed 50 - 60 lizzads, A lot of bubbas but still heaps of good size catches which makes me feel good about next season.

Most catches sat around the 40-50cm mark with 2 or 3 60 plus models coming to the party and the odd by catch.

The most productive method we found was trolling hard bodies up and down the pine targeting the usual suspect banks.

Trolling with a electric has definatly built my confidence but the bigger lizzards jumped on while trolling with the petrol? Go figure?

So with this weather warming up I have one thing and one thing only on my mind....

My first jack!!!!!

All fish were caught with barbless trebles and apart for one were all released.

Hope you enjoy this report.

Cam.

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[Angus]

Great sessions mate.

And congrats to the new edition to the family

Angus

[straddiebrad]

nice fish there mate what lures done the damage.brad

[pinkey]

was that bass from one of your flatty spots? nice fish

[nadders]

nice result mate, and congratulations

ever come across threadies in the pine out of interest?

[fishing_hardcore]

Ok I was always wondering about this, the barbless trebles ... a few questions

-do you lose many fish?

- do you have to change your style?

- did you squash the barbs down or buy them?

- what other fish are they good for?

sorry about all the questions but I have often wondered

of the need for barbs in trebles.

cheers

[uglyfish]

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mate where abouts is this spot?pm me if u like or what ever i just wanna give it a crack

[Whiskers]

Angus - Cheers mate

Straddiebrad - Mate they were berkley frenzy, about $3.50 each and have been AWESOME!!!

Pinkey - yeah it was mate bit of a shock really, Product of the dam wall opening I guess?

Nadders - Thanks mate and no, I would love to get onto one of those big boys!

fishing_hardcore - Mate I lost 1 fish barbless and not even sure if you could blame the barbs, I just sqaush them with pliers Flatties have a habit of hoofing down lures so when there are barbs involved it's a real pain in the arse to get em out and can be fatal to the fish (If your planing on releasing) Barbless shouldnt hurt your catch count

hope this helps

uglyfish - down the pine mate behind castle hill.

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Oh and fishing_hardcore about changing styles the rod is in the holder and I'm sucking cans while I putt up and down the river lol No style change nessicary

[Devster]

Hey great catch!

Congrats on the bub,hope all are well.

I grew up on the pine but never really used lures till just recently (and that was to catch bass), we've caught the odd lost threadie in it but there were no size and as kids we were probably only using prawns or worms.

How do you go with skiers there? Can be a bit painfull.

Great post thanks, got me keen to get into some flatties!!! :woohoo:

Cheers

[Whiskers]

Devster wrote:

Hey great catch!

Congrats on the bub,hope all are well.

I grew up on the pine but never really used lures till just recently (and that was to catch bass), we've caught the odd lost threadie in it but there were no size and as kids we were probably only using prawns or worms.

How do you go with skiers there? Can be a bit painfull.

Great post thanks, got me keen to get into some flatties!!! :woohoo:

Cheers

Yeah the jet skis and speed boats are a bit of a pain, us fishos and them are like cats and dogs!

But I concentrate on the lower reaches or the mouth so there not really a prob.

And thanks.

[straddiebrad]

thanks mate been trying to get those lures for a while cant seem to find them.brad

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straddiebrad wrote:

thanks mate been trying to get those lures for a while cant seem to find them.brad

Ha yeah they sold out pretty quick

[Whiskers]

The best catch of the season!

[uglyfish]

Whiskers wrote:

The best catch of the season!

gotta be wrapped in that mate,congrats..

what the little bugger take,livey or bait..wasnt a plastic cos the little fella wouldnt be here :laugh:

[Keechie]

Nice work thats awesome that bass.

HAHAHAHAHA Awesome joke there ugly fish, i am pissing myself laughing.. well done lol

[straddiebrad]

you cant throw that little one back,maybe when the baby reaches the 18 mark :laugh:

[adambris]

nadders wrote:

nice result mate, and congratulations

ever come across threadies in the pine out of interest?

hey nadders a mate and i were fishing up the pine last weekend, andy got a thready of bout 30cm, dont know how thick they are around the area though.

got it on unweighted servo prawn, up toward petrie. i'll get the photo off his phone tomoro.

adam

[fishing_hardcore]

Whiskers wrote:

Oh and fishing_hardcore about changing styles the rod is in the holder and I'm sucking cans while I putt up and down the river lol No style change nessicary

nice to know mate

thanks for sharing the info, I might be going barbless

cheers

[nadders]

could be a perch adam but there are a few scattered reports of biguns in the pine. just wondering how few and far between

[fishingnut]

there are alot of putty nose perch in there in the warmer months, my bet is one of those but who knows there could be some bigger threadies in there?

[natang]

Mate that is some awesome fishing happenning! Great catch in the blue jump suit too mate! Congrats!