queensland wave break island southport seaway Feb 5 - 7

[straddiebrad]

weather is looking a lot better now until late sat looks like we should have a good trip,but will most likly take the tinnie if the swell does not drop.,and rob your a piss head :laugh:

[noname]

huh!

[straddiebrad]

noname wrote:

huh!

looks good until lunch time sat then the wind picks up,and you were a bit merry last nite

[noname]

a lot lighter in the wallet too, LMAO went with $120 went to the shops this mornin and only had like $14.

[straddiebrad]

noname wrote:

a lot lighter in the wallet too, LMAO went with $120 went to the shops this mornin and only had like $14.

:laugh: :laugh: you were gettin there started to slur a bit towards the end.

[straddiebrad]

is everyone going to use the ramp at seaworld or the one at the grand,witch side of the island are we staying at also.brad

[tugger]

the northern beach where the anchorage is it faces towards brisbane

[noname]

i'll be usin the 1 near seaworld next to the coast guard

[straddiebrad]

sounds good,i will be taking my boat to work at yatla and be leavin straight from there at midday

[mick fillet]

nup I always use the ramp accross the other side near the seafood shop at labrador the one with the pontoon it seems to be a good secure ramp there as well.lts lit up good at night and has securety patrol it also has shower and good toilets there.

I have used the seaworld ramp in the past it is good too plenty of parkingthere aswell.

[Travis]

Im not commin anymore, need a quiet weekend doing sweet f-all..... maybe throw the pots in somewhere after all this rain and tides but thats about it, have fun ya wondering pissheads :silly:

[noname]

straddiebrad wrote:

sounds good,i will be taking my boat to work at yatla and be leavin straight from there at midday

hahahaha when saturday?

lmao

[Malcolm]

Travis wrote:

Im not commin anymore, need a quiet weekend doing sweet f-all..... maybe throw the pots in somewhere after all this rain and tides but thats about it, have fun ya wondering pissheads :silly:

Come down there and do sfa and put ya pots in then cook the crabs and throw them at me it will be quiet if you dont say much

[Travis]

Malcolm wrote:

Travis wrote:

Im not commin anymore, need a quiet weekend doing sweet f-all..... maybe throw the pots in somewhere after all this rain and tides but thats about it, have fun ya wondering pissheads :silly:

Come down there and do sfa and put ya pots in then cook the crabs and throw them at me it will be quiet if you dont say much

If i dont come then theres a 100% chance of NOT having pictures of blokes genitals on my camera.... KEV bah ha ha ha ha ha ha.

Gunna give it a miss BUT i will definately be calling into your tub mal for a beer or 2 up at bribie (on my way back with an esky full of jacks if coarse) :woohoo:

[tugger]

got all my fishing and camping gear ready today hope the boat will still float with what i've packed :fishing:

[MoparKevUk]

Confused on the pick up ramp.....Which is the safest to leave a 40 yr old peachy Val?

Reckon I'll be outgunned with the gear if the Macs turn up, and will be using slugs out o' the packet to see how they fare as far as hooks and split rings go. Treat it as a sort of "User Test". Will report the results. Only managed to pack 100m of 20lb braid on me UK reel, so prepare for a "Spooled!" report! Bought a cheapo Shimano rod down KMart to complete the totally new outfit but had to take it back cos the top guide was fubared....Will be abusing my $5 rod bought from here. (Plus bringing a back up rod and reel for the heavy stufff and my coveted DropShot with Xmas Sedona / 6lb braid for some beach/rockwall action.) Have also returned my 1 1/2 yr old $100 tent to BCF as the poles were looking iffy, they replaced the tent with a new one I've also upgraded my camp chair after the general abuse it received at Somerset Dam (Verbal, NOT physical!). See ya'll Friday Arvo, can't wait!

[noname]

don't even think of usin the hooks supplied or the split rings if a poor quality, cos if they are on and your straightening hooks out and changin em out there, the skipper will toss you out of the boat, you have been warned kev, lmao, i was using good quality hooks and they were being straightened, not the time or place for r&d, as those going for them know how to fish for them so listen to their advice kev.

[tugger]

can pick u up from the ramp near seaworld kev thats where i launch fromMoparKevUk wrote:

Confused on the pick up ramp.....Which is the safest to leave a 40 yr old peachy Val?

Reckon I'll be outgunned with the gear if the Macs turn up, and will be using slugs out o' the packet to see how they fare as far as hooks and split rings go. Treat it as a sort of "User Test". Will report the results. Only managed to pack 100m of 20lb braid on me UK reel, so prepare for a "Spooled!" report! Bought a cheapo Shimano rod down KMart to complete the totally new outfit but had to take it back cos the top guide was fubared....Will be abusing my $5 rod bought from here. (Plus bringing a back up rod and reel for the heavy stufff and my coveted DropShot with Xmas Sedona / 6lb braid for some beach/rockwall action.) Have also returned my 1 1/2 yr old $100 tent to BCF as the poles were looking iffy, they replaced the tent with a new one I've also upgraded my camp chair after the general abuse it received at Somerset Dam (Verbal, NOT physical!). See ya'll Friday Arvo, can't wait!

[MoparKevUk]

noname wrote:

don't even think of usin the hooks supplied or the split rings if a poor quality, cos if they are on and your straightening hooks out and changin em out there, the skipper will toss you out of the boat, you have been warned kev, lmao, i was using good quality hooks and they were being straightened, not the time or place for r&d, as those going for them know how to fish for them so listen to their advice kev.

Sir, Yes, Sir! Do I use the same size hook all round?

[Davo_Dinkum]

i'm not going to take the heavy rod and steel slugs,only good for trolling or bottom bashing .

only chance i reckon i get to go out will be Sunday morning .

not much chance of that i reckon ,after Saturday night.

any depends on the weather too .

going to leave chasing mac's till another day ,went i have a better rod for casting .

and $ to upgrade split rings and trebles.

chasing bream around the rock walls and flatty's on the sandbanks will keep me quite happy .

[tugger]

i'll bring a rod for u dave looks like a few of our boats may get out over the weekend outside the swell on the gold coast has dropped to 1.5m and with light winds predicted for the next 5 days the weekend is looking good seawater temp hsa risen over 25 degrees today as is climbing so sharpen those hooks :fishing:

[noname]

MoparKevUk wrote:

noname wrote:

don't even think of usin the hooks supplied or the split rings if a poor quality, cos if they are on and your straightening hooks out and changin em out there, the skipper will toss you out of the boat, you have been warned kev, lmao, i was using good quality hooks and they were being straightened, not the time or place for r&d, as those going for them know how to fish for them so listen to their advice kev.

Sir, Yes, Sir! Do I use the same size hook all round?

ahhhhh your learnin mate

i use different size hooks, only 3 sizes but all different, and black, stay away from shiny hooks and split rings.

[Davo_Dinkum]

tugger wrote:

i'll bring a rod for u dave looks like a few of our boats may get out over the weekend outside the swell on the gold coast has dropped to 1.5m and with light winds predicted for the next 5 days the weekend is looking good seawater temp hsa risen over 25 degrees today as is climbing so sharpen those hooks :fishing:

cheers tugger

i got a rod ok for trolling ,5'8 foot ,15 to 25 kg.

but no rod for casting .

are we casting or trolling or both ?

that good the weather sounding better.

thinking i should of raided dads stuff for split rings and trebles,mite still do that.

i got a shimano lipstix ,7'6 foot ,6 to 8 kg.

dad reckons to light will bend like a shore shoe.

should of nicked his Wilson,hehehe .

maybe not he kick my ass :ohmy:

i found another 5 steel slugs in my stuff .

[tugger]

the shimano 7"6 6 to 8kilo is ideal on the spottie macks bring that dave and your biggest and best spinning reel

[noname]

look i know there is a cyclone up north, but where the hell is all this swell comming from they are predicting? 2.8 2.9 meters of it, and from the se direction too, damn forgot to look at tha periods. ok 1 foot per second, thats fishable but only just in my books and if any wind blown stuff on top of that makes it hard to sight fish, then there is another front comming through on the saturday night and pretty much stickin around all week from what i can see atm, my point is when i see these predictions, more offen than not the front comming through is a day early, so i might just take the tinnie, might do a venture up the nerang 1 night for a spot of jack fishing. either way i'm there

robbo

[Davo_Dinkum]

tugger wrote:

the shimano 7"6 6 to 8kilo is ideal on the spottie macks bring that dave and your biggest and best spinning reel

cheers ,thanks for info.

so spottie macks are different to mac tuna ?

[noname]

hell yes davo

some 1 got 1, 11. somethin kilo not long ago

and that would have went like a freight train

[tugger]

spotties r part of the mackerel family , mack tuna r just tuna with stripes like mackerel

[Davo_Dinkum]

ah k when i was talking with dad i said mac tuna .not spotties .

he was talking 5 to 10 kg fish to me, that's where we came to the rod is to light.

it would be easier if there where less species of fish .

since i suffers from CRS ,caused by beer.

so kewl rod and reel sorted .

[tugger]

there's a good chance of a few tailor kicking around got to get me a couple of them for jew bait

[straddiebrad]

tugger mate you said the swell has dropped to 1.5meters where did u see that iam seeing 2.7meter swell,it will be a factor of witch boat i take

[tugger]

definately 1.5m swell today if you look into brownies coastwatch web site and log onto the wave rider bouys at southport this bouy i pass on the way to the mermaid reef it sits about 1km off the shore break just south of the pumping jetty it gives swell height , direction and seawater temp

[straddiebrad]

will do i want to take the bigger boat but the swell is what will stop me.

[tugger]

bring the big boat u can fish inside with it anyway but it looks better for outside now , u might be kicking yourself otherwise

[straddiebrad]

will make the call tomorrow on witch boat to take want to take the big one but a little unsure call u tomorrow mark.

[noname]

bloody sea breeze still predicting 2.8 mtrs of swell

or 9.2 feet every 10 seconds, i'm gunna call seaway tower tomorrow and get an actual forecast.

[fishingnut]

bugger that! get out there yoyo and get some triathlon training :woohoo:

[yoyo]

Sounds alright.... anyone keen for a 4k ocean swim ?

[tugger]

forget seabreeze i wouldn't trust them log onto brownies coast watch and go into the weather section and look for wave rider bouys and bring up the southport 1 for swell height then go into the surf and beach off the front page again and log on to the surf cams and u can bring up the seaway and get live video or there is 2 minute video of each hour right through the daylight of each daynoname wrote:

bloody sea breeze still predicting 2.8 mtrs of swell

or 9.2 feet every 10 seconds, i'm gunna call seaway tower tomorrow and get an actual forecast.

[tugger]

another opten is i'm getting down there friday morning and when i launch i have a peekyboo outside straight up and text the guys with the bigger boats and give u first hand what its like