queensland first lizard on s.p

[katfish]

well, after dropping lge lizard last week at nudgee bch, finally landed my first flatty yesterday on a squidgee fish in gary glitter. the fish was only 30cm, but still a first for me. very happy I am.

used a sol 2000, sicstik 1-3, 6 pound fins yellow, 3 metres of 8 pound platypus platinum leader, tied with a slim beauty.

thanks to all you folks on these forums for all the info, tips & tricks, which helped me to understand this soft plastic revolution. cheers.

p.s. fish was released unharmed.

[Angus]

Well done mate.

A first is a first no matter what.

Once the confidence builds the come thicker and faster as well

Here to upgrades!

Angus

[Kieran Moore]

Well done

I am also starting out on sp's and catch my first Squire on wednesday

also released unharmed as undersize however like u I was very pleased.

r u land based or have a boat?

cheers

Kieran

[51MPL]

Congrats!

[katfish]

no boat, just landbased. fished the low tide on the turn. great spot, but was blowing it`s nuts off. had to time the casts between squalls to maximize distance. anyone keen to share some landbased locations would be great. dont want to steel your secret spots. Target species; anything that swims, bigger the better.

have heard about brekkie ck mouth, brissie river, for cod, jew & salmon, is this an option in colder months. cheers.

[kiwifisho]

Always good to get that 1st one out of the way, theres no stopping ya now, well done

Kiwi

[mick2me]

congrats mate, the first fish I caught on a Sp was a flatty, they seem to realy like the gulp pumpkinseed

[Kenshin]

mrs got a good flathead as her first sp fish and i got a yellow tail grunter..... i know but at least the grunter go real hard for theyre size

[jon]

katfish wrote:

no boat, just landbased. fished the low tide on the turn. great spot, but was blowing it`s nuts off. had to time the casts between squalls to maximize distance. anyone keen to share some landbased locations would be great. dont want to steel your secret spots. Target species; anything that swims, bigger the better.

have heard about brekkie ck mouth, brissie river, for cod, jew & salmon, is this an option in colder months. cheers.

gday , always feels good to get that first one aye. and sounds like you have a good setup to do it with aswell. you might be interested in havin a read of this post from a few weeks ago http://www.australianfishing.com.au/forum/10-all-brisbane-rivers-and-creeks-reports/265617-night-out-with-friends-2-sunday-16th-may#265617

[katfish]

thats a great story with great fish to boot. If my car had juice in it, Id be there in a flash, bit low on funds till next week. will hit that spot soon. If anybody wants to do a midweek night fish there, I`ll be keen as.

[JamesMac]

sounds like fun

it always exciting when you get your first

i got my first Hardbodied fish the other week may of been a pike but meh :laugh:

[Mr FeLiX]

Great effort mate,

Lizards are a great SP target, and any catch is a catch. I used to consistently catch them on clear mister twister single tail grubs with pink tails, without fail in the area I used to haunt in NSW, but in QLD my only great success was the one in my avatar, 52.5cm on a live mullet

[katfish]

yes they love live baits. I used to go to Moreton island every year(not for last 10 years) for the Flathead spawn (Feb ,march, & mid Sept ). between the 5 of us, we could get 70 fish in a day, using sml whiting. it was just too easy. after that, I went to pink hard bodies, with reasonable success. We would fish until the sun went down, and when we started getting bitten off, we would change to heavy leader & get white tip reef sharks one after another. we would keep the odd one for a feed, not bad chewing if marinated in chili sauce & honey. yum. going back in mid September again this year to do it all again, cant wait.