Threadfin Salmon in Brissie River

[capndreamyeyes]

I'm going for my first night fish on the Brisbane River soon and I was wondering if anyone had some info on the best rigs, baits, lures, spots, tide times etc for threadfin salmon. I'm really keen to land one, but don't worry as I'm a catch and release kinda guy so I'm not gonna pilfer all your fish. Thanks.

[taib]

Hi mate, type in thready in the "search forum" amd im sure there will be a few handy reports. Spots?... there's quite alot of places you can go, really depends how far you want to travel. Few spots at west end, heaps at newfarm, few at breakky creek, st lucia.. just to name a few. Night fishing for thready, look for well lit areas or pontoons. chuck a lure in, live or dead prawn and bob's your uncle.

I targeted them for years until i started catchin a few, soon you learn certain tricks or art of catching them.

Lures? - cheap super frog lures from kmart! of course other lures work too, but found the super frogs to be the best so far. You just have to know what colour!

Good luck mate.

Hope to see a thready report from ya soon.

cheers,

ty

[capndreamyeyes]

Thanks for the advice and taking the time to help out mate.

[51MPL]

Hi and welcome to the site! As above, just try a search because the topic has been covered a lot (I myself answered this very question a few months ago )

Heavy leader, big circle hook & live bait are key! Just got to find a good spot and then try to land the thing once you hook it!

[snapsnap]

mate of mine regularly catches them on fresh green prawns from woolworths. (get aussie ones)

[francomas777]

green prawns work well my mate caught his biggest around 150cm on green prawns from coles. not so sure about the heavy leader this had deterred fish from my experiences 30 or 40lb is heaps. hope that helps

[51MPL]

30/40 is heavy for me because i fish like 4lb leader for bream mostly lol

[crazywalrus]

when I was out with Jeff a couple of weeks ago he lost what he picked as a thready. It chaffed through 40lb leader.

[capndreamyeyes]

Thanks for all the help so far. It's great that a website like this around especially for a newbie like me. Would a paternoster rig be my best option?

[hooked_on_trout]

Here is a rough idea of what rig to use.

I usually just go with 18lb line,running ball sinker 40lb swivel,then 60cm leader about 30-40lb then a circle hook.

edit: Yes there is no reason you couldn't use a paternoster rig, but if you using live bait leave some lead line so the bait can swim freely.

[hooked_on_trout]

No thrills rig that works.