queensland Bribie 8-12-10

[reef_raider]

headed up to bribie for a bit of a fish last night

got there about 6, pumped some yabbies and off we went. tried under the bridge first for a 30cm whiting and a little ray but wasnt really much biting so decided to head up to further

this move would soon pay off with many lost fish and a couple of firsts

wasnt long before we had hooked up and lost a couple of fish, then finally i boated one, a legal grassy, so that was dinner sorted

a few moses and then zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz splash zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz splash... could just see the silver flashes as it jumped and i called for a queenie, after about 5 minutes of fighting this fish and many more jumps it was in the boat.. A TARPON!! a first for me and he went about 60odd cm.. few happy snaps and he was on his way... needless to say i was stoked at this point

a few more moses, bream and squire after that before the rod buckles again, called it for a decent squire but again i was wrong, a 42cm painted sweetlip which was another first

reaching down the back of the boat to grab something i heard all this water sloshing around so looked down and sure enough the boat was filling up, so a quick pack up and a mad dash for the pots and the ramp

ended up with 3 legal sandies (a little less than the 23 we got last time)

turns out there is a hairline crack in the hull

but all in all a good night

will chuck some pics up when i get them off my phone

cheers, Jake

[The Mad Hughesy]

Sounds like a great session

well done mate

[Angus]

Mate that sounds like a wicked Tarpon!

Well done!

Angus

[ryanyoung]

Good fish with an adrenaline rush back to the ramp......Sounds like a good trip out.

Cheers,

Ryan.

[AngryBundyBear]

Sounds like a lot of fun ....pity bout the crack though

[crazywalrus]

well done - that is a great session. Gratz on the firsts. A 60+ Tarpon should give a great fight. Awesome action with it being especially hard to get out at the moment.

[reef_raider]

painted sweetlip (morwong)

TARPON!

[dassa]

Good to see someone getting a few with all the rain around and weldone tne the two firsts on the tarpon and blubber lip.The blubber lip go hard on lite gear my daughter got on about 2 yrs ago and to went 55 and my first call was a jack.

[Shimanobwoie]

Good mixed bag mate. You get the tarpon on yabbies?. To bad about your boat mate atleast you got a feed and made it back to shore

[reef_raider]

yea dassa, was fishing 6lb so it was a good fight for both the fish

and yeh got him on a yabbie mate, bit of a suprise

[Mr FeLiX]

Well done on those fish mate, sounds like you gave that Caldia a working over?

[reef_raider]

yeh mate, got the RCS spool on it now and its amazing

[dan25]

that's a top session mate, well done on the firsts. man that tarpon would have been fun that's for sure. top catch

[ellicat]

Good to hear you had a rewarding day there, Jake. I've heard the tarpon have hard mouths and are difficult to keep on the hook, so well done :woohoo:

Sounds like a bilge pump might be in order .....or stick to the flats :laugh:

[crazywalrus]

i have a crack n the boat as well do u have a good welder to fix it. it is a lot of work to pull all the decking to get it welded properly. any ideas?