Somerset Try again?

[Tom B]

I was at Somerset on Saturday and the session isnt really worth a post but here it is.

Arrived at the Spit at 7.30, bought boat permits and were under way, we jigged, trolled, cast from both boat and bank and the grand total was 1 fish at 12cm taken on a plastic. I think the 30kmh wind really shut them down and the water temp was only 14 degrees.

Hopefully the attendees of the trip have better results.

Tom

[Feral]

me to!

Where did you get your permits? I've only fished Kirkleagh before (which sells them on site).

[Tom B]

There is a little portable building where the rangers rarely occupy but sell the permits. Otherwise you have to find a ranger or get one at the store near the campgrounds.

[Brian D]

I'm still in for the trip too.

Bait - are we ordering shrimp? Any yabbies around at the moment?

Who cares - we got G Vibes

[jeff f]

Tom B wrote:

There is a little portable building where the rangers rarely occupy but sell the permits. Otherwise you have to find a ranger or get one at the store near the campgrounds.

you can buy them at the information center at wivenhoe any time it's open

has anyone tried getting them online like the sip?

[Feral]

I think you can ring up for them, but dont know how much lead time you have to give.

[Feral]

Only 20 more sleeps!

[bootyinblue]

Shhhhh...dont tell anyone, but I am planning on having a sneaky practice fish either tuesday or wednesday this week.

I have taken all the advice on board about 'its just like fishing for bigger bream in deeper water' and going to suss it out as I have seriously got nothing when it comes to fresh water.

Will post in the going fishing section too, if anyone has midweek days off.

[Ash]

hey guys, i noticed before there was a link to the websites where you could buy permits over the net, but i cant find them? Can anyone point me in the right direction?

[rayke1938]

www.qld.gov.au/fishing

[Brian D]

bootyinblue wrote:

Shhhhh...dont tell anyone, but I am planning on having a sneaky practice fish either tuesday or wednesday this week.

I have taken all the advice on board about 'its just like fishing for bigger bream in deeper water' and going to suss it out as I have seriously got nothing when it comes to fresh water.

Will post in the going fishing section too, if anyone has midweek days off.

Cool Booty - you go find the fish and I'll follow you on the day.:evil: Thanks mate, the world needs people like you:woohoo:

[Ash]

Sweet rayke, done! Now about this $15 boat permit? do i have to buy there, or is there a website too?

[Ash]

Got it! thanks for info, forgot to look in events area!:blush:

[Feral]

bootyinblue wrote:

I have taken all the advice on board about 'its just like fishing for bigger bream in deeper water'

Yeah right, bass make bream look pretty ordinary I reckon.

well fellas looking like quite a crowd, Just going on who has signed up, 14-15 people, and at least 6 boats, probably more.

How about some of the shore based fella's around Brisbane Ie Kiara! there are offers of spare seats!

Roll call from sign ups!

[img size=446]http://www.australianfishing.com.au/media/kunena/attachments/legacy/images/Somerset_roll_call.jpg

[jeff f]

things aren't looking good for my regular deckie at the moment.stay tuned for an anouncement in a couple of days

[Dinodadog]

Plus Dinodadog and deckie. Thought the secretary registered me before she went south must of forgot.

Dino

[Feral]

Weather is looking good at this stage, light winds all week including saturday! [img size=500]http://www.australianfishing.com.au/media/kunena/attachments/legacy/images/wind.jpg

[Brian D]

Save me looking - what's all the crap with licences and permits again. Can we get there pre dawn to fish or not!

Bloody rules and rule makers:P Who's got time to stuff around while there's fishing to be done.

[STU]

I think the gate is open at 6 or 6.30 and you can get your sip online but there is a boating permit I think it $15 for weekly I get that off the ranger when I drive in but if he is not there then bad luck I dont bother not chasing him to give money away and never had a problem he is not waiting there at the end of the day checking so if you can get away with it why not.

[Brian D]

Thanks Stu - works for me.

BTW Both Aaron and I would like to sort out our boats. There are deckie spots available but if there is noone wanting the spare seats we will just take the one boat. Please let us know by say Wednesday so we can organise permits and stuff.

[Feral]

Ok, anyone know what the picnic facilities are like at the Spit?

My trusty Beacon to Beacon says it has both wood and Electric BBQ's, anyone know how many, and if we need to take our own wood if we want to use a wood one? (No problems, got plenty)

[Brian D]

Hey Feral - last time I was there I saw both styles.

Aaron - seeing there is no-one needing a deckie spot how about we take my glass boat and that way we have twice as many shrimp as anyone else. We will clean up!:evil:

I'll put the electric on it so we got the stealth approach sorted as well.

[Feral]

OK,

This is the role call as best as I can work out, A bit hard as the sign up page has real names, which is hard to match to \"I'm coming\" posts in here, dont fret if you coming and I have not listed you! We wont kick you off the dam! Just looking for rough numbers, and summarising so people can fill Deckie spots etc.

At this stage it is looking like 22 confirmed, and a few maybes.

Confirmed

Feral (Andrew)(bringing boat)Ferg as deckie (can take 1 more)

Glenda with Lozzel as deckie, can take 1 more

Ash (confirmed bringing boat)plus Deckie

Tim a - (Lose deckie looking for a home)

Ocean Donkey

PC Solution man (Yak)

Stu bringing boat - Plastic Man as deckie

Booty (Possibly Lowood Sarge as deckie!)bringing boat

Aaron (maybe bringing boat)

Brian (Maybe bringing boat)

May pair up in one boat if no deckies put their hands up

Kriso (bringing boat)Angus as deckie

Juddy64 with Deckie bringing boat

Jeff, (with deckie problems?) bringing boat

Ray, John Ford as deckie, bringing boat

Dinodadog and deckie, bringing boat

Possibles

Terry H

Post edited by: Feral, at: 2007/07/23 17:48

[Angus]

Hey Feral, ill be Kriso's decky mate.

And looking forward to it!

Angus

[pcsolutionman]

get ready for the yaks to rain supreme lol I should have colour sounder and leccy on by weekend with any luck so ill have a fishin machine instead of a floating barge lol

looking forward to the weekend

Lee

[pcsolutionman]

Angus I took the liberty of posting a going fishing thread on akff in the hope of a few more yakkers.

and I have a spare yak if there is anybody who wants to use it. or if there is anyone comeing fishing from the bank I can bring it so you can get out on the water.

Lee

[STU]

yeah plasticman is my deckie

[Aaron H]

Brian,

Sweet sounds good mate we will show them how its done, I'll be stocking up on slugs thursday night to

[Brian D]

I'll be looking for some Ice jigs as well?

[Aaron H]

One step ahead mate I bought two Sunday arvo after reading an old Freshwater fishing article, not cheap either $13 each and they look weird

[Brian D]

Then the ones - but we'll keep them a seceret hey.

Sunday arvo - after NP? Don't you ever sleep? :pinch:

[Aaron H]

Missus sent me out to pick up some groceries, I snuck by the tackle shops;) as a reward for going out while a walking zombie. She does not need to know about them though:evil:

[STU]

I have about 8 ice jigs ready for action brian so we will see just gotta find a good school they work like a treat one of my favourite ways to catch bass

[Aaron H]

Sweet, Brian lets follow Stu

[STU]

Aaron the only problem might be the fish shutting down I got a pm from schultzy saying somerset might have rolled over from the recent cold snap but all the spots I know he mentioned would be the best bet of finding some.

[jeff f]

deckie required ,my regular has to work. can take one large person or a couple of smaller ones comfortably.

or if you have a vehicle more suitable for a bank launch than my lowered falcon and feel like doing the towing i'll play deckie and you can be skipper, doesnt matter if you dont have a licence mine covers it.

pm me or e-mail jeffreyflynn@bigpond.com

[Aaron H]

These rollovers are a damn pain in the backside, they only last a week or so I've heard so shoul;d be all good by next weekend?:woohoo:

[Brian D]

jeff f wrote:

deckie required ,my regular has to work. can take one large person or a couple of smaller ones comfortably.

or if you have a vehicle more suitable for a bank launch than my lowered falcon and feel like doing the towing i'll play deckie and you can be skipper, doesnt matter if you dont have a licence mine covers it.

pm me or e-mail jeffreyflynn@bigpond.com

Jeff (and anyone else) we can share the Prado for the bank launches. No worries.

[jeff f]

thanks brian, i was a bit worried about that

[Aaron H]

I think Lozz said they got those temporary concrete blocks that extends the existing ramp