queensland Where would you go?

[rathabfishin2]

Well I am a little torn. After recently purchasing my new boat, not having much luck despite hitting mud and peel numerous times and harries with my cousin, I am second guessing myself.

So I thought I would put it out there and ask for comments from fello AFO'ers.

My plan...launch at Port of Brisbane at 4:30-4:45am. My choice is to hit the deeper water on the eastern side of Mud island drifting with Zmans and unweighted pillies. Fish there till about 8am and duck down to Harries where I will try to jig up some livies, drop pillies and/or livies unweighted, lightly weighted and enough to sit on the bottom to cover as much of the water column as possible.

Then again I am wondering whether I should persist with Mud and ditch Harries and explore the Northern and Northwestern side as I am yet to do that.

So any thoughts/tips/advice would be greatly appreciated.

Cheers Andrew

[motu]

what size boat do you have

[rathabfishin2]

what size boat do you have

4.2 m Quintrex renegade 40 HP.

[Shane69]

Harries is good spot if you can get there with low boat traffic.

If i fish it it has to blowing 15-20 minimum.

I fish harries with live bait. I jig herring yakkas and whiting through southeren bay.

I only fish harries on tide change n only drift it.

I use sounder to find schools of fish.

I dont fish light there. 40lb leader minimun and i have being blowen away on it. my suspect big jew. Size 7-8 ballsinker livie on size 7 circle pinned through nose to bottom. I tend to back up boat on marks too.

I found that way works best for me.

I do use plastics there but rarely as i catch better fishing live baits.

Shane

[livaio]

The boat size seems fine as i have a similar setup.. It is just bumpy when the wind picks up. prefer 10-15knot max.

[straddiebrad]

the reefs at peel have been fishing real good the last few weeks or so,might be worth a look.

[demarc]

Persistence mate. Those spots do pay off, just gotta keep trying!

Anchor up on a nice ledge, put out a berly trail and wait for those big snaps to come along.

Jig some baits early in the morning from the beacons, this way you can be first to find your spot out there and anchor up for a few hours.

I've had great luck recently while being anchored catching whitting. My trick is to use bait jigs with bits of mullet on the end. You'll end up catching a nice feed of whitting if nothing else...

Good luck mate!

[rathabfishin2]

Well did no good again. It was very quiet around Mud. At Harries all I could get on the bait jig were tiny squire. And the only other fish caught was a sole. Wasn't sure if or what the legal size was for them so he was released. If anyone can fill me in on that it would be greatly appreciated!